Cherry Hill:
It was in 1737 that five settlers reached the area where the James River crosses the Valley, near the southern part of what is now Rockbridge County. Among them were James Greenlee and Mary Elizabeth McDowell. These two young people married and established themselves on the James River a few miles southeast of Natural Bridge, (Greenlee, VA) on land acquired from the Borden Grant.
Now begins the story of the "Seven Hills". The ancient city of Rome boasted its seven hills, it might be suggested that Rockbridge has a counterpart in the Seven Hills of Rockbridge County, seven outstanding manor houses, county estates, which through the years have given rise to fact or fable, to legend and story. The names of these country places were Cherry Hill, Fruit Hill, Fancy Hill, Rose Hill, Hickory Hill, Clover Hill, and Liberty Hill. They are located in Buffalo - Natural Bridge section of the southern end of Rockbridge County.
A son and grandson of James and Mary Greenlee, both named David, built two of the great houses, Cherry Hill and Clover Hill. "Cherry Hill", now "Marl brook" property, came to David Greenlee by inheritance or nominal purchase in 1763. He married Jane White. By 1777 his home was inadequate for himself, his wife, six children, and his mother, Mary Greenlee. He then built on a splendid site a large brick house with a detached log kitchen. In 1804 he built on the north end of the house a kitchen wing of brick. He gave the manor the name of Cherry Hill. An unusual interior feature is the use, in common by two side-by-side adjoining rooms of a single chimney. A visitor can stand in the hall, look through the adjoining doors, and see both fireplaces.
"Clover Hill" now "Herring Hall" was the home of John Greenlee and later his son, David Greenlee, who inherited the property in 1808. He married Hannah Ingram Grigsby, daughter of Elisha Grigsby in 1818. And built the present Clover Hill mansion in 1832.
Written by Angela Ruley and recorded in the Rockbridge Heritage Book.
Cheryl Smith-Owens Family Papers
It was in 1737 that five settlers reached the area where the James River crosses the Valley, near the southern part of what is now Rockbridge County. Among them were James Greenlee and Mary Elizabeth McDowell. These two young people married and established themselves on the James River a few miles southeast of Natural Bridge, (Greenlee, VA) on land acquired from the Borden Grant.
Now begins the story of the "Seven Hills". The ancient city of Rome boasted its seven hills, it might be suggested that Rockbridge has a counterpart in the Seven Hills of Rockbridge County, seven outstanding manor houses, county estates, which through the years have given rise to fact or fable, to legend and story. The names of these country places were Cherry Hill, Fruit Hill, Fancy Hill, Rose Hill, Hickory Hill, Clover Hill, and Liberty Hill. They are located in Buffalo - Natural Bridge section of the southern end of Rockbridge County.
A son and grandson of James and Mary Greenlee, both named David, built two of the great houses, Cherry Hill and Clover Hill. "Cherry Hill", now "Marl brook" property, came to David Greenlee by inheritance or nominal purchase in 1763. He married Jane White. By 1777 his home was inadequate for himself, his wife, six children, and his mother, Mary Greenlee. He then built on a splendid site a large brick house with a detached log kitchen. In 1804 he built on the north end of the house a kitchen wing of brick. He gave the manor the name of Cherry Hill. An unusual interior feature is the use, in common by two side-by-side adjoining rooms of a single chimney. A visitor can stand in the hall, look through the adjoining doors, and see both fireplaces.
"Clover Hill" now "Herring Hall" was the home of John Greenlee and later his son, David Greenlee, who inherited the property in 1808. He married Hannah Ingram Grigsby, daughter of Elisha Grigsby in 1818. And built the present Clover Hill mansion in 1832.
Written by Angela Ruley and recorded in the Rockbridge Heritage Book.
Cheryl Smith-Owens Family Papers
Cherry Hill:
It was in 1737 that five settlers reached the area where the James River crosses the Valley, near the southern part of what is now Rockbridge County. Among them were James Greenlee and Mary Elizabeth McDowell. These two young people married and established themselves on the James River a few miles southeast of Natural Bridge, (Greenlee, VA) on land acquired from the Borden Grant.
Now begins the story of the "Seven Hills". The ancient city of Rome boasted its seven hills, it might be suggested that Rockbridge has a counterpart in the Seven Hills of Rockbridge County, seven outstanding manor houses, county estates, which through the years have given rise to fact or fable, to legend and story. The names of these country places were Cherry Hill, Fruit Hill, Fancy Hill, Rose Hill, Hickory Hill, Clover Hill, and Liberty Hill. They are located in Buffalo - Natural Bridge section of the southern end of Rockbridge County.
A son and grandson of James and Mary Greenlee, both named David, built two of the great houses, Cherry Hill and Clover Hill. "Cherry Hill", now "Marl brook" property, came to David Greenlee by inheritance or nominal purchase in 1763. He married Jane White. By 1777 his home was inadequate for himself, his wife, six children, and his mother, Mary Greenlee. He then built on a splendid site a large brick house with a detached log kitchen. In 1804 he built on the north end of the house a kitchen wing of brick. He gave the manor the name of Cherry Hill. An unusual interior feature is the use, in common by two side-by-side adjoining rooms of a single chimney. A visitor can stand in the hall, look through the adjoining doors, and see both fireplaces.
"Clover Hill" now "Herring Hall" was the home of John Greenlee and later his son, David Greenlee, who inherited the property in 1808. He married Hannah Ingram Grigsby, daughter of Elisha Grigsby in 1818. And built the present Clover Hill mansion in 1832.
Written by Angela Ruley and recorded in the Rockbridge Heritage Book.
Cheryl Smith-Owens Family Papers
It was in 1737 that five settlers reached the area where the James River crosses the Valley, near the southern part of what is now Rockbridge County. Among them were James Greenlee and Mary Elizabeth McDowell. These two young people married and established themselves on the James River a few miles southeast of Natural Bridge, (Greenlee, VA) on land acquired from the Borden Grant.
Now begins the story of the "Seven Hills". The ancient city of Rome boasted its seven hills, it might be suggested that Rockbridge has a counterpart in the Seven Hills of Rockbridge County, seven outstanding manor houses, county estates, which through the years have given rise to fact or fable, to legend and story. The names of these country places were Cherry Hill, Fruit Hill, Fancy Hill, Rose Hill, Hickory Hill, Clover Hill, and Liberty Hill. They are located in Buffalo - Natural Bridge section of the southern end of Rockbridge County.
A son and grandson of James and Mary Greenlee, both named David, built two of the great houses, Cherry Hill and Clover Hill. "Cherry Hill", now "Marl brook" property, came to David Greenlee by inheritance or nominal purchase in 1763. He married Jane White. By 1777 his home was inadequate for himself, his wife, six children, and his mother, Mary Greenlee. He then built on a splendid site a large brick house with a detached log kitchen. In 1804 he built on the north end of the house a kitchen wing of brick. He gave the manor the name of Cherry Hill. An unusual interior feature is the use, in common by two side-by-side adjoining rooms of a single chimney. A visitor can stand in the hall, look through the adjoining doors, and see both fireplaces.
"Clover Hill" now "Herring Hall" was the home of John Greenlee and later his son, David Greenlee, who inherited the property in 1808. He married Hannah Ingram Grigsby, daughter of Elisha Grigsby in 1818. And built the present Clover Hill mansion in 1832.
Written by Angela Ruley and recorded in the Rockbridge Heritage Book.
Cheryl Smith-Owens Family Papers
Gravesite Details
Buried on his farm. two miles from Natural Bridge and 14 miles from Lexington. "Genealogy of the Greenlee Families"
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