![]() She was amazing and the only truly good entity I have ever known. There was a white woman in the house, we believed her to be one of the 2 graves in the front. I lived there as a child in the late 80’s. Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourist Alliance And of course the plantation graveyard is full of activity as well. The curtains in a former nursery open on their own after being closed for the night and a fireplace mantle in one downstairs room has carvings on it from the wounded soldiers which gives people an uneasy feeling when they get too close. A woman, believed to be Dr Curtis’ wife Mariah, has also been seen crossing the road toward the house during the reenactments. Paranormal enthusiasts believe that the plantation house is haunted by General Magruder. Military reenactments also take place on the property, including those honouring the 225th anniversary of the Seige of Yorktown. Today, Endview Plantation is owned by the City of Newport News and is home to “The Civil War at Endview: A Living History Museum”. ![]() During the Peninsula Campaign of the Civil War, the plantation was used as a hospital, being owned at the time by Dr Humphrey Harwood Curtis, Jr, one of two doctors in the area. Though we don’t know what use it had during the War of 1812, there is evidence the home was put to military use again then. The abundance of fresh game and water attracted local Native American tribes (Powhatan Confederation) for 1,200 years prior to the settlement at Jamestown.ĭuring the Revolutionary War, Endview was a resting place for General Thomas Nelson, Jr‘s troops heading for Yorktown. The house sits atop a small knoll with a spring at the base and is surrounded by prime farm land. Built in the Georgian style of architecture, the house sits on what was once the Great Warwick Road (now Virginia State Route 238) which connected the colonial capital of Williamsburg to the town of Hampton. Hundreds of artifacts, including a tablecloth from the USS Monitor, are on display in the museum’s 1862 Peninsula Campaign Gallery.įor more information visit the Lee Hall Mansion website.After watching Larry the Cable Guy make a complete ass of himself on a recent episode of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy titled ‘America After Dark’ by joining a paranormal investigation of a Virginia plantation, I decided to find and share the story behind the plantation visited.Įnter Endview Plantation, built in 1769, which began life as Harwood Plantation, built by William Harwood. One of the last remaining antebellum homes on the Virginia Peninsula, Lee Hall Mansion was used as a headquarters by Confederate generals Joseph E. “Taps” was composed at Berkeley when General McClellan headquartered 140,000 Union troops in 1862.įor more information, visit the Berkeley Plantation website.Ĭompleted in 1859, Lee Hall Mansion was home to affluent planter Richard Decauter Lee, his wife Martha, and their children. See the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and President William Henry Harrison, “Old Tippecanoe”. On December 4, 1619, early settlers from England came ashore at Berkeley Plantation and observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. Artifacts from the site, as well as pictures and memorabilia of the Harwood family, are also on display.įor more information visit the Endview Plantation website.īerkeley is Virginia’s most historic plantation. An ongoing archaeological program and historic maps have identified the locations of several outbuildings, including a smokehouse, kitchen and barn. Built in 1769, Endview was home to members of the Harwood and Curtis families for over 200 years. The War of 1812 saw its use as a training ground, while the Civil War found Endview serving as a Confederate captain’s home and a hospital for both sides. The Revolutionary War brought 3,000 militia to its fresh water spring. The three wars fought on American soil have all left their traces at Endview Plantation. Today, Shirley continues to be a working plantation, a private family home, a growing business, a National Historic Landmark, and a direct link between the past and the present.įor more information visit the Shirley Plantation website. The chronicle of Shirley Plantation best exemplifies the period in our nation’s history between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the movement towards American independence from Britain in 1776. ![]() Shirley Plantation is Virginia’s first plantation (1613) and one of the first economic engines of the New World. To this day, the 11th generation continues to own, operate, and work this grand southern plantation. Shirley tells the story of the Hill-Carter family, eyewitnesses to 11 generations of American history. ![]() Virginia’s Historic Triangle is known for its impressive, historic plantations.Ĭlick the links below to find out more about the best plantations around Williamsburg, VA. ![]()
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