A Busy Tobacco Plantation Once Flourished Here
Between 1976 and 1978, archaeological excavations on this spot revealed the remains of the "Clifts," a busy tobacco plantation. When first occupied in 1670, this land belonged to Thomas Pope, an English merchant and Westmoreland County planter, and was farmed by his tenants. After Pope's death, it passed to his widow Joanna, and later to his son Nathaniel, who lived here just over a decade. In 1717 Nathaniel Pope sold "the manner house erected on the second clift [cliff]," its outbuildings, and the surrounding 1,100 acres to Thomas Lee. Lee operated the plantation as a tenancy until the construction of the present Great House circa 1738. The buildings on this site were then torn down to make way for the road connecting Lee's new brick mansion with his landing on the Potomac River.| HM Number | HMN3R |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 11:26pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 339068 N 4225091 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.15936667, -76.83690000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 9.562', W 76° 50.214' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 9' 33.72" N, 76° 50' 12.84" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 804 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 35 Unnamed Road, Montross VA 22520, US |
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