Shirley Plantation is an estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. It is located on scenic byway State Route 5, between...
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in her son Robert's biography. Anne was born at the family seat, Shirley Plantation in Charles City County, on March 26, 1773. A member of the planter...
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and also sat on the first Council of State in 1776. He was born at Shirley Plantation to the former Elizabeth Hill, who had been born to the last of three...
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hamlet Shirley Plantation, an estate in Virginia Shirley, West Virginia Shirley, Wisconsin Shirley, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch Shirley Island...
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River plantations open to the public, listed from west to east, include Shirley Plantation, Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill, Berkeley Plantation, Westover...
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portal Robert Carter III Carter's Grove (plantation) Corotoman (plantation) Rosewell (plantation) Shirley Plantation Christ Church History of slavery in the...
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her burgess father (Edward Hill) died 3 years later, she inherited Shirley plantation because her sole brother had died at age 16 from tuberculosis, and...
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from the county of Shropshire. Robert E. Lee's mother grew up at Shirley Plantation, one of the most elegant homes in Virginia. His maternal great-great...
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filmed at an actual plantation, Shirley Plantation, in Virginia. Shirley Plantation was actually owned by the Carter family. This plantation is known for being...
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Upper Shirley is a historic plantation house located near Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. In 1866, the owner of Shirley Plantation, Hill...
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powers (Portuguese, Dutch or British during their rule in Sri Lanka) Shirley Plantation dovecote interior Columbarium (dovecote) interior wall at Maresha...
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Shirley Plantation. Common or smaller planters in the late 18th and 19th century had more modest wood-frame buildings, such as Southall Plantation in...
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are available daily by appointment. Westbury Shirley Plantation, settled in 1613, is the oldest plantation in Virginia and the oldest family-owned business...
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and her husband John Carter was born at the Hill family's historic Shirley Plantation in Charles City County, which his parents received as a wedding present...
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was the plantation's postillion. Several years passed before "Light Horse Harry" remarried to Ann Hill Carter (1773–1827) of Shirley Plantation. Their...
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15, 1825, at Shirley Plantation to Hill Carter and Mary Braxton Randolph Carter. Carter would later assume control of Shirley Plantation in 1866, after...
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court appearances before his death in February 1644. Hill established Shirley Plantation in Charles City County by 1638. Two years later he was a tobacco viewer...
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wealthy Anne Hill Carter (1773–1829) at Shirley Plantation. Anne was the daughter of Charles Carter, Esq., of Shirley, and his wife Ann Butler Moore. According...
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United States; however, this claim was challenged until 2013. The Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, was founded in 1613 and has been in operation...
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planter, local official and politician, who like his father operated Shirley Plantation in part using enslaved labor, as well as briefly served as 20th Speaker...
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Robert Bolling William Byrd II of Westover Plantation Landon Carter I Robert Carter, Portrait at Shirley Plantation Robert Carter III by Thomas Hudson Col...
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colonial secretary for two decades as well as lawyer, planter at Shirley Plantation and politician; nephew of John Carter Jr and son of "King Carter"...
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Schuler, Shirley (2013). Images of America: Plantation. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738594156. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Plantation. Official...
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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register...
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County — home of John Tyler Shirley Plantation, 1723, Charles City County — home of the Carter family Stratford Hall Plantation, 1730, Westmoreland County...
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Governor Hugh Drysdale. His sons John Carter married Elizabeth Hill of Shirley Plantation and Landon Carter married Maria Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd...
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Virginia plantation owner angers neighbors". The Washington Post. Seattle Times. Retrieved September 26, 2012. "History 'Lives' at Shirley Home". Lakeland...
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Indians, who called the area Catacunemaug. Once part of "The Plantation of Groton," Shirley was first settled by English pioneers about 1720. In 1753 it...
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owned by the City of Roanoke, Wildwood Park in the City of Radford, Shirley Plantation in Charles City County, James Madison's Montpelier in Orange County...
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Berkeley Hundred was the next plantation down river from the Shirley Plantation. "The Story of Taps". Berkeley Plantation. Retrieved November 24, 2021...
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