200 yards south is “Poplar Grove,” Penn’s old home and burial place. At age 21 he “won his spurs” leading a company under General Lewis at Point Pleasant. During 1780–81 he organized the first Revolutionary troops from Henry and adjoining counties, . . . — — Map (db m65815) HM
To keep perishables cool during the hot summer months chunks of ice were cut from frozen creeks and ponds in winter, and stored in the ice house. The building was constructed by digging a cavity, lining it with bricks, adding sturdy walls, a door . . . — — Map (db m304983) HM
In 1843, brick-making and construction of the stately home of Hardin and Nancy Jane Reynolds began and continued into the next decade. The bricks were likely made on the property by skilled enslaved workers. The house was built in two sections, . . . — — Map (db m304986) HM
Cooking in a plantation kitchen was daunting and required constant attention and care. The basic equipment needed for hearth cooking included a swinging crane, pot hangers such as S-hooks, trammels, or ratchets, a minimum of two Dutch ovens, . . . — — Map (db m304985) HM
Four miles to the north is Rock Spring Plantation, the boyhood home of industrialist R. J. Reynolds. The land was settled in 1814 by Abram Reynolds and his wife Mary Harbour. About 1843 their son Hardin William Reynolds built the present brick . . . — — Map (db m22412) HM
Built by Hardin Reynolds just prior to his marriage in 1843, the house that became known as Rock Spring Plantation, faces the historic Norfolk to Bristol Turnpike. Nearby was the log dwelling of his father, Abram Reynolds, who purchased 50 acres . . . — — Map (db m72851) HM
Rock Spring Plantation, the home of Hardin and Nancy Cox Reynolds, is a State and National Historic Landmark. It is possible the house built by Hardin Reynolds is the first brick home constructed in Patrick County. Enslaved workers likely made . . . — — Map (db m304981) HM
Tobacco has been a major part of the economy of Virginia since the beginning of settlement. The variety of tobacco grown in Virginia, Nicotiana Rustica, has been traced back to use by the American Indians. As early as 1825, Abraham Reynolds began . . . — — Map (db m304988) HM
