In about 1742, Salubria,[1] a large brick Georgian manor house, was built about one half mile southeast of the village now known as Stevensburg.
Salubria was the birthplace of Admiral Cary Travers Grayson, personal physician to President Woodrow Wilson.
In October 2000, Salubria was donated by the Grayson family to the Germanna Foundation for historic preservation.
[2] In 1782, the community was named Stevensburg in honor of General Edward Stevens, a revolutionary war hero from Culpeper.
One ravine, ½ mile east of the village on the south side of present-day Route 3, gained considerable notoriety for "lewd behavior" (according to the Quakers), and came to be known as "Wicked Bottom.