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Montpelier Plantation

Page history last edited by PBworks 17 years, 1 month ago

  1. Overview
    1. Location
    2. Date Constructed/ Founded
    3. Associated Surnames
    4. Historical notes
    5. Associated Slave Workplaces
  2. Associated Free Persons
  3. Associated Enslaved Persons
  4. Research Leads and Plantation Records
  5. Miscellaneous Information
  6. References
  7. Users Researching This Workplace

 

Overview

 

Location

VA

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

1723

 

Associated Surnames

Madison

 

Historical notes

"Montpelier was the lifelong home of James Madison, Jr. "Father of the Constitution," sponsor of the Bill of Rights, and fourth President. But Montpelier also was home to three generations of Madisons—from 1723, when Ambrose Madison, the President's grandfather was deeded the land, until 1844 when the widowed Dolley Madison sold the estate." Read more at http://www.montpelier.org/history/madisons.cfm

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

 

Associated Free Persons

 

  • Ambrose Madison - owner
  • Francis Taylor Madison - owner; wife of Ambrose Madison

 

  • James Madison Sr. (b.?-d.1801) - owner; son of Ambrose and Francis T. Madison
  • Nelly Conway Madison (b.?-d.1829) - wife of James Madison (m.1749)

 

  • James Madison Jr. - owner; 4th President of the United States

 

Associated Enslaved Persons

 

  • none recorded yet

 

Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

  • none reported yet

 

Miscellaneous Information

 

  • Montpelier was originally called Mount Pleasant

 

References

 

 

Users Researching This Workplace

 

  • none recorded yet

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