Founded in 1720 the Ashburn area was developed out of a commercial feud between Thomas Lee and Robert Carter. The name Ashborn name may have come from when lightning struck an ash tree on Senator Stewart's farm in 1896.
George Lee, originator of the Farmwell name, died in 1805 and his property passed to son Doctor George Lee (1796-1858). Doctor Lee married Sarah Moore Henderson in 1827. Sarah is reputed to have given birth to 23 children, the eldest of which, George III, inherited Farmwell upon his father's death and granted a right of way across the plantation to the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad (later the Washington & Old Dominion) in 1859.
Located near the Potomac River and Goose Creek in Loudoun county Virginia. The Ashburn area now offers a community of historical living shared with the connivance of Washington DC metro area.
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