Near Aden in Prince William County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Green Level Plantation
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 12, 2021
1. Green Level Plantation Marker
Inscription.
Green Level Plantation. . On land originally part of the Brent Town Grant, the Green Level Plantation was established ca. 1750. In addition to to growing tobacco and raising livestock, owner Lynaugh Heim served as a local militia captain, Justice of the Peace, member of the Committee of Safety and the Virginia House of Delegates. William French, Heim's grandson and a trustee of the new town of Brentsville, gained ownership of Green Level ca. 1818. French died in 1826 but his family remained at Green Level until ca. 1850. They are buried in the Green Level cemetery, the only remaining vestige of the original plantation. After a succession of owners, Lt. Col. Dean McDowell (USMC) acquired the property in 1959 and named it Merrimac Farm. In accordance with the McDowell's wishes, it became the Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area following his death in 2001.
On land originally part of the Brent Town Grant, the Green Level Plantation was established ca. 1750. In addition to to growing tobacco and raising livestock, owner Lynaugh Heim served as a local militia captain, Justice of the Peace, member of the Committee of Safety and the Virginia House of Delegates. William French, Heim's grandson and a trustee of the new town of Brentsville, gained ownership of Green Level ca. 1818. French died in 1826 but his family remained at Green Level until ca. 1850. They are buried in the Green Level cemetery, the only remaining vestige of the original plantation. After a succession of owners, Lt. Col. Dean McDowell (USMC) acquired the property in 1959 and named it Merrimac Farm. In accordance with the McDowell's wishes, it became the Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area following his death in 2001.
Erected 2015 by Prince William County Historical Commission.
N, 77° 32.441′ W. Marker is near Aden, Virginia, in Prince William County. It is on Deepwood Lane 0.4 miles east of Fleetwood Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nokesville VA 20181, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area, in Northern Virginia, and in the Piedmont. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 12, 2021
2. Green Level Plantation Marker
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