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The Shirley Plantation, c. 1900–1906, photo by William Henry Jackson Shirley Plantation dovecote The lands of Shirley Plantation were first settled by Europeans in 1613 by Sir Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr and were named West and Sherley Hundred, probably because this Lord Delaware's wife Cessalye was the daughter of Sir Thomas Sherley (variant spellings being common at the time). [6]
Upper Shirley is a historic plantation house located near Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia.In 1866, the owner of Shirley Plantation, Hill Carter, decided to retire and divide his Shirley Plantation estate, with the bulk of the estate (the current Shirley Plantation) bequeathed to his son, Robert, and the 'Upper Shirley' portion bequeathed to William Fitzhugh Carter.
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The Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, was founded in 1613 and has been in operation since 1638. It claimed to be (and is currently) America’s oldest family-owned farm. It claimed to be (and is currently) America’s oldest family-owned farm.
Carter was born on September 15, 1825, at Shirley Plantation to Hill Carter and Mary Braxton Randolph Carter. Carter would later assume control of Shirley Plantation in 1866, after the death of his father. [3]
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Anne was born at the family seat, Shirley Plantation in Charles City County, on March 26, 1773.A member of the planter class, she was born into a patrician family of tidewater Virginia and was the daughter of Charles Carter (1732–1806), the fifth-generation owner of Shirley Plantation, and Anne Butler (née Moore) Carter (1750–1809).