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The Wharton family lived in an area of Caroline County, Virginia in a small community called Brandywine, now part of the military reservation, Fort A. P. Hill. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, most people made a living by farming...there was little else. Life was hard, money was scarce and there was always plenty of work to do. As difficult as life was back then, the life span of those who came from Caroline was uncharacteristically long. Even now, those who live into their 80's and 90's provide an incredible wealth of living history information that friends and relatives sometimes neglect to record.
This website is an attempt to give tribute to my ancestors, as far as I can document them, in the hope that others will preserve their own history while sharing mine.
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| House in Caroline getting ready to be vacated and handed over to government | A.H. Gray's country store in Upper Zion |
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| An original sign still standing on Rt 625 marks a road that
leads to the little community next to Brandywine- Naulakla. This literally
points to a place that no longer exists except in the minds and hearts of the original residents who are still living. |
All signs like this on the post would have been dismantled. |