Linton's Ford was part of the land owned by a family of English "Cavaliers" (followers of King Charles I of England) who came to Virginia from Scotland just after the English Civil War and settled in Prince William County, Virginia.
[2] John T. Linton married Cecilia Ann Graham, the daughter of a prominent family in Dumfries.
Less than a year later, Cecilia was widowed again and Anne's uncle, Campbell Graham was appointed their guardian.
Over the years, a portion of the land had been sold in order to support her sister, Anne, while another part of the plantation had been acquired by the Southern Railroad as a right of way.
The Benedictine Fathers closed St. Maurus Boys' School and returned to their abbey in Belmont, North Carolina.