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William Payne was born July 31, 1725, in Westmoreland Country, Virginia, the second son of William Payne (1692–1776) and Alicia (Jones) Payne (Died October 31, 1760). [1] [2] He was married to Susannah Clarke (1721–1771) on February 3, 1748, in a ceremony officiated by the Reverend Charles Green, First Rector of Pohick Church, Truro Parish.
These areas comprised part of Westmoreland until the formation of Stafford County in 1664. Westmoreland County on Northern Neck was the birthplace of George Washington, who later became the first President of the United States (born at the former settlement of Bridges Creek, Virginia); [4] of James Monroe, the fifth President; and of Robert E ...
Dec. 25—John Peck stood before a Westmoreland County jury in early December and for the next 40 minutes argued for a conviction. It marked the last time Peck would do so as the county's district ...
Its office is at 15885B King's Highway in Montross, Virginia. The newspaper was acquired from Northern Neck Newspaper Group in August 2007 by Lakeway Publishers of Norristown, Tennessee, which owns 24 newspapers in Tennessee, Missouri and Virginia as of 2008.
Bushrod Washington was born on June 5, 1762, at Bushfield Manor, a plantation located at Mount Holly in Westmoreland County, Virginia. [2] [3] He was a son of John Augustine Washington (1736–1787), the brother of George Washington, and John's heiress wife, Hannah Bushrod (1735–1801).
Mar. 21—The oldest documents kept by Westmoreland County show its burgeoning creation as well as its dark history. There are pieces missing from a tattered 1773 document, but the gist of it ...
Lee was born on December 13, 1730, probably at Stratford Hall Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia to Thomas Lee and his wife Hannah Harrison Ludwell. [1] Born into the First Families of Virginia (as described below), he was the couple's third son and the second to survive into adulthood. Although the couple's firstborn son died shortly ...
Mount Holly is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. The plantation houses Bushfield and Spring Grove are nearby and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]