SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

The Wilderness Plantation
Variant name: The Commons

Location: Loundon Co., VA
Founded: 1811

History: The Wilderness Plantation was originally part of the estate owned by George Carter (of Oatlands Plantation). Carter sold 172 acres of his estate (the Bull Run Tract) in 1811 to Mathew Lee of New Jersey. Mr. Lee built The Wilderness upon this land. In 1894 Wiliam Hayden acquired the property and renamed the estate The Commons.

Associated surnames: Carter, Hayden, Lee

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

Associated Free White Names

• George Carter: son of "Councillor" Carter; owner of Oatlands Plantation; inherited part of the Bull Run Tract from his father; sold part of it to Mathew Lee
• (1811 - 1894) Mathew Lee: bought land from George Carter; built The Wilderness
• (1894 - ) William Hayden: new owner of The Wilderness; changed name to The Commons

Associated Black Slave Names

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Description of Associated Architecture

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RESOURCES

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