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.