ZZ-PWC004 Early Land Patents

Marker text: EARLY LAND PATENTS

In 1653, Thomas Burbage obtained 8,000 acres between the Occoquan and Neabsco Creek. Burbage's Neck later passed to Martin Scarlet (D. 1695), pioneer settler and sometime Burgess, George Mason II gained 584 acres of Occoquan River frontage on the first Prince William Court House. The plantation was named Woodbridge after a toll-bridge built by Mason's great-grandson Thomas in place of the family-owned ferry.

Prince William County Historical Commission - 1976

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Location: US 1 (southbound) at the Prince William and Fairfax county line., Prince William County, Virginia

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