SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Edge Hill Plantation

Location: Richmond Co., VA
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History: Dr John Yates Chinn was an MD graduate of St. George and St. Thomas Hospital in London, England. In 1792 he was also the Justice of Richmond County. Living at Dr. Chinn's family's estate Edge Hill, in Richmond County, John and his wife Sarah Fairfax Carter Chinn had five children. Sarah inherited 730 acres of the Cancer farm at Bull Run along with 2,140 acres in Fairfax County across the Bull Run.

Associated surnames: Carter, Chinn

Associated Plantations: Cancer Plantation (Loundon Co., VA)

Associated Free White Names

• Robert "Councillor" Carter: owner of 18 plantations (12 named after zodiac signs) including Cancer Plantation
• Sarah Fairfax Carter Chinn: daughter of "Councillor" Carter; wife of John Y. Chinn; inherited part of Cancer Plantation (of the Bull Run Tract) from her father
• Dr. John Yates Chinn: family owned Edge Hill
• Benjamin Tasker Chinn: son of John Y. and Sarah Chinn; born at Edge Hill

Associated Black Slave Names

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Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

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RESOURCES

• Carter-Chinn Family History http://benlomondmanorhouse.org/history/carterchinnhistory.htm