Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Fire, Apr 1884 

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                WINDSOR. 

Big Fire - Warehouse Totally Destroyed and 
      Several Other Buildings Damaged.
    (Special telegram to the Dispatch.) 

        WINDSOR, VA., April 14, 1884.- 

  A fire broke out Saturday night about 11 o'clock in the warehouse of 
J. Bulifant, at this place, and burned the entire house, cook-room, and 
stock of goods.  Mr. Bulifan't wife and children did not save a full suit 
of clothes.  The total loss is $6,000, with insurance for $4,000 on stock. 
There was no insurance on the building, which was owned by a Mr. Rayford, 
of Southampton.  W. S. Holland's law office was saved by the efforts of 
some fifty men.  His house was damaged, and his law library was scattered 
around in the rain.  Loss, $250.  S. G. Darden's residence barely escaped 
destruction.  Loss, $150.  The origin of the fire is a mystery, but it is 
supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. 


"The Richmond (VA) Dispatch," Apr. 15, 1884 (Vol. 65, No. 91), 
   p. 2, col. 3 

The 1885 Land Tax Book for Isle of Wight Co. (p. 50) gives the following: 
   Rayford, Jno.T., res. Southampton, 
   owns in fee, 3a. Lot in Windsor, 8 miles S of C.H., Windsor District, 
   value: $200 land, $400 buildings, $600 total 
   tax levy: gvt, $1.80; schools, 60¢- district 30¢; court, $2.00 

While the Isle of Wight Co. branch of the family used RAYFORD, 
   the Southampton Co. branch spelled their name RAIFORD. 


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