Seeking stories about Noland's ferry & tavern

This was the oldest newspaper article I found mentioning Noland's Ferry (from Rind's Virginia Gazette, 6 Oct 1768).

Just searching term "Noland's Ferry" with no dates and no place, I got 368 hits on newspapers.com.  It may be worthwhile to get a short-term subscription to that or other newspaper websites.

Dear Mr. Coughlin,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1912 in the Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (Record Group 15) that contains 4 files with references to Noland's Ferry that may be of interest to you. These files have been digitized and may be viewed online via the Catalog. Please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) at archives1reference@nara.gov with any questions you might have about these records.

Next, we located the series National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records in the Records of the National Park Service (NPS) (Record Group 79) that contains 42 files with references to "Noland's Ferry" that might be relevant to your research. These records have been digitized and can be viewed online in the Catalog. Please contact the National Archives at College Park - Electronic Records (RDE) at cer@nara.gov for assistance with these records.

We also searched the National Archives’ Founders Online website and located 3 references to Noland's Ferry that you may wish to review.

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In addition, we searched WorldCat and located 4 references to Noland's Ferry and a subject heading for “Noland Family” that relates to 27 archival collections that may be of interest to you.

Finally, there are a number of Loudoun County Historical Organizations, including the Leesburg Heritage Society, that may be able to offer additional assistance, and the Town of Leesburg also provides some information online about Genealogy and Historical Research that could be useful.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!