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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZO_mount-pleasant-c-1750s_Orange-VA.html
James Madison's grandfather, Ambrose Madison, had his slaves construct Mount Pleasant sometime after 1723. Ambrose moved his family here in 1732 from Virginia's Tidewater and unexpectedly died within a few months. Court records show that three sla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFY2_madison-farm-complex_Orange-VA.html
In the fields in front of you, archaeologists have found the extremely well-preserved remains of James Madison's plantation farm complex, which served as the hub of the working farm and the home for several generations of field slaves. This comple…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFY0_the-quarters_Orange-VA.html
"The Negro habitations are separate from the dwelling house both here and all over Virginia, and they form a kind of village."- Journal of Sir Augustus John Foster, 1807
The Quarters, a cluster of wooden buildings segregated from the main house…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWG_gilmore-farm_Orange-VA.html
George Gilmore was born into slavery at Montpelier about 1810. Like millions of African Americans throughout the South, Gilmore made the transition to freedom after the Civil War. Many emancipated slaves worked on the same plantation where they on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWF_the-garden_Orange-VA.html
"It was a paradise of roses and other flowers, to say nothing of the strawberries, and vegetables; every rare plant and fruit was sent to him by his admiring friends, who knew his taste, and they were carefully studied and reared by the gardener a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFVY_the-blacksmith-shop_Orange-VA.html
"And I desire my black Smith Moses, may belong to such of my children as he shall chose if they are willing to take him at a reasonable price."- Will of James Madison, Sr., 1787
The Blacksmith shop, constructed by Madison's father in the 1760s,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEOW_oakley_Orange-VA.html
Dr. Robert Thomas, a prominent Orange County physician, constructed Oakley in the Greek Revival style in 1843. His daughter Sarah (Sally) Thomas Browning and her husband, G. Judson Browning, later owned it. George W. Bagby (1828-1883), Southern Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2M0_campaign-of-second-manassas_Orange-VA.html
Near here Stonewall Jackson camped, August 13-15, 1862, just after the Cedar Mountain engagement.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LT_orange-county-madison-county_Orange-VA.html
(North Facing Side): Orange CountyFormed from Spotsylvania County in 1734, Orange County, a pastoral Piedmont county, was probably named in honor of William IV, the Dutch prince of Orange, who married Anne, the Princess Royal, daughter of George I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LS_kempers-grave_Orange-VA.html
A mile south is the grave of James Lawson Kemper, who led his brigade of Virginia troops in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and fell desperately wounded, he became a Major-General in 1864. Kemper was governor of Virginia, 1874-1878.