Monaskon

The Monaskon Plantation was mentioned in the 1702 will of David Fox, Jr. when he left the "all that dividend of land called as Monaskon running from Rapp. River side along...line of marks..." to his son Samuel. David Fox, Jr. had immigrated to Lancaster county with his father by way of Kent Island, MD before 1660. The Fox family owned much land in the Northern Neck, including at least two plantations in upper Lancaster county, Monaskon, and nearby Fox Hill. The Foxes provided the land for St. Mary's Whitechapel Church.

At some point the land left the hands of the Fox family. Around 1850 the plantation may have belonged to Judith Carter. A post office was established at Monaskon in 1860. At that same time the mansion house was built, it's fireplace was said to be able to handle logs five feet wide. Monaskon Wharf became a regular steamboat stop in the late 1800's. In 1872 700 acres of property at Monaskon was purchased by Landreth and Son, also known as Landreth Seed Company, a Philadelphia and later Baltimore based business.

Around 1890 Micajah S. Marter became the superintendent of the farm for Landreth's. He managed the property until 1904 when Landreth's abandoned their interest in Monaskon.

Newspaper articles in 1895 and 1936 mention the Wharf at Monaskon being destroyed by ice. A 1901 article mentions that no steamboats will be able to stop at Monaskon because the channel had filled up.

In the late 1970's Monaskon was purchased from Robert Gill by Elton Ralph Dameron, Jr.. He was the 7th Great-Grandson of David Fox, Jr. His farm was much smaller than David Fox's had probably been, it did not include that land where the mansion house or wharf had stood and many small lots had been subdivided off. Gramps farmed Monaskon and kept cattle until the early 2000's when he sold to David Evans.