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Charlottesville and Albemarle County elected officials, clergy, racial justice activists, historians, educators, community leaders and descendants of local enslaved persons gathered on the club's property in July 2018 to hold a memorial service for John Henry James, an African American man from Charlottesville who was lynched there in 1898 at ...
Belmont Plantation, also known as Belmont Estate and Belmont, is a locale in Albemarle County, Virginia, [1] and the site of a 19th-century plantation. It was among the first patents in Albemarle County, patented in the 1730s. Matthew Graves sold a 2,500-acre-tract to John Harvie Sr., a friend of Peter Jefferson and a guardian of Thomas Jefferson.
Castle Hill (Virginia) is an historic, privately owned, 600-acre (243 ha) plantation located at the foot of the Southwest Mountains in Albemarle County, Virginia, near Monticello and the city of Charlottesville, and is recognized by the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
Shadwell is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albemarle County, Virginia.It is located by the Rivanna River near Charlottesville.The site today is marked by a Virginia Historical Marker to mark the birthplace of President Thomas Jefferson. [1]
Blenheim is a historic home and farm complex located at Blenheim, Albemarle County, Virginia.The once very large surrounding plantation was established by John Carter.Late in the 18th century, his son Edward Carter became the county's largest landowner, and in addition to public duties including service in the Virginia General Assembly built a mansion on this plantation where he and his family ...
The farm provided corn, wheat, rye, and barley for the Monticello plantation. [1] [5] While he was president (1801–1809), Jefferson leased the farm to John Craven, who grew tobacco. [2] Jefferson's grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, managed the farm beginning in 1817. [1] That year, Randolph added a stone wing to the log cabin.
John Rogers was the son of Mary Trice and Byrd Rogers, [3] who were married in King and Queen County, Virginia. [4] They had two other sons, Philip and Byrd. [4] His father married twice, the second time to Martha Trice, his first wife's sister.
Lewis also served on the Albemarle jury in 1785. [2] [19] A prosperous plantation owner, he had thousands of acres and several farms. [20] In 1782 Lewis inherited 1500 acres and other property from his father's estate, on which he built a large new home on a bluff overlooking the river; he named the estate Monteagle or Mt. Eagle.