Varina Plantation
- Address: Varina on the James
- Vicinity: S end of Varina Rd
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| John Rolfe | Significant name | |||||
| 1615/00/00 | Pocahontas | Home | ||||
| 1615/01/30 | Thomas Rolfe | Born | ||||
| 1790/00/00 | Thomas Mann Randolph Sr | Father of the Groom | Thomas Mann Randolph Sr buys Varina for his son, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. | Marriage of Martha Washington Jefferson and Thomas Mann Randolph | ||
| 1790/03/00 | Martha Jefferson Randolph | Home | Martha and Thomas M Randolph make a home at Varina Plantation. | |||
| 1825/00/00 | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr | Home | Thomas Mann Randolph sells Varina Plantation to Pleasant Aiken (or Akin) of Petersburg. | |||
| 1853/00/00 | Construction begins on a Classical Revival, brick, mansion for Albert M Aiken. | |||||
| 1865/03/26 | William H Wharff | Union Private | This day I have seen Lincoln - I can never forget the care-worn face of the noble President as he rode past, while the band played Hail to the Chief. - Diary of US Army Private Wharff | |||
| 1865/03/26 | Mary Todd Lincoln | Life | Riding in an ambulance wagon along with Julia Grant, Mary Lincoln follows President Lincoln as he visits troops at Aiken's Landing on the James River in Henrico County. | |||
| 1865/03/26 | Julia Dent Grant | Life | In an ambulance wagon, Mary Lincoln and Julia Grant follow President Lincoln as he visits troops at Aiken's Landing on the James River in Henrico County. | |||
| 1865/03/26 | Abraham Lincoln | Union Commander in Chief | President Lincoln spends the day traveling up the James River visiting troops at Aiken's Landing in Henrico County. The President rides by horse over muddy roads to visit a division of black troops. | Siege of Petersburg |
| Particulars for Varina Plantation: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Agriculture |
| Cultural Affiliation | American |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
| Area of Significance | Historic and non-aboriginal |
| Criteria | Information Potential |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Criteria | Person |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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