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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN3R_clifts-plantation-site_Montross-VA.html
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, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN3Q_clifts-plantation-burial-ground_Montross-VA.html
The Clifts Plantation cemetery was located on the opposite side of the current road. Because of long distances to the nearest church in the 17th and early 18th centuries, plantation burial grounds were common in the Chesapeake region.
Archaeolo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN1D_controlling-the-water-supply-to-the-mill_Montross-VA.html
When the head gates at the pond are opened, water runs under the dam into the wooden flume. Since the mill is started and stopped at frequent intervals, the flood gate at the side of the flume is left open to keep from overloading the flume when t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN1C_the-stratford-mill_Montross-VA.html
When Thomas Lee Purchased this one-acre mill site in 1743, nothing remained but the "old mill dam." By 1745, he had built a mill which operated-off and on-until the Lees sold Stratford in the 1820s. The names of Stratford's millers remain a myster…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN1B_stratford-landing-significant-events_Montross-VA.html
In 1744 the Lancaster Commission, headed by Thomas Lee and William Beverley, set forth from Stratford Landing to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to treat with the Chiefs of the Iroquois. Lee's knowledge of the Indians and his arbitration skills contribute…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN1A_the-landing-gateway-to-the-world_Montross-VA.html
The narrow strip of beach between the cliffs was Stratford's main gateway to the outside world. By 1743, Thomas Lee had built a wharf at "Lee's Landing." Over the next two decades the Lees owned or held interest in several large vessels which sail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0Y_slave-cemetery_Montross-VA.html
This monument was erected by the Board of Directors of Stratford Hall in 1953. The reference to "those negroes who served Stratford so faithfully" reflects the attitude of the time shown by upper and middle class whites to former slaves and their …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0R_oval-site_Montross-VA.html
University of Mary Washington-Stratford Hall Field School of archaeological excavations reveal a mid-eighteenth-century farm complex purposely demolished by the 1780s. At least two earthfast buildings (one with basement addition) and possibly othe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0P_stratford-hall_Montross-VA.html
Stratford HallHas been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric LandmarkUnder the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0N_to-keep-in-perpetual-remembrance-the-name-of-thomas-lee_Montross-VA.html
President of his majesty's council and Commander in Chief of the colony and dominion of Virginia 1749 - 1750A leader in the movement which resulted in the treaty of Lancaster 1744 by which Virginia was united with Maryland and Pennsylvania in join…