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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESY_zion-baptist-church_Hague-VA.html
Zion Baptist Church is home to one of the oldest African American congregations in Westmoreland County. Before slavery ended,according to local tradition, services werefirst held under a dogwood bush arbor onGawen's Farm, near Tucker Hill, approxi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESW_the-burnt-house-field_Hague-VA.html
A mile and a half to the north is the Burnt House Field, a Lee family graveyard in which were buried Richard Lee of "Machotick," Thomas Lee of "Stratford," Richard Henry Lee of "Chantilly," their wives, and others. These burials were in the garden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESU_richard-henry-lees-grave_Hague-VA.html
A mile and a half north, in the Lee burying ground, is the grave of Richard Henry Lee, who died, June 19, 1794. Lee was one of the first leaders of the American Revolution. On June 7, 1776, he introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESS_lee-hall_Hague-VA.html
A quarter-mile to the northeast stood Lee Hall, built about 1723 by Henry Lee of Stratford and the great-grandfather of Robert Edward Lee. He left his estate to his son Richard Lee, who for 36 years represented Westmoreland County in the House of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESL_nomini-hall_Hague-VA.html
The house was built about 1730 and burned in 1850. It was not rebuilt. Only some poplar trees remain. A fine colonial mansion, it was the home of the celebrated "councillor" Robert Carter. Philip Fithian, tutor at Nonimi Hall, 1773-74, wrote his w…