Article on Plantations & Wartime Owners - Surry Co. VA PLANTATIONS AND WARTIME OWNERS MENTION OF BACON'S CASTLE AND ITS PROPRIETOR DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES CALLS TO MIND OTHER WELL-KNOWN SURRY COUNTY PLANATIONS AND THEIR WARTIME OWNERS. RICH NECK, SEVERAL MILES FROM BACON'S CASTLE, DOWN THE ROAD TO HOG ISLAND, WAS OWNED DURING THE WAR BY WILLIAM E B RUFFIN. CHIPPOKES, A MAGNIFICENT OLD ESTATE ON THE JAMES RIVER BELONGED DURING THE WAR TO ALBERT JONES. OTHER JAMES RIVER PLANTIONS AND THEIR WAR-TIME OWNERS WERE CHESTNUT FARM, JOHN W WATKINS ESTATE; MT IVEY DR WILLIAM EDWARDS; CEDARFIELDS , MRS PROCTOR; PLEASANT POINT, J B JONES; MT PLEASANT, DR GEORGE WILSON; FOUR MILE TREE, JAMES ALGERNOR GRAVES; SWANN'S POINT, EASTOVER AND FLOODS, EDWIN WHITE; CLAREMONT, MAJOR WILLIAM ALLEN. OTHER PLANTATIONS AND THEIR OWNERS DURING THE WAR INCLUDE; WOODLAND, COLONEL JOHN WILSON; CROSS CREEK, ROBERT GILL; MANTURA, WILLIAM R WILSON; GREENWOOD, WILLIAM B HANKINS AND A MR CRUMP; NEW QUARTER, WILLIAM CLAIBORNE JONES; NEW HOPE, WILLIAM SPRATLEY; LITTLETON, WILLIAM S BURT; BROOMFIELD, FRANK RUFFIN; SHADY GROVE, JAMES S WILSON; ELLMSHADE, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN C DREW; MUSSEL FORK, CHARLES GOODRICH; THE GLEBE, S B SPRATLEY; GALLOWAY, W H FINCH; MILL FARM, JOHN J DEAL; PIGEON SWAMP, THOMAS W M SPRATLEY; GRAY LAND, WAS OWNED BY WILLIAM CARTER, WHO OPERATED A FERRY BETWEEN CARTER'S WHARF ( NOW SCOTLAND ) AND JAMESTOWN ISLAND. Submitted by Charles B. Stanley **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************