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 Laurel Hill is the the boyhood home of Patrick County Va's most well known hero" Gen J.E.B Stuart ". Stuart served under Gen Robert E. Lee in The Civil War and was renowned as a world class calvaryman and raider!
In Dec 2004, I had the pleasure of meeting the founder of Laurel Hill "Tom Perry". He was kind enough to give me a personal tour of Laurel Hill. He is a very interesting man with a wealth of knowledge to share. You can see his web site at http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/. The website includes lots of history of Patrick County VA and Regional History. Also Tom has a blog about J.E.B Stuart http://www.freestateofpatrick.blogspot.com/. Also you can read about Tom's books about J.E.B and Patrick Co History here http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/book!
| Pics taken 10-25-04
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 The Picture is a painting of J.E.B and his wife Flora called "A GOODBYE ROSE". |
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 This is a picture of J.E.B as a 21 year old. J.E.B Was born Feb 6, 1833. He was the 8th of 11 children. |
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This is a picture of J.E.B in the military |
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 This picture is the sign marking the entrance to Laurel Hill in Ararat VA. Laurel Hill is off hwy 104 in Ararat VA. |
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 This picture is of the new pavilion at Laurel Hill. It has signs telling all about J.E.B's life. There are some beautiful paintings on them. |
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 This picture is of the site where the family kitchen used to be. Mom is reading the sign. Back then the kitchen was in a separate building than the house to protect against fire. |
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 This is the area where the Stuart home used to stand. It burnt down in some where between 1846-47. |
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 The area to the top left is the area where the Stuart home used to stand.
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 The picture to the left is a view of the "Mitchell House" . This picture was takem from the Letcher overlook at Laurel Hill. |
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 The picture is of a beautiful tree in all its fall glory! |
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 This is a monument that is dedicated to the slaves that served at Laurel Hill. |
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 This is a picture of the slave cemetery at Laurel Hill. |
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 The picture to the the left is where it is believed that two of the Stuart children are buried. "Virginia" and an "Infant". Archibald Stuart (J.E.B's dad) was buried here and was dug up in 1952 to be buried with his wife at Elizabeth in Saltville VA!
We visited Saltville last year. Make sure to check out our Saltville VA page to see pictures of the cabin where Flora lived after J.E.B died at " The Battle Of Yellow Tavern". |
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