This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... his grandson, William Burnet Claiborne, provided he should take the name of Browne, which condition was complied with. The estate finally passed, by sale, from the Brownes to the Gregory family, which has owned it for several generations. It is now the home of the family of Judge Roger Gregory. HORN ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... his grandson, William Burnet Claiborne, provided he should take the name of Browne, which condition was complied with. The estate finally passed, by sale, from the Brownes to the Gregory family, which has owned it for several generations. It is now the home of the family of Judge Roger Gregory. HORN QUARTER, KING WILLIAM COUNTY HORN QUARTER Stately Horn Quarter, the finest house of its period in King William County, was built in the early nineteenth century by Mr. George Taylor, a gentleman of large estate and son of the celebrated John Taylor (1750-1824), of Caroline County, United States senator from Virginia.21 The master of Horn Quarter also owned a handsome town home at the corner of Cary and Fifth Streets, in Richmond. He left Horn Quarter to his son, John Penn Taylor, who later sold it. MATTAPONY CHURCH Crossing the Mattapony River from King William County we find old Mattapony Church, one of the most striking of the Colonial houses of worship. Soon after the Revolution, the congregation became extinct and the church was abandoned. It suffered much from the ravages MATTAPONY CHURCH, KING AND QUEEN COUNTY of time and weather and finally, as there was no congregation, no minister and no vestry, it was regarded as having escheated to the State and was patented as public land by Mr. Pollard of King and Queen County, who conveyed it to a Baptist congregation. Mr. Pollard, however, removed 21 For Honorable John Taylor and his descendants see Hayden, Virginia Genealogies, pp. 682--688. the handsome baptismal font and presented it to the Episcopal church in Hanover County. Mattapony is now and has been for many years the home of a large and prosperous Baptist congregation, and is kept in excellent repair. It is a cruciform building of...
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Good. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. 1973 reprint edition in great shape; Tight binding; Very clean text; Some foxing present on outer edge text block; Previous owner name and date present on front end-page. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
