Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA

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Shirley Plantation

Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation (1613) and one of the first economic engines of the new world. Only six years after John Smith's settlement at Jamestown, the crown grant carving Shirley Plantation out of the Virginia frontier was established. The chronicle of Shirley Plantation best exemplifies the period in our nation's history between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the movement towards American independence from Great Britain in 1776. During its long history and under the leadership of one family, Shirley Plantation has survived the Indian Uprising, Bacon's Rebellion, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Great Depression.

Shirley Plantation is the oldest family-owned business in North America dating back to 1638. Construction of the present mansion began in 1723 when Elizabeth Hill, great-granddaughter of the first Hill, married John Carter, eldest son of Robert "King" Carter. Completed in 1738, the mansion, referred to as the “Great House,” is largely in its original state and is owned, operated, and lived in by direct descendants of Edward Hill.

The guided tour of the Great House highlights original family furnishings, portraits, silver, and hand-carved woodwork as well as stories of the Hill-Carter family, eye witnesses to eleven generations of American history. As one architectural historian contends," Shirley Plantation is the most intact 18th century estate in Virginia". Several features such as the "Flying Staircase" and the Queen Anne Forecourt are the only remaining examples in America of this architectural style.

Birth

Matches 1 to 16 of 16

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	Hill, Colonel Edward II	30 Apr 1637	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47199
2	Hill, Elizabeth	23 Apr 1667	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43345
3	Hill, Colonel Isaac	Jan 1680	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47233
4	Carter, Colonel Edward Hill I	15 Oct 1726	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43356
5	Carter, Elizabeth Hill	13 Oct 1731	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43355
6	Carter, Charles Hill Sr, Esq	10 Oct 1732	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43337
7	Carter, Anne Hill	24 May 1739	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43357
8	Carter, Robert Hill	20 Oct 1771	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43371
9	Carter, Anne Hill	26 Mar 1773	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43304
10	Carter, Robert Hill	30 Nov 1774	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43342
11	Carter, Lucy	1775	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43370
12	Carter, Catherine Spotswood	1 Jun 1778	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43340
13	Carter, Bernard Moore	29 Nov 1780	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43339
14	Carter, William Fitzhugh	30 Oct 1782	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43347
15	Carter, Butler	25 Mar 1784	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43350
16	Carter, Lucy	1789	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43372

Death

Matches 1 to 9 of 9

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death		Person ID
1	Boyle, Lady Mary Elizabeth	24 Nov 1659	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47224
2	Hill, Colonel Edward Richard	15 May 1664	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47223
3	Hill, Colonel Edward	1726	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47230
4	Carter, John	30 Apr 1743	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47182
5	Hill, Elizabeth	4 Jan 1761	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43345
6	Cocke, Bowler	1771	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47201
7	Carter, Robert Hill	14 Nov 1805	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43342
8	Carter, Charles Hill Sr, Esq	28 Jun 1806	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43337
9	Moore, Annie Butler	16 Apr 1809	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43338

Burial

Matches 1 to 8 of 8

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Burial		Person ID
1	Carter, Bernard		Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43348
2	Carter, Butler		Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43350
3	Carter, John		Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43349
4	Carter, John		Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47182
5	Hill, Colonel Edward II		Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47199
6	Hill, Elizabeth		Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43345
7	Williams, Elizabeth		Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I47200
8	Carter, Charles Hill Sr, Esq	28 Jun 1806	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43337

Residence

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Residence		Person ID
1	Carter, Charles Hill Sr, Esq	1803	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	I43337

Marriage

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

	Family	Marriage		Family ID
1	Hill / Goodrich		Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	F10760
2	Hill / Aston	1665	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	F10745
3	Hill / Scarbourough	28 Sep 1696	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	F10748
4	Carter / Hill	6 Oct 1723	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA	F10732