Elkhill - Revision history

ABerkes: revert to previous version - changes to do not improve the article

ABerkes — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:01:39 GMT

revert to previous version - changes to do not improve the article

←Older revision		Revision as of 15:01, 9 February 2009
Line 4:		Line 4:
	#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>		#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>

-	Since 1787, he rented out the land to Robert Lewis, Jr. However, he never paid rent, so Jefferson sued him for back rent. He won the case in May 1794, but Lewis appealed. In the end, to help pay off his [[Debt\|debt]], Jefferson sold the land on August 5, 1799 to Thomas Augustus Taylor for £1500.<ref>Ibid, 17, 535.</ref>	+	669 acres were conveyed to Thomas Augustus Taylor by deed of 5 August 1799 for £1500.<ref>Ibid, 17, 535.</ref> It is to be noted that Jefferson's Elkhill property never was and is not now a part of the present Elk Hill farm located in the same area of the county.<ref>For more information on the "non-Jefferson" Elk Hill see Amanda D. Pitts to Editor, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch,'' 2 February 1969, and [http://www.elkhill.org/ http://www.elkhill.org/]</ref>

-	It is to be noted that Jefferson's Elkhill property never was and is not now a part of the present Elk Hill farm located in the same area of the county.<ref>For more information on the "non-Jefferson" Elk Hill see Amanda D. Pitts to Editor, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch,'' 2 February 1969, and [http://www.elkhill.org/ http://www.elkhill.org/]</ref>	+	The house at Elkhill, probably a frame one, was situated on a hill near the confluence of Byrd Creek and the James River. During the Revolutionary War, Elkhill was occupied for a time by Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Jefferson later related that they had done a great deal of damage to the property:

-	==Primary Source References<ref>Please note that this list should not be considered comprehensive.</ref>==	+	<blockquote>Lord Cornwallis then proceeded to the point of fork, and encamped his army from thence all along the main James river to a seat of mine called Elkhill, opposite to Elk island and a little below the mouth of the Byrd creek. (You will see all these places exactly laid down in the map annexed to my [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=153120 Notes on Virginia printed by Stockdale].) He remained in this position ten days, his own head quarters being in my house at that place. I had had time to remove most of the effects out of the house. He destroyed all my growing crops of corn and tobacco, he burned all my barns containing the same articles of the last year, having first taken what corn he wanted, he used, as was to be expected, all my stocks of cattle, sheep, and hogs for the sustenance of his army, and carried off all the horses capable of service: of those too young for service he cut the throats, and he burnt all the fences on the plantation, so as to leave it an absolute waste. He carried off also about 30. slaves: had this been to give them freedom he would have done right, but it was to consign them to inevitable death from the small pox and putrid fever then raging in his camp. This I knew afterwards to have been the fate of 27. of them. I never had news of the remaining three, but presume they shared the same fate. When I say that Lord Cornwallis did all this, I do not mean that he carried about the torch in his own hands, but that it was all done under his eye, the situation of the house, in which he was, commanding a view of every part of the plantation, so that he must have seen every fire. I relate these things on my own knowlege in a great degree, as I was on the ground soon after he left it. - Thomas Jefferson to William Gordon, Paris, 16 July 1788<ref>[[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 13:363-364.</ref></blockquote>
-		+
-	'''1782 December 7.''' "Gave my bond to Reuben Smith for L40. paiable Dec. 25. 1782. balce. due for the land."<ref>This is for the 50 acres. [[Short Title List\|''MB'']], 1:524.</ref>	+
-		+
-	'''1788 July 16.''' (Jefferson to William Gordon). "It was early in June 1781. Lord Cornwallis then proceeded to the point of fork, and encamped his army from thence all along the main James river to a seat of mine called Elkhill, opposite to Elk island and a little below the mouth of the Byrd creek...He remained in this position ten days, his own head quarters being in my house at that place...He destroyed all my growing crops of corn and tobacco, he burned all my barns containing the same articles, of the last year, having first taken what corn he wanted, he used, as was to be expected, all my stocks of cattle, sheep, and hogs for the sustenance of his army, and carried off all the horses capable of service: of those too young for service he cut the throats, and he burnt all the fences on the plantation, so as to leave it an absolute waste. He carried off also about 30. slaves: had this been to give them freedom he would have done right, but it was to consign them to inevitable death from small pox and putrid fever then raging in his camp."<ref>[[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 13:363-364.</ref>	+

