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Arlington Plantation
Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA
Constructed: ----
History: George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington, owned
three plantations: Arlington, White House and Romancoke. In his 1857 will, he
manumitted all slaves belonging to his estate (within five years of his death).
Associated surnames: Banham, Bingham, Burke, Check, Custis, Dimicks, Grey, Harris, Lee, Merriday, Norris, Parks, Syphax, Taylor
Associated Plantations: Romancoke Plantation (Spotsylvania Co., PA); White House Plantation (Spotsylvania Co., VA)
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1857: Manumitted Slaves of Arlington Plantation
From George W.P. Custis Manumission, by Robert E. Lee, submitted by Scott Rode. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/spotsylvania/wills/c2320001.txt
- Eleanor Harris
- Ephraina Dimicks[?]
- George Clarke
- Charles Syphax
- Thornton Grey
- wife Selina Grey
- child Emma Grey
- child Sarah Grey
- child Harry Grey
- child Anise Grey
- child Ada Grey
- child Thornton Grey
- Margaret Taylor: four children
- child Dandridge Taylor
- child John Taylor
- child Billy Taylor
- child Quincy Taylor
- Lawrence Parks (man): nine children
- child Perry Parks
- child George Parks
- child Amanda Parks
- child Martha Parks
- child Lawrence Parks
- child James Parks
- child Magdalena Parks
- child Leno Parks
- child William Parks
- Julia Ann Check: three children, one infant
- child Catharine Check
- child Louis Check
- child Henry Check
- infant
- Len Norris
- wife Sally Norris
- child Mary Norris
- child Sally Norris
- child Wesley Norris
- Old Shaack Check
- Austin Bingham
- wife Louisa Bingham
- child Harrison Bingham
- child Parks Bingham
- child Reuben Bingham
- child Henry Bingham
- child Edward Bingham
- child Austin Bingham
- child Lucius Bingham
- child Leanthe Bingham
- child Louisa Bingham
- child Caroline Bingham
- child Jem Bingham
- infant
- Obadiah Grey
- Austin Banham
- Michael Merriday
- Catharine Burk
- child
- Marianne Burke
- Agnes Burke
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