Map of the Rappahannock River and Surrounding Region in Virginia

Many historical sites associated with the Hackley family are to be found in close proximity to the Rappahannock river. In the early years, settlement followed the river westward. In this map, the Rappahannock river flows roughly northwest forming the border between Fauquier County on the north and Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties on the south. Summerduck Run is a small creek which flows south into the river. James Hackley's 1724 Northern Neck land grant was located on the western side of Summerduck. Hackley's Crossroads is in Rappahannock County, and derived its name from James Hackley (ca.1742-ca.1822), son of James (ca.1691-1748) of Summerduck, who settled his family there around 1797. Oak Shade is a small village in the Little Fork, and is the area in which William S. Hackley (1827-1913) was born and raised, and in which his father James (ca.1804-1884) farmed and milled.