	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==

Bcraig at 17:24, 22 September 2008

Bcraig — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:24:42 GMT

←Older revision		Revision as of 17:24, 22 September 2008
Line 4:		Line 4:
	#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>		#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>

-	669 acres were conveyed to Thomas Augustus Taylor by deed of 5 August 1799 for £1500.<ref>Ibid, 17, 535.</ref> It is to be noted that Jefferson's Elkhill property never was and is not now a part of the present Elk Hill farm located in the same area of the county.<ref>For more information on the "non-Jefferson" Elk Hill see Amanda D. Pitts to Editor, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch,'' 2 February 1969, and [http://www.elkhill.org/ http://www.elkhill.org/]</ref>	+	Since 1787, he rented out the land to Robert Lewis, Jr. However, he never paid rent, so Jefferson sued him for back rent. He won the case in May 1794, but Lewis appealed. In the end, to help pay off his [[Debt\|debt]], Jefferson sold the land on August 5, 1799 to Thomas Augustus Taylor for £1500.<ref>Ibid, 17, 535.</ref>

-	The house at Elkhill, probably a frame one, was situated on a hill near the confluence of Byrd Creek and the James River. During the Revolutionary War, Elkhill was occupied for a time by Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Jefferson later related that they had done a great deal of damage to the property:	+	It is to be noted that Jefferson's Elkhill property never was and is not now a part of the present Elk Hill farm located in the same area of the county.<ref>For more information on the "non-Jefferson" Elk Hill see Amanda D. Pitts to Editor, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch,'' 2 February 1969, and [http://www.elkhill.org/ http://www.elkhill.org/]</ref>

-	<blockquote>Lord Cornwallis then proceeded to the point of fork, and encamped his army from thence all along the main James river to a seat of mine called Elkhill, opposite to Elk island and a little below the mouth of the Byrd creek. (You will see all these places exactly laid down in the map annexed to my [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=153120 Notes on Virginia printed by Stockdale].) He remained in this position ten days, his own head quarters being in my house at that place. I had had time to remove most of the effects out of the house. He destroyed all my growing crops of corn and tobacco, he burned all my barns containing the same articles of the last year, having first taken what corn he wanted, he used, as was to be expected, all my stocks of cattle, sheep, and hogs for the sustenance of his army, and carried off all the horses capable of service: of those too young for service he cut the throats, and he burnt all the fences on the plantation, so as to leave it an absolute waste. He carried off also about 30. slaves: had this been to give them freedom he would have done right, but it was to consign them to inevitable death from the small pox and putrid fever then raging in his camp. This I knew afterwards to have been the fate of 27. of them. I never had news of the remaining three, but presume they shared the same fate. When I say that Lord Cornwallis did all this, I do not mean that he carried about the torch in his own hands, but that it was all done under his eye, the situation of the house, in which he was, commanding a view of every part of the plantation, so that he must have seen every fire. I relate these things on my own knowlege in a great degree, as I was on the ground soon after he left it. - Thomas Jefferson to William Gordon, Paris, 16 July 1788<ref>[[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 13:363-364.</ref></blockquote>	+	==Primary Source References<ref>Please note that this list should not be considered comprehensive.</ref>==
		+
		+	'''1782 December 7.''' "Gave my bond to Reuben Smith for L40. paiable Dec. 25. 1782. balce. due for the land."<ref>This is for the 50 acres. [[Short Title List\|''MB'']], 1:524.</ref>
		+
		+	'''1788 July 16.''' (Jefferson to William Gordon). "It was early in June 1781. Lord Cornwallis then proceeded to the point of fork, and encamped his army from thence all along the main James river to a seat of mine called Elkhill, opposite to Elk island and a little below the mouth of the Byrd creek...He remained in this position ten days, his own head quarters being in my house at that place...He destroyed all my growing crops of corn and tobacco, he burned all my barns containing the same articles, of the last year, having first taken what corn he wanted, he used, as was to be expected, all my stocks of cattle, sheep, and hogs for the sustenance of his army, and carried off all the horses capable of service: of those too young for service he cut the throats, and he burnt all the fences on the plantation, so as to leave it an absolute waste. He carried off also about 30. slaves: had this been to give them freedom he would have done right, but it was to consign them to inevitable death from small pox and putrid fever then raging in his camp."<ref>[[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 13:363-364.</ref>

