At the intersection of Bishop Meade Road (old Millwood-Berryville Turnpike, Rt 255) and Browntown Road (old Berry’s Ferry-Winchester Turnpike, Rt 620), north of Millwood, Boyce, Virginia 22620; 39.08240 N, 78.03279 W
Directions from Little Chapel (Claytonville) to Site 10:
Browntown appears to have been named for William Brown, an African American who began buying land along what was then the Millwood-Berryville Turnpike in the 1870s. In 1872 he purchased one acre of land and later increased his holdings to 20 ⅓ acres in 1878. Brown’s house still stands on the east side of Bishop Meade Road, along with several other dwellings on Bishop Meade and Browntown roads.
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