Lt. Gen. Lewis Andrew Pick was born here on November 18, 1890. Educated at Rustburg and at VPI, (where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets), General Pick served in two World Wars and in the Korean Conflict. Best known as the builder of the . . . — — Map (db m64424) HM
These two cabin foundations are what remains of structures used as housing for the enslaved population and later sharecroppers after 1865. A photograph of these cabins from a 1945 edition of "The Iron Worker" served as the basis for the Quarter . . . — — Map (db m307012) HM
Campbell County
Campbell County was created from Bedford County by the Virginia General Assembly in 1781 and named for Gen. William Campbell, one of the heroes of the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780. The county seat is Rustburg. British Lt. . . . — — Map (db m306964) HM
Likely built as a quarter for enslaved people in the 19th century, this cabin holds many stories. In 1961, it was restored using roughly 25 percent of its original logs. Other logs were reportedly acquired from a 19th-century blacksmith shop and . . . — — Map (db m307287) HM
Four and a half miles north stands Hat Creek Presbyterian Church, founded by John Irving and associates (first settlers) about 1742. William Irving, son of John, and the noted blind preacher, James Waddel, were among its pastors. The first log . . . — — Map (db m122066) HM
This cemetery was once part of the formal gardens at Red Hill. In 1798, Patrick and Dorothea’s infant daughter Jane was buried in this area, thus starting the family cemetery. On June 6, 1799, Patrick Henry died and was later laid to rest at the . . . — — Map (db m307371) HM
The double box tomb on the north side of the path marks the graves of Patrick Henry and his second wife, Dorothea Dandridge. Patrick Henry died at home on June 6, 1799, after a long illness. Dorothea died on Valentine's Day 1831 at Seven Islands, . . . — — Map (db m128643) HM
Patrick Henry House
Henry purchased the 700-acre plantation, known as Red Hill, in 1794 from Richard Marot Booker for £1,700. The story-and-a half frame home was built around 1772 by Booker and contained an entryway and one room on the first . . . — — Map (db m307283) HM
When Patrick Henry purchased Red Hill from Richard Marot Booker in 1794, he turned the overseer's quarters on the property into his law office and study. Through his successful law practice in the district courts, he had paid most of his debts by . . . — — Map (db m307350) HM
The kitchen is similar to what the Henry family had at Red Hill. During the eighteenth century, kitchens were built separate from the main house to reduce heat, odors, smoke, and prevent the main house from burning down in the occurrence of a . . . — — Map (db m307285) HM
The Herb Garden at Red Hill is dedicated to Nancy Casey Kelly (1933-1995), daughter of Eugene B. Casey.
Herb gardens were also known as medicinal gardens as they were a very important part of plantations and small farms during the Colonial . . . — — Map (db m307369) HM
Most ordering pits were built under barns and could be as deep as eight feet. Tobacco workers would access the pit through a trap door and ladder. The inside of this pit would have been unlined with beams forming crosses for tobacco to be hung from . . . — — Map (db m307014) HM
Largest of its species in the nation, this tree has for decades been named the National Champion by the American Forest Hall of Fame. The great Osage orange tree is at least 330 years old at the turn of this century and stands at greater than 60 . . . — — Map (db m128681) HM
The National Champion Osage orange tree is over 530 years old. The tree stands 65 feet high, is 328 inches in circumference, and has a crown spread of 93 feet when it was last measured in 2017. This tree was well over 100 years old when Patrick . . . — — Map (db m307370) HM
Long Island Plantation
A 600-acre island and 1,906-acre adjoining estate on the Staunton River. Purchased by Patrick Henry from Richard Henry Lee in 1792 and worked by 31 enslaved persons.
Green Hill Ferry
Samuel Pannell, a neighbor . . . — — Map (db m306913) HM
When Patrick Henry purchased Red Hill in 1794, there existed on this site a modest four-room, one-and-a-half story dwelling, which had been constructed shortly before the Revolutionary War.
