Hickory Hill (Ashland, Virginia)

Hickory Hill wani yanki ne a cikin Hanover County, Virginia . Tsohon gonar mai girman kadada 3,300 yana da nisan kilomita 20 (32  a arewacin birnin Richmond mai zaman kansa da nisan mil 5 (8.0  a gabashin garin Ashland. An jera dukiyar a cikin National Register of Historic Places da Virginia Landmarks Register a shekara ta 1974. 

 Tarihi 
Ginin Hickory Hill ya kasance mai tsawo ga Shirley Plantation a cikin Charles City County, yawancinsa sun shiga hannun Robert Carter ta hanyar aiki mai kwanan wata 2 ga Maris, 1734.  Carter ya ba da gonar a matsayin kyautar aure ga 'yarsa Anne Butler Carter (1797-1868) da mijinta, William Fanning (W. F.) Wickham (1793-1880), lauya da mai shuka. Kyautar ta haɗa da dukkan bayi a gonar. Daga Satumba 1828 har zuwa Janairu 29, 1864, Wickham ya ci gaba da yin rikodin sunaye, kwanakin mutuwa, kuma, sau da yawa, kinships, na yawan bayi a cikin dukiya. Ɗansu Williams Carter Wickham ya zama wakilin ƙungiyar kwadago a Yarjejeniyar Virginia Secession ta 1861, sannan kuma Janar ne wanda aka kama yayin da yake murmurewa daga raunukansa a kan dukiyar, amma kusan nan da nan aka sallame shi, kuma bayan yaƙin ya zama mai tasiri a kan hanyar jirgin ƙasa. Ɗansa (W.F. Wickham's jikan) Henry T. Wickchham (1849-1943), wanda aka girma a Hickory Hill lokacin da yake karbar bakuncin janar Robert E. Lee na gaba, daga ƙarshe ya ci gaba da aikin gona, tare da kuma ya zama mai ba da zama lauya na jihar Ches da kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai suna Chestake na jihar Ohio. Iyalin Wickham sun ci gaba da zama a gidan har sai sun sayar da dukiyar a farkon shekarun 2000.

A lokacin da yake da tsawo, dukiyar ta kunshi kadada 3,500 (1,400  na ƙasa, kuma a shekara ta 1860 yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan gonaki a Virginia, kuma yana da bayi sama da 200 da ke aiki a ciki, ɗaya daga cikin irin waɗannan dukiya guda biyu a cikin Hanover County tare da wannan adadin bayi, kuma ɗaya daga cikin tara a duk jihar.

Hickory Hill ya samar da alkama (babban amfanin gona), masara, oats, da kuma karamin taba. An kuma shuka 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan lambu, amma mai yiwuwa don amfani a gonar. Ba kamar sauran shuke-shuke na Hanover County ba, wanda aka sayar a cikin gida, Hickory Hill ya sayar da kayan sa a Richmond inda ya kawo farashi mafi girma. Yana da nasa tashar, Wickham Station, a ƙasa da gidan manor a kan tsohon Virginia Central Railroad . 

 Kabari 
An haɗa shi a kan filayen gidan shine Hickory Hill Slave da Kabari na Afirka ta Amirka a kan Providence Church Road, wanda aka yi amfani da shi daga kusan 1820 zuwa kusan 1938. Kabarin 4.25 acres (1.72 ha) an kewaye shi da fararen shinge na vinyl wanda aka gina wani lokaci bayan 2010. Wataƙila an yi wasu jana'iza a waje da yankin da aka kewaye da shi. Ba duk wuraren binnewa ba ne suke da kaburbura, wasu kawai ɓarkewa ne a ƙasa. Wani bincike ya gano game da wuraren binnewa 149, tare da yiwuwar akwai ƙarin. Koyaya, kulawa mara kyau a cikin karni na 20, musamman asarar wani bishiyar brush na wucin gadi da ake gani a cikin 1980, watakila yana da alaƙa da lalacewar katako a cikin wannan shekaru goma, ya ɗauki nauyinsa.[1]￼

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Category: Amurka