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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT3H_anchor-and-hope-plantation_Fort-Chiswell-VA.html
One mile north is a plantation tht was surveyed in March 1748, and patented, in June, 1753, by Colonel John Buchanan and named by him "Anchor and Hope." There in 1792 an academy was established to teach oratory. The pioneer educator, Thomas E. Bir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT3D_lead-mines_Fort-Chiswell-VA.html
Nine miles south on New River. Discovered in 1756 by Colonel John Chiswell, these mines supplied lead for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War. Tories attempted to seize them in 1780 but were suppressed.