page_title: Leatherwood Plantation
section_title: Monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Leatherwood Plantation / Monuments
caption_attribution_description: English: Virginia state historic marker near the location of patriot and Virginia governor Patrick Henry's Leatherwood plantation, which eventually encompassed over 10,000 acres in what later became Henry County, named for him. Henry lived on his Leatherwood plantation, near his friend General Joseph Martin, from 1779 to 1784. In that year he moved to Chesterfield County, Virginia.
context_page_description: Leatherwood Plantation of 10,000 acres was located in Henry County, Virginia, where Patrick Henry lived from 1779 until 1784. The plantation is probably named after Leatherwood Creek, a tributary to the Smith River, which ran through the property.
context_section_description: There are several monuments to Leatherwood plantation as Patrick Henry's home.
  A large ten foot tall granite marker on a grassy park was erected in 1922 by the Daughters of the American Revolution near the site. The plaque reads: "This boulder marks the landed estate of Patrick Henry where he lived from 1778 to 1784. Erected by the Patrick Henry Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. 1922."
  There is an historical marker near the site of the Leatherwood plantation that says: "Patrick Henry's Leatherwood Home Marker, U-40. Once located to the south was Leatherwood, the plantation of Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia and great orator of the American Revolution. Henry is especially famous for his "Liberty or Death" speech made in 1775 in Saint John's Church in Richmond. Henry initially purchased ten thousand acres of land lying on Leatherwood Creek, built a house, and lived there from 1779 to 1784. While residing there, Henry served in the Virginia General Assembly (1780-1784). He was elected governor of Virginia in November 1784 and moved to Chesterfield County that same year."
caption: Virginia state historic marker for plantation of Patrick Henry, county's namesake, Leatherwood, Henry County
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