| 1617/10/01 |
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The tract of land known as "Long Field" is granted to Edward Gurganey by order of the court. |
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| 1619/02/11 |
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Long Field is bequeathed by Ann Gurganey, widow of Edward Gurganey, to Thomas Harris by her will. |
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| 1635/11/00 |
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A patent is granted for a tract of 750 acres land "commonly known as Longfield" to Captain Thomas Harris, 100 acres of which is due him as "an Ancient planter and adventurer in the time of Sir Thomas Dale". |
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| 1636/00/00 |
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A house is built for Thomas Harris, a Burgess for Curles Neck. Archaeologists have found a full basement and a large centrally located chimney suggests that there was a lobby entrance. The mansion burned down c 1654. |
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| 1674/00/00 |
Nathaniel Bacon |
Home |
Nathaniel Bacon makes his home at Curl's Neck (lost). The residence's landscape features include terraces and traces of underground tunnels down to the James River which could have been used as an escape route from Indian invasions. |
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| 1698/00/00 |
Col William Randolph |
Owner |
William Randolph buys Curles Neck Plantation from the Crown. After Nathaniel Bacon was found guilty of treason post-mortem, his property was confiscated by the Colony. |
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| 1711/04/21 |
Col William Randolph |
Died |
Col William Randolph dies at age 60 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia. |
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| 1711/05/00 |
Richard Randolph of Curles |
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Richard Randolph inherits Curles Neck Plantation on the James River. |
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| 1725/00/00 |
Richard Randolph of Curles |
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The first Randolph house (lost) is built as a 40-foot x 26-foot frame building constructed over a full basement. |
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| 1725/01/17 |
Richard Randolph II |
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Richard Randolph is born at Curles Neck Plantation in Virginia. |
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| 1750/00/00 |
Richard Randolph II |
Home |
Begun as an early 18C house, Randolph Mansion is probably expanded to double its length in mid-century by Richard Randolph II. |
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| 1753/04/10 |
Susanna Randolph Harrison |
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Anne Meade Randolph, wife of Richard Randolph II, gives birth to a daughter, Susanna Randolph in the Colony of Virginia. |
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| 1755/00/00 |
Jane Randolph Bolling |
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Anne Meade Randolph, wife of Richard Randolph II, gives birth to a daughter, Jane Randolph Curles at the Neck Plantation in the Colony of Virginia. |
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| 1766/03/04 |
Jane Bolling Randolph |
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Jane Bolling Randolph dies in Curles, Henrico, Colony of Virginia. |
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| 1777/00/00 |
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Following a successful case before the Virginia Court of Appeals in 1777, the slaves of John Pleasants (he donated the first Quaker meeting house at Curles Neck) are allowed to follow the dictates of his 1771 will and are freed. |
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| 1786/06/06 |
Richard Randolph II |
Died |
Richard Randolph dies at Curles Neck Plantation in Virginia. He is buried at the Randolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle, Henrico County, Virginia. |
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| 1786/07/00 |
Maria Beverley Randolph |
Home |
Richard Randolph inherits Curles Neck Plantation on the James River. Soon, a Greek Revival porch will be constructed on to the front of the Randolph house (lost). |
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| 1786/07/00 |
Richard Randolph III |
Home |
Richard Randolph inherits Curles Neck Plantation on the James River. Soon, a Greek Revival porch will be constructed on to the front of the Randolph house (lost). |
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| 1799/00/00 |
William Heth |
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William Heth lives on his Curl's Neck Plantation with his second wife, Elizabeth Briggs Heth, until his death in 1809. |
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| 1809/00/00 |
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Family indebtedness drives the Heth heirs to default on the Curles' mortgage and the plantation reverts to Richard Randolph III's sons Beverly and Richard Randolph IV. |
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| 1820/00/00 |
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William Allen and his adopted son, William Orgain Allen, of Claremont Plantation in Surry County acquire Curles from the heirs of Richard Randolph III. The Allens are absentee land owners and many slaves working the plantation. |
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| 1852/00/00 |
Charles H Senff |
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Charles Senff, buys the 3,250 acre Curles tract along with Bremo farms (home of Richard Cocke) and Strawberry Plains. Seniff builds the brick Georgian Revival mansion that exists today to replace the pre-Civil War house owned by William Allen. |
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| 1862/07/00 |
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Federal troops, perhaps during the Peninsula Campaign, dismantle the derelict Randolph mansion, salvage and recycle much of the wood, bricks and nails for use in winter quarters. |
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| 1913/00/00 |
C K G Billings |
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C K G Billings buys the Curles Neck property and turns it into one of the most important horse breeding farms in the country. |
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| 1933/00/00 |
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A B Ruddock's Curles Neck Dairy begins retail operations. |
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| 1943/00/00 |
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Fred E Watkins buys Curles Neck Dairy. Under his ownership it will become one of the leading dairy suppliers in the East. |
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| 1951/07/19 |
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Eastern Airlines Flight 601, a Lockheed Constellation bound for Miami, makes an emergency landing at Curles Neck Farm. No fatalities as a result of the crash landing, the aircraft was repaired and put back in service but until 1953. |
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| 1984/10/00 |
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As L Daniel Mouer walks through a bull pasture, he hits his shin on a stack of mortared bricks, the last piece of the colonial Curles Plantation that remains above ground. Archaeological study here will dominate his research for the next 13 years. |
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| 1987/07/30 |
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An article written in the Henrico County Line by Kent Miller reposrts that the archaeological excavation projects have uncovered more than 100,000 artifacts. |
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