The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-28
F 4 VIPGINA PRINCIPA ON The BANKS OF TIE
Quarter Plantations Owned by
u Wealthy Troprietors ill the
Hands ofSI'rrsty Owners.
The .lNDlFFEREN SENT AWAY.
Bad Negroes and Vicious AMI
~ mats Sent ito Quarter Plan
u stations $$iil8 tile South, 5

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and that his greatest regret ut dying
lc!t- e~tcr- ~ the field of horror.
mans. VINO have always been people OF
promnence of the COUNTY ;ur Here wesr "
different generations. The old mansion
on This estate was burned q few years
ago. y. 4, Il y. II. III. ~
,rarrys This Is one OF the largest plan,
Etntions on the Roanoke, having n front
of nearly. four mics on the river and run i1
larry whilst Patrick Henry, was Gove i.
grentcl portion. or Long Grass from NJ \.
father. and turn wlled the whole off !,
kTarry, the srcprcsentativ We from heck tla
burg I'M tho recent Constitutional Cotl-
gvention. W /, 4, 5, n. /. ~
have now passed out OF the hands SOf lh ~,
families Of tho original owners. IN mel ll,
many Of them since the war have ,r pech
cut UP into smaller @trncts. ssi53
Il oLorSE1s = Y1tD's 5JoUFN NJ y
IN that rhrc old volume. entitled ~. -
Journey To the Garden of tden.' Eri1 IA
from tho Westovcr y py, ~,
m nv 80, ae colo ona1a William liam Byrds daryls
reproduced. giving an account of a. i ,nI
nude BY him and some friends " tnG IN. "a.
nr1 i7a3 IN tho Roanoke and n Dan. nlyccrS
~ vislt some Of their "Quurtcr Plnnt,,-
tions" they had recently SEIZED y,
slaves and teams. under thc NJ
y, - Innds west Of tho Furthermore set set
ilomcnts rho first stop they made s,
getting In, what now no ho annart Or
P Pianiaton, Belonging Colonel prn mr.,
Stitf. on the west side or sun ..n 1 ,,,i,y
Flat Creek. they lodged one Nh en-;
From fnrtnf5 des fnyarnay V s,,bssauen
W. anwned BY the Goodies. He tells asts,r
crossing Aliens Creek 2lleayi1g ,vis
80 p yyo gSl9he BY one experlenced
mirer and two slaves who occa Ls naiti
4 repaired to the Quarter place SD ~ Ihn;
crce ten miles down ass mi ton gwen ~
fhele ioea OF this nine. 1T must be ,he
same that is now owned BY no ~, u alar! mi
duke Hawklns. or S by him and Colonel
11nrk of raleigh, u. G.. some t ,'t h
e. T raepie 81 sfs ,has Vicinity
cru ,iane o,a made with, old shop-made na,s
were found some eighty feet bene. ear -
surface: ,,,,, ,vr,,es nj length OF their
coi9nel n h,la s Ne,,e Castle which wa
ono OF his Quarter Plantations, !, - m
nated on she K 90 ,resent n site Of tho
tnr,, ~ clarksviiJe. the .bounhary o. g,
n M. nlacn being described ny bsn , =, -.
j the west side of SandS t ,,ro ,,,n,,th Of
ni n, w pPr ,sn IN miles He described tito
three Islands he owned IN tn nc a o, Us
pssite 'Biuc stonc Castle , lne ip hres
nn mics G lsns the middle called e
ene called led :Totero being three (, miles e.
iorg. and states that /, t !,da W ,au e,ther Of
ine M n speaking Of a visit made over we.
IL these Islands. he said that mere We ,tls
then q cave Ina, ao'ekg ins s With Only Two
!nst , I, .a 10 odcfended . himself against
great horde or Northern Indians. anu 4.
last Obliged them t9 re,tre. ne enh on NJ this
, ~, - = tyaa M high as their horses
, , =, the hOconeechee'. island ne sa.n
,,as several fields whare the .Occoneec.,usss
,, md inns had formerly lived. and tnas
there was SIN lvirg some OF the pas e'
trees planted by them
IN writes (Sep,cmher 18TH ll53l, Al ICY
returning to Bue Stone Ga ct, iron Ie.s
=. trip to the Islands we lad me esaecns:s
Of two d. &c cities one a. me othe,
a, eic P petersburs These Major Mays
a surveyor OF the partyl ottersa = T rht
out into lots without ~ .a n,nces being III.
Il unnernost landings of the James a ~.
& annoIn;it TIA K Rivers, are naturany y, ~
t fan for marta where the tntiic .S,S y
ne thu outer inhabtants must cen ,s .c un
. we did not only build castles put Gus
n r me mex, next day he and his party lef
q l"Rils stone Castle to so further WcSt, : :
take m and survey mere ,bis sint csin,
~ ,5 rty cons s sted OF NJ jor May9. Map
Mumford, MI Jones and MI II, Jan Il :
lnifan n Mesen bol! i
8 TX Y M strhnTnas Hooper: four negroes, nrt
. i three Tuskerudn Indians kept O on III, ~
d s"Bll,c Stonc Castle Plantation! 20 nun ~
! or p res IA the fine old mansion
\ ,4umblcton Sk!pwitlL is situated !, on On 4
= nortion &c tho old 4Hue Stone ,s Gassle
s., plantation. ~ = - = Z -1t'.-.l