[29] At least 10 documents concerning the work which Mason did at Colross are in the William Francis Smith Collection.
[30] Will Book T, No. 1, p. 3, Fairfax County, Virginia.
[31] Will Book T, No. 1, pps. 1-4, Fairfax County, Virginia.
[32] Deed Book B, No. 4, p. 448, November 7, 1859, Fairfax County, Virginia.
[33] Deed Book B, No. 4, pps. 449-50, November 7, 1859, Fairfax County, Virginia.
[34] Deed Book B, No. 4, p. 451, December 7, 1859, Fairfax County, Virginia.
[35] United States, National Archives, Record Group 77, Map of Eastern Virginia and Vicinity of Washington, Arlington, January 1, 1862, Bureau of Topographical Engineers.
[36] Deed Book E, No. 4, p. 195, June 12, 1862, Fairfax County, Virginia.
[37] Alexandria Gazette, June 12, 1862.
[38] Alexandria Gazette, May 13, 1868. King, then in the U.S. Army, married on May 18, 1827, according to the Christ Church Register. On May 14, 1879, when he sold Lloyd's Lot, which is adjacent to the Huntley property, to Pierson and Harrison, he is listed as "Benjamin King of Anne Arundel County." King, John Mason, and T.F. Mason, all married girls named Price and may have been relatives. It is possible therefore that King was the brother-in-law of T.F.