After Patrick Henry's death, the house passed to his . . . — — Map (db m128684) HM
Five miles southeast Is Red Hill the last
home and burial place of Patrick Henry,
governor of Virginia and the great orator
of the American Revolution. Henry is
especially famous for his “Liberty or Death”
speech made in 1775 in Saint John’s . . . — — Map (db m64382) HM
Five miles east is Red Hill, last home and grave of Patrick Henry, orator of the Revolution. He moved there in 1796 and died there, June 6, 1799. Henry is especially famous for his “Liberty or Death” speech made in 1775 at the beginning of the . . . — — Map (db m64431) HM
Five miles east is Red Hill, the last home and
gravesite of Patrick Henry, the great orator
of the Revolution. Henry is especially famous
for his “Liberty or Death” speech made in
1775 in St. John’s Church in Richmond. Henry
moved . . . — — Map (db m64434) HM
You are now standing in the heart of what was once a 3,000 acre plantation known as Red Hill. After three decades of public service, Patrick Henry, the “Voice of the Revolution”, retired here, which he regarded as “one of the garden spots of the . . . — — Map (db m306916) HM
You are now standing before one of Virginia's largest plantation cemeteries for enslaved and freed African Americans. It is estimated that this site was used for burials between the 1790s and the 1930s.
This cemetery shows patterns of . . . — — Map (db m307015) HM
The Quarter Place is a one-mile, down-and-back trail where the enslaved and later free black population lived at Red Hill. Along the trail are an exhibit cabin, original cabin foundations, tobacco barn, ordering pit, and the Quarter Place Enslaved . . . — — Map (db m306985) HM
The Quarter Place Trail is a half mile long, culminating at the Slave & African American Cemetery. The terrain slopes at the trailhead, levels off, and then steepens as it descends to the cemetery. The one-mile round trip walk is of moderate . . . — — Map (db m128689) HM
The reconstructed cabin is the starting point for the half-mile Quarter Place Trail. It is representative of the types of dwellings that were present along the Quarter Place that the enslaved and later free black population lived in throughout the . . . — — Map (db m306987) HM
One mile to the south is Red Hill, Patrick Henry’s last home and burial place. The marble stone covering his grave carries the simple inscription, “His fame his best epitaph.”
Henry came here in 1794 and died at his beloved Red Hill . . . — — Map (db m65398) HM
After three decades of public service, Patrick Henry retired in 1794 to Red Hill plantation in Charlotte County, which he regarded as "one of the garden spots of the world." He purchased the 700-acre estate and simple story-and-half house in 1794 . . . — — Map (db m128698) HM
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The flags of the Commonwealth Courtyard honor Patrick Henry's election as the first governor of Virginia on June 29, 1776, when the boundaries of the commonwealth extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. The Grand . . . — — Map (db m128702) HM
Red Hill, 2930 acres at Patrick Henry's death, was named by its previous owners after the red clay soil so common to the area. Henry reportedly referred to it as "one of the garden spots of Virginia." The view from here overlooking the Staunton . . . — — Map (db m128691) HM
This beautiful and tranquil garden spot overlooking the unspoiled forested Staunton River valley is set aside as a special place reserved for those descended from Patrick Henry, who have chosen that their cremated remains would be scattered in . . . — — Map (db m128695) HM
These simple fieldstones mark the resting place of slaves and African Americans who worked at Red Hill, making it among the most productive tobacco plantations along the Staunton River during the 18th and 19th centuries.
When Patrick Henry . . . — — Map (db m128704) HM
Home of Harrison and his wife, Milly, longtime servants of the Henry family. Harrison, when a small boy, is believed to have been Patrick Henry's slave and later, coachman for his son, John. Restored in 1961 using some of the original logs.
"Let . . . — — Map (db m128705) HM
Tobacco barns like this one played an important role in Virginia's economy during the Henry
family's ownership of the property. During Patrick Henry's time, Red Hill yielded over 20,000
pounds of tobacco each year on 60 acres of land. One adult . . . — — Map (db m307013) HM
