Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-10
Far he ENQUIRER
IW FHL LVIHHc'
AUTUMNAL LEAVES, NO. H, AND LAST

AUTUMNAL LEAVES, NO. H, AND LAST.
Not far from West Point, in King William
county, at the distance Of about quarter Of
mile from the Pamunkey, and two miles from the
Mattapony, is 10 be seen tombstone, with the
following inscription :-"Here lyeih inferred the
body Of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Clayboprne
son OF Colonel William Claybourne; he departed
this life the eth day Of October, l683-Etalis
SUR &c. l Mo. 81 d. The tombstone is raised;
il is shaded by Sassairass, Cedar and walnut.
The tradition is, thar this Thomas Claybourne,
being MORALLY wounded in an action with the
Indians, requested 10 be buried on The spot wnere
the fight occurred.
Near this are to be found the vestiscs Of an
old fodi6caion al place called The gullies, !"
on the Pamunkey, below Romancock. The stu.
alton is naturally very strong, one side being
formed b. the high and sleep bank OF The river,
lanked al either end BY the sides Of deep abrupt
ravines or "gulies," and on the remaining side
protected by trench. The hole ground is snow
covered with large trees. |, is not known whe-
Their ''the gullies" formed an enIrenchment for hs
early coonsis against The Indians, or whether II
is the site Of revolutionary camp. II is certain
that Lafayette, with small army, was encamp-
ei near This spot, just before The siege OF York
On the roadside, not far from "the gullies. y
feet in diameter, the trunk below apparently
dead, the tops still green and budding. The barr
of one side OF The tree, for eigh. or len ieei, has
been stripped of, by Latayeltes soldiers as is
said, for the purpose OF making bread trays.
Tradition further reports, that the soldiers we're
in the hab OF exercising themselves in throwing
The tomahawk at this tree.
There is another object OF interest in the same
neiphborhood-thc West Point Church. Find
ing one Of its windows little elevated, ven
tured 10 raise il high enough 10 admit me, not
however, without some msgivlngs as Chamber
ed in, les, should subject myself 10 an action
Of lrespas. ouare eieusum rec1t. The diminu-
tive pentagona pulpit could By 70 means hold
more than one person, nor even one, unless q
moderate dimensions The canopy is adorned
With gildsd star. On The wall are slabs with
the Decaloeue and creed and three Hebrew lei.
ters. The aises Q! tc.selared fag-sones blue
and white The Torn. OF The building is like lha
of the Blandford Church West Poin, Churci
is surrounded bv fine old willow oaks and cellars
This Col. VIM. Claiborne was one Of lhs
Parliamentary Commissioners, TO whom Vlrsi
mia was surrendered in l652-(Hening's Stat
utes, I, 1861 Secretary OF State OF Virginia un
| der The Commonwealth OF Engand-(lb. 40S
He was mos. bold, en:erprizinR and conspicu
| ous man. and at one time rsvoiulionZec The pro
vince of MARYLAND, expelled the proprietary Go
vernon, Lord Baltimore, and usurped his place.
| 10 1863, We find him Burgess Tor the county 0
New Ken.-Ib. 2, l9s)-and 10 1876, member Q
Court Martial held for trial OF prisoners impli
Gated in Bacon,s rebellion.-(lb. 545.)
STUDLEY.
! visited on the 81 ofApril last, studey, tn
| birthplace OF Patrick Henry. in the county 9
Hanover. The house in which ire grea, orato
was born IS no longer s;anding-bricSs and yes
,ie.s Of the iounds,ioa mark the spc, where
| s,ood. Some old ou.-houscs remain in disnanlle
| condition. Posts now unconscious ot gale az
an avenue ofvenerabIe Trees, recall the memory {
a former age and The childhood oigenius. In tn
garden, behind The site o: the dwellins-horse, boz
hedges still aourisbed, intermingled with lilac
Near The cite Of the house some young masnoli
lau,sl, found an appropriate place, Al the sdS