Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation
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| Nearest city | Holdcroft, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°22′24″N 76°58′42″W / 37.37333°N 76.97833°WCoordinates: 37°22′24″N 76°58′42″W / 37.37333°N 76.97833°W |
| Area | 5.2 acres (2.1 ha) |
| Built | 1800 |
| Architectural style | Log building |
| NRHP reference # | 85003052 |
| Added to NRHP | November 26, 1985 |
Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation is a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Charles City County, Virginia. The scale and character of the collection of domestic architecture at this site recalls the vernacular architectural traditions of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries along the James River. These frame structures of the common planters were in contrast to the elaborate brick residences of the wealthiest families along the James River. Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation is located on the high ridge of land to the north of the river, in an area of smaller plantations with more modest homes.
Before English settlement in the seventeenth century, the Southall plantation site in Charles City County was the homeland of the Chickahominy (tribe). The plantation site is located near the Mattahunk village site and the trail known as Necotowance's Path. During the late eighteenth century, the 300-acre (120 ha) plantation was one of the many seats of the Southall family. Other Southall family properties in Charles City County included Mt. Airy, Milton and Vaughn’s. In Henrico County were located the Southall homes of Chatsworth, Reveille, Westham and in Warwick County was located Young’s Island.
The original portion of the Piney Grove house was constructed as a log corn crib on the Southall plantation before 1790. It survives as a rare and well-preserved example of early log architecture in Tidewater Virginia. During the second quarter of the eighteenth century, Furneau Southall served as deputy-sheriff of Charles City County, under Otway Byrd, son of William Byrd III of Westover Plantation. During the American Revolution, Southall served on the Charles City County Committee of Safety (American Revolution) with John Tyler of Greenway, father of President John Tyler of Woodburn and Sherwood Forest Plantation. Southall also held a captainship of one of the Charles City County companies under Benjamin Harrison V of Berkeley Plantation.
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