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Built circa 1838. This 8,900 sq. ft., estate includes six bedrooms, seven baths, handcrafted moldings, fireplaces of Carrera marble, beautiful heart of pine flooring, plaster walls and a magnificent antique Waterford crystal chandelier from the White House.

Belle Grove - Major Isaac Hite, Jr.

In 1783, his father gave him and his bride, Nelly Conway Madison, the 483 acres on which Belle Grove house was later built. In 1794, construction began, and was completed in 1797. Nellie was  the niece of our G5Grandfather and sister of future President of the United States, James Madison.

Nicholas Cabell, Jr. divided the lands of "Liberty Hall" among his heirs. One of the three parcels of land which he cut off was "Bon Aire," given to son Dr. George Cabell. In approximately 1798, George built a manor house on the property. He sold the property out of the family at some time before his death in 1827.

This Georgian-style mansion sits on a bluff overlooking the Rappahannock River and is best known for the role it played during the Civil War. The home served as a Union headquarters at various times throughout the war, particularly during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. William Fitzhugh purchased the land, some 1,288 acres, and was responsible for the construction of the large brick home, begun in 1768, completed by 1771, and named after William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham.

Robert Rives (Edith Newbold Gordons great-grandfather in-law) and Margaret Cabell married in 1790 and moved into a newly built home, "Edgewood." In 1803, they left to build Oak Ridge and eventually sold Edgewood to another Cabell, Joseph Carrington. J. C . Cabell lived there until his death in 1856. Cabells and Cabell descendants occupied the house through 1955, when it burned to the ground. A smaller house on the property, "Tucker Cottage," remains in family hands.

Col. William Cabell, Sr.'s fourth son, Landon Cabell, lived for some years at Spring Hill, on land adjacent to his father's Union Hill estate. Scholars disagree exactly when the house was built and by whom, though most see William's hand in the process. Because of the presence of an American Indian cemetary on the property, family members also referred to it as "Montezuma."

Robert and Margaret Cabell Rives left Edgewood (above) for Oak Ridge, which they built in 1801-1802. In 1901, a wealthy Nelson County native, Thomas Fortune Ryan purchased the property and transformed it into a sprawling fifty-room mansion.

Family farm of Charles Fleetwood Westfeldt and Martha Ray McMillan Wesfeldt

Like many Cabells, Col. Samuel Jordan Cabell, Sr. fought in the Revolutionary War on behalf of the colonists. According to family tradition, his father, Col. William Cabell, Sr., was so delighted with his son's safe return that he cut off the lower part of the lands attached to Union Hill to celebrate the occasion. The house, built by James Roberts 1783-1785 and improved in 1806 by James Oldham, was therefore named "Soldier's Joy."