Sulphur Springs, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:
Sulphur Springs Plantation



The town of Gretna is located on the old Sulphur Springs plantation, once owned by a wealthy old bachelor named John Ward. By the terms of his will, of 1826, he bequeathed his lands, some 10,000 acres, to his two nephews, Dr. Lynch Dillard, and John Ward, Jr. of Edgehill, in the northern part of the county on Staunton River. His seventy slaves he liberated in these brief words: "It is my will that all my slaves now living be free." They were carried to Lawrence County Ohio and settled there.



A large milling plant the Galveston Mills is located here

Birth

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	Ward, John Chiles Jr	1743	Sulphur Springs, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA	I37123

Death

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death		Person ID
1	Ward, John Chiles Jr	11 Oct 1826	Sulphur Springs, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA	I37123