Upper Brandon Plantation
- Also Known As: VHDR 74-27
- Address: 2300 Upper Brandon Rd
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1616/00/00 | John Martin (Jamestown) | Owner | Upper Brandon plantation is part of a 5,000 acres land patent granted to Captain John Martin. | |||
1637/00/00 | Richard Quiney Jr | Owner | Captain John Martin's grandson, Captain Robert Bargrave, inherits Brandon and sells the plantation to John Sadler, Richard Quiney and William Barker, who patented the nearby Merchant's Hope plantation. | |||
1824/00/00 | Tax records show that Upper Brandon has 94 enslaved Americans. | |||||
1825/00/00 | William Byrd Harrison | Home | A mansion is built for William Harrison on his 3,555 acre plantation. |
Particulars for Upper Brandon Plantation: | |
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Historic Use | Agricultural fields |
Historic Use | Agricultural outbuildings |
Area of Significance | Agriculture |
Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Early republic |
Architectural Style | Federal Style |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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