Fairfax Stone
Fairfax Stone is a site in Davis, West Virginia. The 1746 stone that drew the colonial boundary—and still does. It sits in the archive under historic landmarks and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.
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Is Fairfax Stone haunted?
The record holds 1 claim — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed media reported. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
The Fairfax Stone is the boundary that made a state — the 1746 surveyor's marker at the Potomac's head spring that marked Lord Fairfax's western grant and became the Maryland-West Virginia line. The Supreme Court confirmed it in 1912; the fifth stone stands there now.
The stone was the fix — the 'Ffx' inscription that marked the headwaters, the boundary that decided which river was the Potomac's main stem, the marker that made the Northern Neck's 5 million acres measurable.
The stone is still there — the four-acre state park, the fifth marker on the same spot, the junction of three counties. The file keeps the stone: the 1746 planting, the 1912 confirmation, and the boundary that's still the line.
Fairfax Stone is the archive's boundary file — the Potomac's head spring, the colonial grant's western edge, and the marker that made the map.
Why this file matters
Fairfax Stone is the archive's boundary file — the 1746 marker, the Supreme Court case, and the stone that's still the state line.
A stone that marked a boundary keeps its spot — the file's suggestion being that Fairfax's hold is the headwaters: the Potomac's source, the 76.5-mile line, and the marker that's still the boundary.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park is a West Virginia state park commemorating the Fairfax Stone, a surveyor's marker and boundary stone at the source of the North Branch of the Potomac River. The original stone was placed on October 23, 1746, to settle a boundary dispute between Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and the Privy Council of Great Britain concerning the Northern Neck of Virginia. It determined the proprietorship and boundaries of a large tract of mostly unsurveyed land in the British colonies of Maryland and Virginia.
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State ParkThe record of claims
The stone’s survey is documented; the lore is border memory. Fairfax Stone in Davis, West Virginia carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The press reported it; the reporting is documented, the phenomenon isn't. The report is preserved in sources like 'Fairfax Stone'. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.
Documented history
The 1746 survey marker is documented; the boundary is real. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Fairfax Stone'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Sources on file
- 01Fairfax StoneWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
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