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Salisbury
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Let The Sinnett Group help you with the sale or purchase of a gorgeous
Salisbury home.
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Directions: On Robious Road, 1.7 miles west of Huguenot Road or 3.5 miles east of Rte. 288.
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SALISBURY, built as a hunting lodge during the 18th Century by the Randolph Family, stood directly across the James River from the Randolph plantation, Tuckahoe. As Governor of Virginia in 1784, Patrick Henry rented the 1500 acre farm from Thomas Mann Randolph. Later, While Salisbury still served as home to Governor Henry, Mr. Randolph sold the estate to Dr. Philip Turpin. During the Revolutionary War, Dr. Turpin, enroute from Scotland to Virginia was captured by the British and forced to serve as a surgeon on English Ships. Dr. Turpin was subsequently accused of being a Tory; his possessions, including Salisbury, were confiscated. However, the influence of Thomas Jefferson helped secure an unconditional release of Dr. Turpin's property.
Upon his death, Dr. Turpin bequethed Salisbury to his daughter, Caroline and her husband, Dr. Edward Johnson. Mrs. Johnson, in turn, left the property to her sons, Edward and Philip Turpin Johnson. Edward Johnson graduated from West Point, as did his neighbor, Henry Heth, of adjoining "Black Heath". Confederate generals Edward Johnson and Henry Heth served gallantly during the Civil War. It was General Heth who touched off the Battle of Gettysburg. The present central section of the Salisbury Country Club has been designed along the lines of the original "Salisbury" which stood nearby. This dormered story-and-a-half frame house burned around 1920. It boasted central halls, airy spacious rooms, and porches shaded by a grove of giant trees, among them an ancient pecan, which stood until 1977. Salisbury's real frame lay then, as now, in its hospitality. |
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ALL ACTIVE LISTINGS ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON WEBSITES SUCH AS REALTOR.COM AND ARE PROVIDED THERE COURTESY OF A NUMBER OF BROKERS.
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Midlothian, Powhatan, Chesterfield and Richmond real estate sales and new homes for sale listed and listings in Virginia - Brent Sinnett & Amy Zolad, REALTORS® of The Sinnett Group and Sinnett Properties with Ashton Row Realty. The Grove, Charter Colony, Bexley, Loch Braemar, Founders Bridge, Birkdale, Walton Park, Tarrington, Salisbury, QueensMill, Queens Mill 23113, 23114, 23236, 23832
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