	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==

ABerkes: added Reed reference

ABerkes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:39:52 GMT

added Reed reference

←Older revision		Revision as of 20:39, 2 January 2008
Line 16:		Line 16:
	*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.		*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.
	*McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Thomas Jefferson and Elk Hill: New Treasure at the Library of Virginia." ''Virginia Cavalcade 46(1997): 160.		*McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Thomas Jefferson and Elk Hill: New Treasure at the Library of Virginia." ''Virginia Cavalcade 46(1997): 160.
		+	*Reed, B. Bernetiae. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=153333 ''The Slave Families of Thomas Jefferson.''] Greensboro, N.C.: Sylvest-Sarah, 2006, pp. 98-109.
	*Sale, Edith Dabney Tunis. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1638 ''Elk Hill on James River in Virginia.''] S.l.: s.n., 195-?.		*Sale, Edith Dabney Tunis. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1638 ''Elk Hill on James River in Virginia.''] S.l.: s.n., 195-?.
	*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.		*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.

ABerkes: /* Further Sources */

ABerkes — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:16:18 GMT

Further Sources

←Older revision		Revision as of 18:16, 10 December 2007
Line 16:		Line 16:
	*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.		*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.
	*McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Thomas Jefferson and Elk Hill: New Treasure at the Library of Virginia." ''Virginia Cavalcade 46(1997): 160.		*McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Thomas Jefferson and Elk Hill: New Treasure at the Library of Virginia." ''Virginia Cavalcade 46(1997): 160.
-	*Sale, Edith Dabney Tunis. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1638 ''Elk Hill on James River in Virginia.] S.l.: s.n., 195-?.	+	*Sale, Edith Dabney Tunis. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1638 ''Elk Hill on James River in Virginia.''] S.l.: s.n., 195-?.
	*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.		*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.


	[[Category:Places]]		[[Category:Places]]

ABerkes: added Sale ref

ABerkes — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:16:02 GMT

added Sale ref

←Older revision		Revision as of 18:16, 10 December 2007
Line 16:		Line 16:
	*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.		*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.
	*McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Thomas Jefferson and Elk Hill: New Treasure at the Library of Virginia." ''Virginia Cavalcade 46(1997): 160.		*McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Thomas Jefferson and Elk Hill: New Treasure at the Library of Virginia." ''Virginia Cavalcade 46(1997): 160.
		+	*Sale, Edith Dabney Tunis. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1638 ''Elk Hill on James River in Virginia.] S.l.: s.n., 195-?.
	*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.		*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.


	[[Category:Places]]		[[Category:Places]]

