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Posts Tagged ‘Dickie/Level Green Spur’
Castle Hall
The Dickie family built it in 1832. In 1898 it burned, and was replaced by Valley View. It is seated on the Castle Creek tract that Captain William Dickie surveyed and patented in 1750.Dickie had acquired the patent of 2,700 acres from King George II, the land running from the top the mountain at Massies [...]
Level Green
Major Thomas Massie from New Kent County served in the American Revolution as aide-de-camp to General Nelson. In 1780, Massie married Sarah Cocke of Turkey Island. He helped finance Cyrus McCormick’s reaper, and promoted the Tye River and & Blue Ridge Turnpike. He was first magistrate of Nelson County and member of the General Assembly.
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Oak Hill Baptist Church
Former members of Jonesboro Baptist Church built Oak Hill Baptist Church in 1869. The name Oak Hill was derived from the location in which the church was built; an area surrounded by oak trees. The church was first built of hewed logs. After twelve years of service in the small log building, a frame church [...]



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