Members and Guests Only The Christmas party will be held at the Rowser Building, Room A.  It begins at 6:30 PM.  The SCHS provides napkins, plates, cutlery, and beverages. Everyone is asked to bring a dish to share.  

Jerrilynn Eby and Rick MacGregor will talk about George L. Gordon, Jr. for whom the Stafford County Administration Center is named.

Lt. Col. Thad Hartman will talk about the SAR's patriot grave marking project. They recently came and marked William Waller’s grave at Concord.

with Dave Muraca

With John Hennessy

On May 19th, Stafford County Historical Society will host Dr. Lauren McMillan to present "Shell Masks and Anthropomorphic Objects among the Patawomecks": The word Patawomeck loosely translates as "trading center," underscoring the importance of trade to the people and region. Through an examination of shell masks, which traveled from the Gulf Coast to eastern Tennessee, before arriving at the ancestral village of the Patawomeck people on Indian Point in Stafford County, Virginia, I will focus on the time period right…

With Anita Dodd

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We regret that our scheduled presentation on memories of Hartwood Winery by Connie Hilker will have to be postponed for a future date. Instead, Jerrilynn Eby will be presenting about the land record challenges following the Civil War. During their fourteen-month occupation of Stafford County, Union soldiers made at least two destructive raids on the courthouse and clerk’s office. They stole or destroyed about two-thirds of the county’s court records along with Stafford’s colonial seal and courthouse Bible. The impact…

Melisa Butler will share the history of her family's 18th century Stafford farmhouse, Cedar Hill, and the people who have called it home.