Millan's Tavern (Site)

Here follows an excerpt from the Franconia Museum archives:

James Millan and his wife Susanna are buried on their farm (Dairy Lodge), high on the hillside above the tavern site, which was located on Telegraph Road at Dogue Creek, and just north of the Tartan Village subdivision. In 1822 the tavern was advertised as being on the Stage Road five miles from Alexandria formerly occupied by Hendley Nelson. The tavern was later used as a polling place for that precinct.


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Here follows an excerpt from Donald Hakenson's "This Forgotten Land" tour guide:

According to the Alexandria Gazette, dated November 28, 1855, the mail house on George M. Millan's farm, formerly known as Dairy Lodge, was destroyed by fire. The Fairfax Herald, dated February 5, 1915, reported the house along the road (Millan's Tavern) had served as the first relay, South of Alexandria, on the old pony express and mail route between Washington and Richmond and also served as a polling place for the precinct.

The family cemetery is situated about one-half mile north on Avalon Place in the Tartan Village townhouse development.


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Here follows an excerpt from the Fall 2006 edition of the "Franconia Legacies" newsletter published by the Franconia Museum:

By the death, in Alexandria, of Mr. William Rogers, one of the most widely known business men in Alexandria and Fairfax counties passed to the land of the unknown, from which no traveler returns. Mr. Rogers was born in this neighborhood. He went to Alexandria just after the war, a poor boy, and entered into the grocery business in a small way. Being a natural trader, he succeeded from the start. About thirty years ago he purchased the old Mellen farm on Telegraph Road, then part of the Windsor estate. The house near the road had served as the first relay, south of Alexandria, on the old pony express and mail route between Washington and Richmond. For thirty years, Mr. Rogers made trips to the farm three times a week, and, during harvest, every day. He made it one of the most profitable farms in this section. He leaves a widow, two sons, Eugene and Everett; one daughter, recently married, two brothers, Levi and John Rogers, several grandchildren and a host of relatives, both young and old a majority of whom reside in this neighborhood. -- Fairfax Herald, February 5, 1915