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"Little Egypt"
The Property in Tappahannock on which Little Egypt once stood, was owned thru the years by a number of Essex County families: Hoskins, Thrush, Goodrich, Ritchie, Henley, Jones, Daingerfield and Croxton. The house itself was pre-Revolutionary. It was sold in 1866 by Richard Croxton to James Micou, who sold it in 1892 to James Waller Faulconer. His daughter, Mrs. James C. Graham owned the house until her death in the 1970's, at which time it was torn down.
Little Egypt was a Dutch Colonial house of clapboard with cypress-shingled mansard roof. The house was put together with wooden pegs and handmade nails. (In early Virginia nails were so scarce that men moving westward often burned their homes to take the nails with them.) The house had original random width flooring, three large chimneys and Cross-and-Bible doors with H and L hinges. Two of the doors had wooden locks, and the double front and back doors had wooden bars with closing.
The place was called Little Egypt because of the very rich farmland surrounding the house (i.e. Egypt's Delta is one of the most fertile places on the earth.)
Regards,
Sue Garnett
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