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Hairston Plantation, Lowndes County, Mississippi, home of George W. Hairston, c. 1909. Part of the empire of Hairston homes and plantations scattered about the South. The Hairston family, who had Beaver Creek built, eventually came to control tens of thousands of acres of land in Virginia, North Carolina and elsewhere across the South.
Beaver Creek Plantation: May 9, 1985 : State Route 108 ... Martinsville Fish Dam: January 21, 1974 : Smith River below the Rives Rd. bridge [6
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.
George Hairston (September 20, 1750 – March 5, 1825) was a Virginia planter, patriot and politician in Virginia who served one term in the Virginia House of Delegates representing Henry County after serving as a Colonel in the American Revolutionary War and later served as a Brigadier General in the War of 1812.
The Beaver Creek Plantation, [39] John Waddey Carter House, [40] Dry Bridge School, [41] East Church Street-Starling Avenue Historic District, [42] Fayette Street Historic District, Little Post Office, [43] Martinsville Fish Dam, [44] Martinsville Historic District, Martinsville Novelty Corporation Factory, [45] and Scuffle Hill are listed on ...
Virginia state historical marker for Henry County. Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 50,948. [1] The county seat is usually identified as Martinsville; [2] however, the administration building (where county offices are located and where the board of supervisors holds meetings), county courthouse, and Henry County Sheriff's ...
Chatmoss takes its name from a 2,700-acre (11 km 2) Hairston family plantation on the site, which was later incorporated into a larger country club building on the site. [3] That name probably derives from " Chat Moss ", a large area of peat bog near Manchester, UK.
Location of Brunswick County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Brunswick County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States.