Historic Homes of South-West Virginia Mountains

Description: Historic HomesOf theSouth-WestMountainsVirginiaWith twenty-three illustrationsAnd a Map By Edward C. MeadPublished 1915, 321 pages, searchable - Bonus Book - Southwest Virginiaand Shenandoah Valley By Thomas Bruce, 1891256 pages, Illustrated, Searchable - Bonus Book - Pioneersof the Old Southwest By Constance Skinner, 1919325 pages, Illustrated, Searchable - Bonus - Virginia Counties Timeline *******************************************************************************Digital EBook CD Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to ViewAutoboot for easy PC access; Manually load on MAC ******************************************************************** There extends through the centre of Albemarle County, Virginia, a bold range of picturesque hills, the first that may be deemed mountains, as approaching from the east; these have their rise in Orange County, and terminate on the borders of James River, ranging in a south-west and north-east course parallel to and distant from the Blue Ridge about twenty miles. This range has been known from an early period as the "South-West Mountains," so called from the direction in which they point. For some time the South-West Mountains formed the western limit of the colony, but when its dark-red alluvial soil was found to be particularly adapted to the culture of the great staple, tobacco, and its salubrious climate so refreshing to the fever-stricken emigrants, these favored hills were eagerly sought, and the county was early settled by a most intelligent and industrious race of people, who were peculiarly different in dialect, traits of character, and social intercourse from the general class of early settlers in America. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE SOUTH-WEST MOUNTAINS . . ii Their Traditions ; their People. MONTICELLO THE HOME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON . 21 Now owned by Hon. Jefferson M. Levy, of New York. PANTOPS ONE OF JEFFERSON'S FARMS 41 Now owned by Professor John R. Sampson. LEGO ONE OF JEFFERSON'S FARMS 49 The Home of the Taylors. SHADWELL THE BIRTHPLACE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON 55 SHADWELL THE SECOND 63 EDGEHILL THE HOME OF THE RANDOLPHS 65 BELMONT THE HOME OF THE EVERETTS 75 EAST BELMONT THE HOME OF ISAAC LONG, ESQ., 89 SUNNY SIDE THE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF J. B. PACE, ES2 99 FRUITLAND THE RESIDENCE OF A. P. FOX, ESQ. . . 107 CISMONT THE SUMMER HOME OF COLONEL H. W. FULLER Ill CLOVER FIELDS THE OLD HOME OF THE MERI- WETHERS 129 Now owned by Frank M. Randolph, Esq. CASTALIA THE ESTATE OF MURRAY BOOCOCK, ESQ. 139 MUSIC HALL HOME OF THE LATE CAPTAIN JAMES TERRELL 153 BELVOIR THE HOME OF THE NELSONS 159 KINLOCH THE HOME OF DR. TOM MERIWETHER . . 167 Now owned by Aylett Everett, Esq. MERRIE MILL THE COUNTRY-SEAT OF JOHN ARM- STRONG CHANLER, ESg i79 ROUGEMONT THE HOME OF THE DICKINSONS ... 187 HOPEDALE THE HOME OF THE BOYDENS 193 CASTLE HILL THE HOME OF THE RIVESES 201 KESWICK THE HOME OF THE PAGES 217 EDGEWORTH THE HOME OF THE GORDONS .... 231 COBHAM PARK THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE WIL- LIAM C. RIVES, JR 241 THE MACHUNK FARMS THE CREEK; CAMPBELLS; MACHUNK 247 BROAD OAK THE HOME OF EDWARD C. MEAD, ESQ,. 255 KESWICK STATION CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL- ROAD 263 EVERETTSVILLE NOW LA FOURCHE, THE HOME OF THE BOWCOCKS 267 GLENMORE THE HOME OF THE MAGRUDERS .... 271 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Castle Hill Frontispiece Map of the South-West Mountains 1 1 Monticello 21 Pantops 41 Lego 49 Shadwell 55 Edgehill 65 Belmont 75 Sunny Side 99 Cismont Ill The Old Colonial Kitchen at Cismont 126 Clover Fields 129 The First Clover Fields Mansion .... 133 Castalia . . 139 Herd of Herefords at Castalia Farm 151 Kinloch . 167 Merrie Mill Mansion 179 The Old Colonial Merrie Mill i8o The Bathing-Pool at Merrie Mill 183 Hopedale 193 Castle Hill Mansion 204 Keswick 217 Cobham Park 241 Broad Oak 255 Bonus - Virginia Counties & Cities Timeline Summarized from Virginia Counties, Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation Published 1916 This is a 21 page chart summarizing, in date order, the formation of all 180 Virginia counties now located in the present day states of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Also includes information on the 90 independent cities of Virginia. Begins in 1634 with the eight original shires, continues through 1776 with the first county in present day Kentucky, and 1779 with the first county in present day West Virginia. Dickenson was the last new Virginia county, formed 1880. In 1920 Alexandria County was renamed Arlington County. Just insert the CD into your Windows computer and use the menu to open your book(s), and to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. If your system security prevents the CD from auto loading, just double-left click the Autorun file on the CD. For MAC (or Windows) manually open the PDF file for your book. Don't forget to also open the pictures and song files. Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! 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Location: Midlothian, Virginia

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State: Virginia

Type: History

Year: 1915

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