FAGG.
John Fagg was a Revolutionary soldier, and in the early
years of the century was a tavern keeper in Charlottesville.
In 1818 he bought from William Garth a part of the old
Barracks place, which he called Barrack Grove, and which
is now the residence of Mrs. Garland A. Garth. There he
lived until his death in 1829, at the advanced age of ninety-two
years.
A son William married Nancy, daughter of John Alphin
and removed to Blount County, Tennessee. From that place
he sold in 1834 his wife's share of her father's estate to Jesse
Lewis. John, another son, married Elizabeth, daughter of
Jacob Oglesby, and was associated with his father-in-law as
Inspector in Henderson's and Randolph's Tobacco Warehouses.
He afterwards conducted a store in Milton, as late
as 1834. It is related of him, that in the fall of 1833,
when the memorable storm of star-falling occurred, he was
with a number of others beyond the Valley on a hunting
expedition. While the meteoric phenomenon was in progress,
some of the servants, who had risen early in discharge of
their duties, rushed terror-stricken into the camp to arouse
the sleeping hunters. All started at once to observe the
scene, some with the interest of curiosity, others in mortal
dread that the day of judgment had come—all except Fagg.
He clung to his blankets, involuntarily, it was believed,
because of too abundant potations the night before; and
when appealed to by the cries and vivid descriptions of his
friends, he exclaimed, "Oh boys, that's nothing. Why, I see
that every morning when I'm at home; the fact is, you
might see it too, if you weren't too lazy to get up." In 1836
he sold Barrack Grove to Garland Garth, and probably went
to join his relatives in the South West.
