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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/HMFW1_the-backyard_Gaffney-VA.html
"...the sumptuous board spread under the forest oaks .... everything that a luxurious country could produce, wines, and the well filled punch bowl, to say nothing of the invigorating mountain air ..."- Mary Cutts, Memoir, c. 1840. The Backyard …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFW0_homes-for-enslaved-families_Gaffney-VA.html
Slaves who worked in the Madison's household lived in this nearby area known as the "south yard." The yards of these homes, where most of the household activities took place, were in direct sight of the mansion. As a result, the Madisons would hav…
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/HMFU9_the-road_Pineville-VA.html
"Having lost ourselves in the mountain road which leads thro' a wild woody tract of ground, and wandering for some time in Mr. Madison's domain, which seemed interminable, we at last reached his hospitable mansion."- Margret Bayard Smith, 1828 …
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/HMCLF_captain-john-spotswood_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Spotswood park is dedicated to Captain John Spotswood born circa 1748, grandson of Royal Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia. Captain John Spotswood, soldier of the American Revolution, served honorably as a member of the Continent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCLC_orange-grove-1728-1864_Locust-Grove-VA.html
This is the story of Orange GroveYou are standing on land that was owned by the same family for over 200 years, from colonial days to the beginning of Lake of the Woods. Alexander Spotswood, Lt. Gov. of the Colony of Virginia 1710 - 1722, obtai…
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