Fauquier Madstone 1600's – 1870

Date Owner Location 1600’s Ralph Family Frederick and Clarkes County 1830 Sarah Triplett Fauquier County   …descended as an heirloom from a sailor ancestor in the 1600’s.  Circa 1830, it became a marriage portion of Sarah A. Ralph when she married Urial Triplett. December 16, 1870 James Reynolds, of Carlin’s Spring along with Mary Davis, 16, daughter of Wesley Davis received a mad dog bite from the same dog.  All recovered. December 19, 1870 Son of Mr. Marshall was bitten by a mad dog at Fairfax Station, who “was already ill, moving about on his hands and feet like a dog.”  He recovered after the application of the stone.

 

Smith Madstone 1785 – 1970

Date Owner Location 1785 James Smith Scotland 1818 James Smith of Richmond   …the death of both patients resulted in the defensive testimonial from John Daingerfield of Tappahannock that he had seen both Mr. J. Smith’s madstone and Mr. J. R. Micou’s in Essex County and “that there was not the slightest resemblance.” 1970 T. F. Taylor, heir Loudoun County   Applied to various members of six families, along with some members of the Smith family for dog, snake, spider and insect stings.

 

Lynchburg Madstone 1800 - ?

Owned by Dr. John Stevens

 

Surry County Madstone 1801 – 1814		It is Mr. William Parker [not Purker] who possesses the Chinese Snake Stone, lately advertised in this paper,] at Cabin Point, Surry County. — There is no reasoning against facts.  Let the Sage wonder or the Cynic scoff – the virtues of this species of Stone, in curing the bite of a mad dog are placed beyond the reaches of doubt.  Paper: The Enquirer
...The Parker madstone, brought to America circa 1804 was small, whitish grey.

 

Pointer - Parker Madstone 1826 – 1861

Date Owner Location 1812 Brought over from China by Captn. "Tom" Pointer of Halifax County.  Descendants broke the stone into large fragments. 1826 Captain Thomas Pointer Halifax County 1861 A. C. Landstreet Fairfax County 1889 D. Pointer Shelby County, Tennessee ...The Pointer madstone was small and black, much like coal

 

Barber Madstone 1866 – 1903

Date Owner Location 1866 Mr. “G.” and Dr. “M.” Halifax County May 27, 1903 Owned by Barber Thinnes, of Chicago, IL.  Discovered in a mound in Halifax County Virginia, they were at once pronounced madstones.  Paper: The Columbus Ledger

 

Terre Haute Madstone undated – 1880's

Date Owner Location Undated  Robert Murphy Unknown County 1865 Applied to a child. . . Warren County, Indiana   Said to have been used by Abraham Lincoln for a bite to his son Robert received. 1880’s Brought from Virginia to Indiana and willed to his daughters, joint custody Mary (Mrs. Stephen H.) Taylor and "Mrs. Peters of Sullivan.” Unknown County, Indiana