 After his move to Romney , Wodrow began to amass numerous properties and became a prosperous landholder in Hampshire County . In 1788 , Wodrow purchased a land tract consisting of 100 acres ( 0 @.@ 40 km2 ) along the Cacapon River in Hampshire County . On December 4 , 1789 , Wodrow was appointed by an act of the Virginia General Assembly as a trustee of the town of Romney . He served as a trustee alongside Isaac Miller , Isaac Parsons , Stephen Colvin , Jonathan Purcell , Nicholas Casey , William McGuire , Perez Drew , and James Murphy . Wodrow and his fellow trustees were given authority by the Virginia General Assembly to settle disputes regarding the town 's land lots and to " open and clear " the town 's " streets and lanes " in accordance with the original survey and plan for Romney . Wodrow was again appointed by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on December 27 , 1800 to a second board of trustees governing Watson Town ( present @-@ day Capon Springs ) , and charged with laying off land lots , streets , and a half @-@ acre lot containing the mineral spring for public use along Capon Springs Run . On October 4 , 1808 , Wodrow and fellow trustee Henry Beattie conveyed Lot No. 2 in Watson Town to Lawrence Augustine Washington a nephew of then former President George Washington . The location of Watson Town is the present @-@ day site of Capon Springs Resort . 
