John Armistead Burwell

  • American

John A Burwell, a middling member of the Virginia gentry, ran the profitable Woburn tobacco plantation in Virginia while raising corn and wheat for sale. His household enjoyed modest comforts — carriage, fine dresses, oysters, brandy — yet fell short of elite planter wealth. He and his wife held fifteen enslaved field laborers and several domestic servants, and he prided himself on producing prize-winning tobacco. - AsNotedIn

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1813/04/06 Lucy Crawley Burwell, wife of Armistead Burwell, gives birth to a son, John Armistead Burwell, at Woburn Plantation, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Born Woburn Plantation Manor House Remains, Burwell Family Cemetery Clarksville
1833/06/19 Lucy Penn Guy, daughter of Thomas and Lucy Penn Hunt Guy, marries John Armistead Burwell, in Granville County, North Carolina. Groom
1833/07/00 Following his 1833 marriage to Lucy, John A Burwell assumes control of Woburn's operations and soon earns a reputation as one of Mecklenburg County's leading planters. Work Woburn Plantation Manor House Remains, Burwell Family Cemetery Clarksville
1857/08/18 At age 44, John Armistead Burwell passes from the labors he so dearly cherished. A man proud of his plantation and the order he kept upon its fields, he was laid to rest in the Burwell Cemetery at Woburn, where his works remain as quiet testament. Died
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