Anna: MB ref

Anna — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:31:16 GMT

MB ref

←Older revision		Revision as of 17:31, 6 November 2007
Line 1:		Line 1:
	'''Elkhill'''<ref>This article is based on research notes in the Goochland County - TJ Land information file at the Jefferson Library.</ref> was a relatively small plantation owned by [[Thomas Jefferson]], located near Elk Island, at the mouth of Byrd Creek in Goochland County. He obtained the land comprising the Elkhill plantation in three different stages:		'''Elkhill'''<ref>This article is based on research notes in the Goochland County - TJ Land information file at the Jefferson Library.</ref> was a relatively small plantation owned by [[Thomas Jefferson]], located near Elk Island, at the mouth of Byrd Creek in Goochland County. He obtained the land comprising the Elkhill plantation in three different stages:
-	#307 acres bounded by Byrd Creek and the James River and opposite Elk Island; today it is situated between and one mile south of State Route 6 and the James River. It was part of the Wayles estate where it was listed as 348 acres by Jefferson in his "Rough estimate of the value of the land to be divided" and "Mr. Wayles's lands" <ref>Thomas Jefferson Account Book, 1773</ref>.	+	#307 acres bounded by Byrd Creek and the James River and opposite Elk Island; today it is situated between and one mile south of State Route 6 and the James River. It was part of the Wayles estate where it was listed as 348 acres by Jefferson in his "Rough estimate of the value of the land to be divided" and "Mr. Wayles's lands" <ref>[[Short Title List\|''MB'']] 329-333.</ref>.
	#312 acres lying on Byrd Creek and not quite adjoining the above property was conveyed to Jefferson by Edward Smith for £468 by deed of 21 January 1782.<ref>Goochland County Deed Book 13, 207.</ref>		#312 acres lying on Byrd Creek and not quite adjoining the above property was conveyed to Jefferson by Edward Smith for £468 by deed of 21 January 1782.<ref>Goochland County Deed Book 13, 207.</ref>
	#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>		#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>

Anna: typos, link to Stockdale ed.

Anna — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:28:13 GMT

typos, link to Stockdale ed.

←Older revision		Revision as of 17:28, 6 November 2007
Line 8:		Line 8:
	The house at Elkhill, probably a frame one, was situated on a hill near the confluence of Byrd Creek and the James River. During the Revolutionary War, Elkhill was occupied for a time by Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Jefferson later related that they had done a great deal of damage to the property:		The house at Elkhill, probably a frame one, was situated on a hill near the confluence of Byrd Creek and the James River. During the Revolutionary War, Elkhill was occupied for a time by Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Jefferson later related that they had done a great deal of damage to the property:

-	<blockquote>Lord Cornwallis then proceeded to the point of fork, and encamped his army from thence all along the main James river to a seat of mine called Elkhill, opposite to Elk island and a little below the mouth of the Byrd creek. (You will see all these places exactly laid down in the map annexed to my Notes on Virginia printed by Stockdale.) He remained in this position ten days, his own head quarters being in my house at that place. I had had time to remove most of the effects out of the house. He destroyed all my growing crops of corn and tobacco, he burned all my barns containing the same articles of the last year, having first taken what corn he wanted, he used, as was to be expected, all my stocks of cattle, sheep, and hogs for the sustenance of his army, and carried off all the horses capable of service: of those too young for service he cut the throats, and he burnt all the fences on the plantation, so as to leave it an absolute waste. He carried off also about 30. slaves: had this been to give them freedom he would have done right, but it was to consign them to inevitable death from the small pox and putrid fever then ragingin his camp. This I knew afterwards to have been the fate of 27. of them. I never had news of the remaining three, but presume they shared the same fate. When I say that Lord Cornwallis did all this, I do not mean that he carried about the torch in his own hands, but that it was all done under his eye, the situation of the house, in which he was, commanding a vew of every part of the plantation, so that he must have seen every fire. I relate these things on my own knowlege in a great degree, as I was on the ground soon after he left it. - Thomas Jefferson to William Gordon, Paris, 16 July 1788<ref>[[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 13:363-364.</ref></blockquote>	+	<blockquote>Lord Cornwallis then proceeded to the point of fork, and encamped his army from thence all along the main James river to a seat of mine called Elkhill, opposite to Elk island and a little below the mouth of the Byrd creek. (You will see all these places exactly laid down in the map annexed to my [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=153120 Notes on Virginia printed by Stockdale].) He remained in this position ten days, his own head quarters being in my house at that place. I had had time to remove most of the effects out of the house. He destroyed all my growing crops of corn and tobacco, he burned all my barns containing the same articles of the last year, having first taken what corn he wanted, he used, as was to be expected, all my stocks of cattle, sheep, and hogs for the sustenance of his army, and carried off all the horses capable of service: of those too young for service he cut the throats, and he burnt all the fences on the plantation, so as to leave it an absolute waste. He carried off also about 30. slaves: had this been to give them freedom he would have done right, but it was to consign them to inevitable death from the small pox and putrid fever then raging in his camp. This I knew afterwards to have been the fate of 27. of them. I never had news of the remaining three, but presume they shared the same fate. When I say that Lord Cornwallis did all this, I do not mean that he carried about the torch in his own hands, but that it was all done under his eye, the situation of the house, in which he was, commanding a view of every part of the plantation, so that he must have seen every fire. I relate these things on my own knowlege in a great degree, as I was on the ground soon after he left it. - Thomas Jefferson to William Gordon, Paris, 16 July 1788<ref>[[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 13:363-364.</ref></blockquote>

