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Patrick Henry’s Historic Polegreen Church

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Samuel Davies was born in Delaware, trained in Pennsylvania, and at 23 years of age, a missionary to Virginia. He was a “New Light” Presbyterian (like George Whitfield) that taught salvation by grace alone, thru a personal conversion that resulted in a Romans 12:2 transformation. He arrived in Hanover County, Virginia, and took Samuel Morris’ reading houses  (such as we Read more...
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Patrick Henry’s Hanover Courthouse

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From Wikipedia:   Hanover County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in the community of Hanover Courthouse, the county seat of Hanover County, Virginia. Built about 1735, it is one of the nation’s oldest courthouses still in use for that purpose. It is historically notable as the site of the Parson’s Cause case, which was argued by Patrick Henry in 1763. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973.[2] A modern Read more...
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Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown

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From Plaque:   Scotchtown is best known as the site from which Patrick Henry rode to Richmond in March of 1775 to deliver his infamous “Liberty or Death” speech. . Some have even suggested that the house, where he had been forced to confine his wife Sarah due to her increasingly poor mental health, inspired his greatest speech. But the Read more...
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Polegreen church

Patrick Henry’s Historic Polegreen Church

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Samuel Davies was born in Delaware, trained in Pennsylvania, and at 23 years of age, a missionary to Virginia. He was a “New Light” Presbyterian (like George Whitfield) that taught salvation by grace alone, thru a personal conversion that resulted in a Romans 12:2 transformation. He arrived in Hanover County, Virginia, and took Samuel Morris’ reading houses  (such as we Read more...
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Patrick Henry’s Birthplace

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Photo By Bernard Fisher, September 2, 2011, HMDB   Only archaeological remnants of Studley survive today, but in the 18th century this was the site of an impressive two-story brick house. Studley was built by John Syme in the 1720s for his wife Sarah Winston. After his death, she married John Henry. The couple’s nine children were born at the Read more...
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Patrick Henry’s Hanover Courthouse

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From Wikipedia:   Hanover County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in the community of Hanover Courthouse, the county seat of Hanover County, Virginia. Built about 1735, it is one of the nation’s oldest courthouses still in use for that purpose. It is historically notable as the site of the Parson’s Cause case, which was argued by Patrick Henry in 1763. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973.[2] A modern Read more...
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Patrick Henry’s Hanover Tavern

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From Wikipedia: A view looking across Route 301 from the courthouse green to the Hanover Tavern. Patrick Henry stayed at a predecessor tavern when he argued his famous Parson’s Cause at the Hanover Courthouse. Read more...
Scotchtown Hanover County Virginia

Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown

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From Plaque:   Scotchtown is best known as the site from which Patrick Henry rode to Richmond in March of 1775 to deliver his infamous “Liberty or Death” speech. . Some have even suggested that the house, where he had been forced to confine his wife Sarah due to her increasingly poor mental health, inspired his greatest speech. But the Read more...
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