Woburn Plantation Manor House Remains, Burwell Family Cemetery
- Address: Ivy Hill Rd
- Vicinity: Gravel road off Ivy Hill Rd just S of the Virginia-North Carolina line
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1799/00/00 | Armistead Burwell of Woburn | Home | Woburn Plantation is built by Jacob Shelor and John Inge for Armistead Burwell and his wife, Lucy Crawley Burwell. Completed circa 1799, Inge was recommended to Burwell by his brother-in-law, John Stark Ravenscroft. | |||
| 1799/00/00 | Jacob Shelor | Stonemason | Woburn Plantation is built by Jacob Shelor and John Inge for Armistead Burwell and his wife, Lucy Crawley Burwell. Completed circa 1799, Inge was recommended to Burwell by his brother-in-law, John Stark Ravenscroft. | |||
| 1799/00/00 | Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft | Life | Woburn Plantation is built by Jacob Shelor and John Inge for Armistead Burwell and his wife, Lucy Crawley Burwell. Completed circa 1799, Inge was recommended to Burwell by his brother-in-law, John Stark Ravenscroft. | |||
| 1799/00/00 | John Inge | Master Carpenter | Woburn Plantation is built by Jacob Shelor and John Inge for Armistead Burwell and his wife, Lucy Crawley Burwell. Completed circa 1799, Inge was recommended to Burwell by his brother-in-law, John Stark Ravenscroft. | |||
| 1813/04/06 | John Armistead Burwell | Born | Lucy Crawley Burwell, wife of Armistead Burwell, gives birth to a son, John Armistead Burwell, at Woburn Plantation, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. | |||
| 1820/11/28 | Armistead Burwell of Woburn | Died | Armistead Burwell passes away in 1820. He is buried in the Burwell Family Cemetery. | |||
| 1833/07/00 | John Armistead Burwell | Work | 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. | |||
| 1920/04/04 | CSA Armistead Burwell | Died | Armistead Burwell, long a familiar figure of the old Woburn place, passed from this world at seventy-nine. His people laid him to rest in the Burwell Cemetery on the plantation grounds, where the family stones keep their quiet company. |
| Particulars for Woburn Plantation Manor House Remains, Burwell Family Cemetery: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Person |
| Historic Use | Secondary structure |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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