Tusculum Plantation was owned by Samuel Thomas Alston (1806-1860) and his wife Ruina Temporance Williams (1814-1897) of Warren County, North Carolina. They were married on September 1, 1831, and a few years earlier, in 1825,the ruins of an ancient city had been discovered near Rome, Italy,situated on the edge of an ancient volcano. The city was called Tusculum, which at one time, had been a place favored by wealthy Romans and had been populated with many large villas. No doubt, Samuel had been influenced by the discovery when it came to naming his own plantation, as had several other landowners throughout the South.
Fork Township, Warren County, North Carolina.
circa 1830
Alston, Williams
Samuel Thomas Alston was the son of Samuel Alston (1770-1807) and Elizabeth Faulcon (1775-1848); Samuel Alston was the son of Philip Alston (1706-1784) and Winifred Whitmell (1729-1795); Philip Alston was the son of John Alston (ca 1670-1758) & Mary (ca 1700).
Ruina Temporance Williams was the daughter of Robert Webb Williams (1792-1822) and Hartwell Hodges Davis (1793-1868)the owners of Vine Hill Plantation; Robert Webb Williams was the son of William Williams (1760-1838) and Elizabeth Kinchen Kearney (1769-1863). William Williams was the son of Solomon Williams (d.July 28, 1794) and Temporance Boddie (.d. May 11, 1784); Solomon Williams was the son of Samuel Williams (ca 1698-1753) and Elizabeth Alston (ca 1711- aft 1792).
Cherry Hill Warren NC, Myrtle Lawn in Warren Co., and Vine Hill Plantation in Franklin Co.
1848 will of Elizabeth F. Alston,to her son Samuel T. Alston:
1848 Elizabeth F. Alston willed following to her grandchildren-
to Samuel T. Alston Jr.:
to William F. Alston:
to Caroline Matilda Alston:
to Robert Williams Alston:
to Solomon Williams Alston:
to John Davis Alston:
1784 will of Philip Alston, to his wife Winefred:
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