STEVENSON.
Andrew Stevenson, born in Culpeper in 1785, was the son
of Rev. James Stevenson, rector of St. Mark's, Culpeper, and
St. George's, Fredericksburg, and his wife, Frances A. Littlepage.
He was a lawyer by profession, member of Congress,
Minister to England, and Rector of the University of
Virginia. In 1816 he married Sarah, daughter of John Coles.
The next year he purchased upwards of seven hundred acres
on Totier Creek from William Watkins, a descendant of William
Battersby, one of the original lawyers of the county. A
stream passing through the place went for many years by the
name of Stevenson's Creek. This plantation he sold to
Tucker Coles in 1833, and in 1836 he bought Blenheim, the
old seat of the Carters, which he made his home till his death
in 1857. He was buried in the Coles cemetery at Enniscorthy.
He married a second time, and his widow after his
death resided in Washington City. His son, John W., was
admitted to the Albemarle bar in 1834, settled in Covington,
Ky., was elected Governor of that State in 1867, and represented
it in the United States Senate in 1871.
