Paxtons Tavern
From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
Paxton's Tavern may be the tavern of either Captain John Paxton (1743-1787) or Captain William Paxton (1733-1795), both of whom lived near present day Glasgow is southern Rockbridge County [1]
Jefferson noted in his records: 1767 August 23, cash accts. "Pd. at Paxton's for entertainment. 2/6"
"Entertainment" is an eighteenth century British word for services provided by an innkeeper, especially provisions of the table. Jefferson used it to mean food or lodging or both. The payment to a guide indicates that this was probably the date Jefferson visited the Natural Bridge.
Footnotes
- ↑ W.M. Paxton, The Paxtons (Platee City, MO., 1903), pp. 46-47, 248-52; Chastellux, Travels, II, 404-7).