	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==

Anna at 17:23, 6 November 2007

Anna — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:23:42 GMT

←Older revision		Revision as of 17:23, 6 November 2007
Line 1:		Line 1:
-	'''Elkhill''' was a relatively small plantation owned by [[Thomas Jefferson]], located near Elk Island, at the mouth of Byrd Creek in Goochland County. He obtained the land comprising the Elkhill plantation in three different stages:	+	'''Elkhill'''<ref>This article is based on research notes in the Goochland County - TJ Land information file at the Jefferson Library.</ref> was a relatively small plantation owned by [[Thomas Jefferson]], located near Elk Island, at the mouth of Byrd Creek in Goochland County. He obtained the land comprising the Elkhill plantation in three different stages:
-	#307 acres bounded by Byrd Creek and the James River and opposite Elk Island; today it is situated between and one mile south of State Route 6 and the James River. It was part of the Wayles estate where it was listed as 348 acres by Jefferson in his "Rough estimate of the value of the land to be divided" and "Mr. Wayles's lands" <ref>Thomas Jefferson Account Book, 1773</ref>. Inherited by Ann Skipwith and conveyed jointly with her husband Henry to Jefferson by deed of 21 September 1778 for the sum of £710-0-0.<ref>Goochland County Deed book 12, 217.</ref> It is interesting to note that the agreement was consummated in 1774 as put down in "Real estate in account with Real estate: 1774. Jan. 14. By 266. as. land Goochl. called Elkhill bought of Skipwith £710-1-0."<ref>Fee Book</ref> This acreage was probably swapped for Jefferson's "part of my part of Pleasants, Hatcher, & St. James lands, Cumbld. sold to H. Skipwith £710-0-0."<ref>Ibid.</ref>	+	#307 acres bounded by Byrd Creek and the James River and opposite Elk Island; today it is situated between and one mile south of State Route 6 and the James River. It was part of the Wayles estate where it was listed as 348 acres by Jefferson in his "Rough estimate of the value of the land to be divided" and "Mr. Wayles's lands" <ref>Thomas Jefferson Account Book, 1773</ref>.
	#312 acres lying on Byrd Creek and not quite adjoining the above property was conveyed to Jefferson by Edward Smith for £468 by deed of 21 January 1782.<ref>Goochland County Deed Book 13, 207.</ref>		#312 acres lying on Byrd Creek and not quite adjoining the above property was conveyed to Jefferson by Edward Smith for £468 by deed of 21 January 1782.<ref>Goochland County Deed Book 13, 207.</ref>
	#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>		#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>
Line 6:		Line 6:
	669 acres were conveyed to Thomas Augustus Taylor by deed of 5 August 1799 for £1500.<ref>Ibid, 17, 535.</ref> It is to be noted that Jefferson's Elkhill property never was and is not now a part of the present Elk Hill farm located in the same area of the county.<ref>For more information on the "non-Jefferson" Elk Hill see Amanda D. Pitts to Editor, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch,'' 2 February 1969, and [http://www.elkhill.org/ http://www.elkhill.org/]</ref>		669 acres were conveyed to Thomas Augustus Taylor by deed of 5 August 1799 for £1500.<ref>Ibid, 17, 535.</ref> It is to be noted that Jefferson's Elkhill property never was and is not now a part of the present Elk Hill farm located in the same area of the county.<ref>For more information on the "non-Jefferson" Elk Hill see Amanda D. Pitts to Editor, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch,'' 2 February 1969, and [http://www.elkhill.org/ http://www.elkhill.org/]</ref>

