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| Bellefield Plantation | |
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| E.D. Plantation | |
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| Type | Plantation |
| Location | York County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37°16′13″N 76°34′19″W / 37.270302°N 76.572079°W |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Official name | Bellefield Site & Cemetery |
| Reference no. | Candidate Site 099-0002 |
Bellefield Plantation (or Bellfield, also called E.D. Plantation) is a historic plantation site located in York County, Virginia. In modern times, the former site is located off the Colonial Parkway next to the York River and abutts Naval Weapons Station Yorktown.
In 1630, the Virginia Colony made the decision to plant a settlement on the York River:
"... for the securing & taking in of a tract of Land called ye fforest bordering uppon the cheife residence of ye Pamunkey King the most dangerous head of the Indian enemy ..."[citation needed]
John West (governor) received a land grant for this purpose, 600 acres "on the east side of Felgates".[1] "Felgates" refers to Robert Felgate's 1632 grant of "350 acres lying at Kiskeyacke upon Pamunkey".[2] In 1635 after the "thrusting out" of Governor Sir John Harvey, John West was chosen as temporary replacement,[3] and served until 1637 when Harvey was restored to his position. In 1640, West was ordered to England, along with neighbor John Utie, Samuel Matthews (captain), and William Peirce (burgess) to answer charges in the Star Chamber. All four were eventually cleared, and returned to Virginia.
West sold the original 600 acres, along with adjoining land for a total of 1250 acres to Edward Digges in 1650.[4][5][6]It became known as the "E.D." Plantation at this time. The plantation remained in the family until 1787, when it was sold. [7]
The Plantation was known as "Bellfield" by 1811, when it was advertised for sale as "Belfield, 1.000 acres in York Co., the only estate where the famous E.D. tobacco was raised, which never failed to bring in England one shilling when other tobacco would not bring three pence."[7][6]
Owners
- 1630 - John West (governor)
- 1650 - Edward Digges (bought)
- 1675 - William Digges (inherited)
- 1697 - Edward Digges (inherited)
- Sept 21 1699 - Dudley Digges (burgess) (bought from nephew)
- Jan 18 1710 - Cole Digges (burgess) (inherited)
- 1744 - Edward Digges (burgess) (inherited)
- 1769 - William Digges (patriot) (inherited)
- Jun 19 1787 William Waller (bought)
- Dec 1815 Scervant Jones (bought)
- Sep 9 1829 Richard R. Corbin (bought)
- March 2, 1830 Robert McCandlish (bought)
- 1878 Robert McCandlish (inherited)
- August 7, 1918 US Government
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Extracts from the Records of York County". The William and Mary Quarterly. 26 (1 ed.): 27–37. July 1917.
- ^ Virginia Land Office Patents (Report). Vol. 1 (1 & 2 ed.). 1623–1643. p. 105.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ Thornton, J Mills (January 1968). "The Thrusting out of Governor Harvey: A Seventeenth-Century Rebellion". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 76 (1 ed.). pp. 11–26.
- ^ Hatch, Charles E. Jr. (1970). Bellfield Estate General Study.
- ^ Land Office Patents (Report). Vol. 2. 1643–1651. p. 316.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ a b "Bellfield". The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Vol. 15 (1 ed.). 1906. pp. 36–39. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ a b Tyler, Lyon G., "Pedigree of a Representative Virginia Planter", William & Mary Quarterly Jan. 1893 [1] also in Genealogies of Virginia Families: From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.) 1982) vol. II, p. 169 et seq.
Rough notes continue here
[edit]VDHR ID 099-0002 Bellefield Site & Cemetery From: https://www.yorkcounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/134/Historic-Resources---2035-Comprehensive-Plan-PDF
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=39797
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2285733/digges-family-at-bellfield-plantation
https://www.dailypress.com/2013/05/25/a-cradle-of-slavery-on-the-york/
Related:
Dudley Digges House https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=61596 VDHR ID 099-0022 Dudley Digges House (West House)
Cole Digges House https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=100096 VDHR ID 099-0027 Thomas Pate House (Cole Digges House) https://npshistory.com/publications/york/cole-digges-hsr/app1.htm
Some valuable sources found thanks to StevePrutz
- “Bellfield.” The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, vol. 15, no. 1, 1906, pp. 36–39. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1915735. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler. United States, Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915. PAGE 48
- Bellfield Estate General Study by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. 1970.
Pages already mentioning this topic:
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Denbigh_Plantation_Site
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Dudley_Digges_(burgess)
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/John_West_(colonel)
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Cole_Digges_(burgess)
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/William_Digges
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Edward_Digges
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Dudley_Digges_(patriot)
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Dudley_Digges_Jr.
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Edward_Digges_(burgess)
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/William_Digges_(burgess)