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Gilmore Farm

Virginia

Rte 20 (at Montpelier)
Orange, VA 22960
United States

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Gilmore Farm Historical Highway Marker
Gilmore Farm Historical Highway Marker Virginia Department of Historic Resources

George Gilmore was born into slavery at Montpelier about 1810. Like millions of African Americans throughout the South, Gilmore made the transition to freedom after the Civil War. Many emancipated slaves worked on the same plantations where they once labored. Gilmore, his wife Polly and five children lived in this cabin built by family members in 1873 and farmed the surrounding fields. In 1901 George Gilmore obtained the deed for 16 acres from Dr. James A. Madison. After Gilmore’s death in 1905 the property remained in the family until 1920. Archaeological and architectural investigations have resulted in the restoration of this rare example of a surviving freed family's cabin.

Marker: JJ-26, Virginia Department of Historic Resources (2005)

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