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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 of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Robert Pleasants (1723–1801) was an American educator and abolitionist. He was born in Henrico County, Virginia and became a plantation owner and operator of Robert Pleasants & Co., a consignment tobacco exporting company. [1]
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cartersville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia This page was last edited on 21 November 2023, at 18:03 ...
Cartersville is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Cartersville formed around the James River and Kanawha Canal . An 1855 gazetteer described it as having "1 church, several stores, and about 50 dwellings."
It encompasses 51 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the village of Cartersville. Most of the buildings date to the turn of the 20th century, with a number of late-18th- and 19th-century dwellings and former taverns, two churches, a few commercial buildings, a post office, and a former school.
Ampthill is a plantation located in Cartersville, Virginia, United States, roughly 45 minutes west of Richmond, and just over an hour south of Charlottesville. The property is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.
Blantons is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. References. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System ...
Virginia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on June 25, 1788. [11] Before it declared its independence, Virginia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain . It seceded from the Union on April 17, 1861, [ 12 ] and was admitted to the Confederate States of America on May 7, 1861. [ 13 ]