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Curles Neck Plantation (also known as Curles Neck Farm) is located between State Route 5 and the north bank of the James River in the Varina district of Henrico County, Virginia. One of the great James River Plantations , Curles Neck has remained in active use for almost 400 years and remains a privately owned working farm which is not ...
Randolph inherited the Curles Neck Plantation that adjoined the Turkey Island Plantation. [2] He was a great-uncle of United States President Thomas Jefferson. John Bolling Jr.'s grandson, Colonel William Bolling married Richard Randolph II's daughter, Mary (1775–1863) on February 24, 1798.
Curles Neck Farm: Curles Neck Farm: December 22, 2009 : 4705 Curles Neck Rd. Henrico: Plantation operated continuously as a working farm since 1635. One of the great James River Plantations. Incidentally, site of an airliner's crash-landing in 1951.
Curles Neck, was founded in the Varina district of Henrico on 750 acres granted to Ancient Planter Thomas Harris, family seat of the Harris branch of the First Families of Virginia, at the request of Sir Thomas Dale for Harris's service in the early years of the colony. The original house built by Harris in 1633 is one of the oldest in Virginia ...
This was Curles Neck Plantation, located near Turkey Island. Randolph made an assessment of the property for Governor Berkeley and was allowed to buy it for his estimated price, adding 1,230 acres (5.0 km 2) to Randolph's previous land holdings. [28]
Curles Neck Plantation is west of Turkey Island. It was owned by Nathaniel Bacon, who rebelled against the governor in 1676. The property was forfeited to the colonial government and William Randolph purchased it.
He was born in Henrico County, Virginia and became a plantation owner and operator of Robert Pleasants & Co., a consignment tobacco exporting company. [1] His father, John Pleasants, also a Quaker and member of the Curles Neck Meeting, wrote a will asking his heirs to free over 500 slaves when they reached 30 years of age.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.