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“…Jacob…”
“…almost two hundred years old…”
“…brought all the way from England…”
“…two churches…”
“…New Hope…”
“…Dr. McKenney…”
“…Robert G. Allen and Co….”
“…three hundred people…”
“…lent to newlyweds…”
“…George Washington had visited the home…”
“…the same General Lafayette…”
“…a horse sired by Diomed…”
“…in the year 1798.”
“Diomed sired many horses…”
“…Jacob…”
Anarcha’s first arrival at Old Mansion is not recorded. A likely possibility is that she would have been escorted from Fredericksburg by a slave driver, a trusted enslaved man. “Jacob the slave driver” appears in the will of a member of the Woolfolk family, who were relatives by marriage to the Maury family (and the will includes the names of enslaved people left to William G. Maury, father of Anarcha’s owner) and the immediate neighbors of Old Mansion. As will be seen later, the Woolfolks—and the enslaved people owned by the Woolfolks—will play a role in Anarcha’s life. I suspect the enslaved populations of the two adjacent plantations regularly mingled.
Jacob
“…almost two hundred years old…”
From an untitled report on Old Mansion compiled by the Historic American Buildings Survey, Major Eugene Bradbury, 1936, p. 2, in the possession of Steve Nicklin, a former owner of Old Mansion.
“…brought all the way from England…”
Wingfield, M., & Wingfield, E. M. (2005). A history of Caroline County, Virginia: From its formation in 1727 to 1924. Baltimore: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub., p. 357.
“…two churches…”
Fall, R. E. (1970). Historical record of Bowling Green: (county seat of Caroline County, Virginia) 1667-1970. Bowling Green, Va: Tidewater Weeklies, p. 33.
“…New Hope…”
A loose-leaf clipping of an unidentified article in a collection of materials related to Old Mansion compiled by its former owner, Steve Nicklin.
Wingfield, M., & Wingfield, E. M. (2005). A history of Caroline County, Virginia: From its formation in 1727 to 1924. Baltimore: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub.
“…Dr. McKenney…”
Fall, R. E. (1989). People, postoffices, and communities in Caroline County, Virginia, 1727-1969. Roswell, Ga: WH Wolfe Associates, pp. 26-27.
“…Robert G. Allen and Co….”
Fall, R. E. (1989). People, postoffices, and communities in Caroline County, Virginia, 1727-1969. Roswell, Ga: WH Wolfe Associates, p. 26.
“…three hundred people…”
Fall, R. E. (1989). People, postoffices, and communities in Caroline County, Virginia, 1727-1969. Roswell, Ga: WH Wolfe Associates, p. 22.
“…lent to newlyweds…”
From a will of a member of the Woolfolk family, who were relatives by marriage to the Maury family: “…with the following negroes, lent them at their marriage…” The will is in the possession of Steve Nicklin, a former owner of Old Mansion.
“…George Washington had visited the home…”
From an untitled report on Old Mansion compiled by the Historic American Buildings Survey, Major Eugene Bradbury, 1936, p. 5, in the possession of Steve Nicklin, a former owner of Old Mansion.
“…the same General Lafayette…”
See “…Lafayette passed through Alabama…,” above.
“…a horse sired by Diomed…”
Jefferson, T., & Betts, E. M. (1900). Thomas Jefferson's Farm book: With commentary and relevant extracts from other writings. Princeton: Published for the American Philosophical Society by Princeton University Press, p. 99.
“…in the year 1798.”
Jefferson, T., & Betts, E. M. (1900). Thomas Jefferson's Farm book: With commentary and relevant extracts from other writings. Princeton: Published for the American Philosophical Society by Princeton University Press, p. 99.
“Diomed sired many horses…”
Hervey, J., Vosburgh, W. S., Kelley, R. F., & Jockey Club (New York, N.Y.). (1922). Racing in America. New York: Jockey Club, p. 172.