-	During the Revolutionary War, Elkhill was occupied for a time by Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Jefferson later related that they had done a great deal of damage:	+	The house at Elkhill, probably a frame one, was situated on a hill near the confluence of Byrd Creek and the James River. During the Revolutionary War, Elkhill was occupied for a time by Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Jefferson later related that they had done a great deal of damage to the property:
		+
		+	<blockquote>Lord Cornwallis then proceeded to the point of fork, and encamped his army from thence all along the main James river to a seat of mine called Elkhill, opposite to Elk island and a little below the mouth of the Byrd creek. (You will see all these places exactly laid down in the map annexed to my Notes on Virginia printed by Stockdale.) He remained in this position ten days, his own head quarters being in my house at that place. I had had time to remove most of the effects out of the house. He destroyed all my growing crops of corn and tobacco, he burned all my barns containing the same articles of the last year, having first taken what corn he wanted, he used, as was to be expected, all my stocks of cattle, sheep, and hogs for the sustenance of his army, and carried off all the horses capable of service: of those too young for service he cut the throats, and he burnt all the fences on the plantation, so as to leave it an absolute waste. He carried off also about 30. slaves: had this been to give them freedom he would have done right, but it was to consign them to inevitable death from the small pox and putrid fever then ragingin his camp. This I knew afterwards to have been the fate of 27. of them. I never had news of the remaining three, but presume they shared the same fate. When I say that Lord Cornwallis did all this, I do not mean that he carried about the torch in his own hands, but that it was all done under his eye, the situation of the house, in which he was, commanding a vew of every part of the plantation, so that he must have seen every fire. I relate these things on my own knowlege in a great degree, as I was on the ground soon after he left it. - Thomas Jefferson to William Gordon, Paris, 16 July 1788<ref>[[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 13:363-364.</ref></blockquote>

-	<blockquote></blockquote>
	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==
	<references/>		<references/>
Line 14:		Line 15:
	== Further Sources ==		== Further Sources ==
	*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.		*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.
		+	*McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Thomas Jefferson and Elk Hill: New Treasure at the Library of Virginia." ''Virginia Cavalcade 46(1997): 160.
	*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.		*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.


	[[Category:Places]]		[[Category:Places]]

Anna at 19:56, 5 November 2007

Anna — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:56:48 GMT

←Older revision		Revision as of 19:56, 5 November 2007
Line 4:		Line 4:
	#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>		#50 acres lying further up Byrd Creek and contiguous to the above was conveyed to Jefferson by deed of 19 May 1783 by Judith and Reuben Smith for £50.<ref>Ibid, 12, 364.</ref>

-	669 acres were conveyed to Thomas Augustus Taylor by deed of 5 August 1799 for £1500.<ref>Ibid, 17, 535.</ref> It is to be noted that Jefferson's Elkhill property never was and is not now a part of the present Elk Hill farm located in the same area of the county.<ref>For more information on the "non-Jefferson" Elk Hill see Amanda D. Pitts to Editor, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch,'' 2 February 1969.</ref>	+	669 acres were conveyed to Thomas Augustus Taylor by deed of 5 August 1799 for £1500.<ref>Ibid, 17, 535.</ref> It is to be noted that Jefferson's Elkhill property never was and is not now a part of the present Elk Hill farm located in the same area of the county.<ref>For more information on the "non-Jefferson" Elk Hill see Amanda D. Pitts to Editor, ''Richmond Times-Dispatch,'' 2 February 1969, and [http://www.elkhill.org/ http://www.elkhill.org/]</ref>

	During the Revolutionary War, Elkhill was occupied for a time by Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Jefferson later related that they had done a great deal of damage:		During the Revolutionary War, Elkhill was occupied for a time by Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Jefferson later related that they had done a great deal of damage:

Anna at 19:54, 5 November 2007

Anna — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:54:53 GMT

←Older revision		Revision as of 19:54, 5 November 2007
Line 13:		Line 13:

	== Further Sources ==		== Further Sources ==
		+	*"Jefferson's Advertisement for Sale of Elk Hill," including hand-drawn map, and "Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill," [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']] 17:567-571.
	*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.		*Weeks, Ellie. "Thomas Jefferson's Elk-Hill." ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 3(1): 6.


	[[Category:Places]]		[[Category:Places]]