https://cvillepedia.org/index.php?title=Morven_Farms&feed=atom&action=historyMorven Farms - Revision history2024-03-28T23:48:35ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://cvillepedia.org/index.php?title=Morven_Farms&diff=71843&oldid=prev2ABG at 16:13, 29 September 20232023-09-29T16:13:56Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1730, the 1,334 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acres of </del>land that would <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">eventually </del>come to be <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">called </del>Morven, was part of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a larger 9,350-acre royal </del>land grant <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to John Carter, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia</del>. The Morven site was thought to have likely been utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the [[Monacan Nation]]) during the pre-Columbian era. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> This </del>theory came about in part due to a known Native American presence within the vicinity. The other part was the discovery that one of the property's former names was "Indian Camp", which at the time was believed to be the property's first name. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1730, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">John Carter, Secretary of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Colony of Virginia acquired a </ins>1,334 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acre land grant in Albemarle County, VA. The </ins>land that would <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">later </ins>come to be <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known as </ins>Morven, was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>part of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </ins>land grant. The Morven site was thought to have likely been utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the [[Monacan Nation]]) during the pre-Columbian era. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">That </ins>theory came about in part due to a known Native American presence within the vicinity. The other part was the discovery that one of the property's former names was "Indian Camp", which at the time was believed to be the property's first name. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short soon took up diplomatic service representing the United States in various nations within Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of exclusively cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short soon took up diplomatic service representing the United States in various nations within Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of exclusively cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td></tr>
</table>2ABGhttps://cvillepedia.org/index.php?title=Morven_Farms&diff=71807&oldid=prevWelder20: Linked Monacan Nation2023-09-28T19:48:15Z<p>Linked Monacan Nation</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1730, the 1,334 acres of land that would eventually come to be called Morven, was part of a larger 9,350-acre royal land grant to John Carter, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia. The Morven site was thought to have likely been utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the Monacan Nation) during the pre-Columbian era. This theory came about in part due to a known Native American presence within the vicinity. The other part was the discovery that one of the property's former names was "Indian Camp", which at the time was believed to be the property's first name. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1730, the 1,334 acres of land that would eventually come to be called Morven, was part of a larger 9,350-acre royal land grant to John Carter, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia. The Morven site was thought to have likely been utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Monacan Nation<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>) during the pre-Columbian era. This theory came about in part due to a known Native American presence within the vicinity. The other part was the discovery that one of the property's former names was "Indian Camp", which at the time was believed to be the property's first name. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The site <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of today's Morven Farms </del>was likely utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Monacan Nation<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>) during the pre-Columbian era. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1730, the site was packaged within a 9,350-acre royal land grant to John Carter, Secretary of the Virginia Colony. In reference </del>to a known Native American presence within the vicinity<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, a 1,334-acre section of this land grant (including a vast portion </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">site of today</del>'s <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Morven Farms) </del>was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">named </del>"Indian Camp.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1730, the 1,334 acres of land that would eventually come to be called Morven, was part of a larger 9,350-acre royal land grant to John Carter, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia. </ins>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Morven </ins>site was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thought to have </ins>likely <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">been </ins>utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the Monacan Nation) during the pre-Columbian era. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> This theory came about in part due </ins>to a known Native American presence within the vicinity<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The other part was the discovery that one </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">property</ins>'s <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">former names </ins>was "Indian Camp<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">", which at the time was believed to be the property's first name</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short soon took up diplomatic service representing the United States in various nations within Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of exclusively cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short soon took up diplomatic service representing the United States in various nations within Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of exclusively cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Higginbotham renamed the property Morven, and constructed his home there. The property was largely returned to its former use, that of a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], the house and the majority of the property was acquired by Daniel Groff Smith. After the property was sold, the Higgibotham's slaves were sold at auction. Smith like Higginbotham, was a merchant and a planter. Edward Buckey Smith acquired ownership after the death of his father in [[1879]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Higginbotham renamed the property Morven, and constructed his home there. The property was largely returned to its former use, that of a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], the house and the majority of the property was acquired by Daniel Groff Smith. After the property was sold, the Higgibotham's slaves were sold at auction. Smith like Higginbotham, was a merchant and a planter. Edward Buckey Smith acquired ownership after the death of his father in [[1879]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short soon took up diplomatic service representing the United States in various nations within Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of exclusively cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short soon took up diplomatic service representing the United States in various nations within Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of exclusively cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Against </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wishes of </del>its <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">absentee owner Short</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the property (now renamed to Morven) into </del>a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his </del>slaves were <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being </del>sold <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained </del>at <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Morven throughout their lives</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In [[1856]]</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Daniel Groff </del>Smith <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">took </del>ownership of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the land, with </del>his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it </del>in [[1879]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Higginbotham renamed </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">property Morven, and constructed his home there. The property was largely returned to </ins>its <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">former use</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </ins>of a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the house and the majority of the property was acquired by Daniel Groff Smith. After the property was sold, the Higgibotham's </ins>slaves were sold at <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">auction</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> Smith like Higginbotham</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was a merchant and a planter. Edward Buckey </ins>Smith <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acquired </ins>ownership <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">after the death </ins>of his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">father </ins>in [[1879]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Colonial era ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Colonial era ===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The site of today's Morven Farms was likely utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the [[Monacan Nation]]) during the pre-Columbian era. In 1730, the site was packaged within a 9,350-acre royal land grant to John Carter, Secretary of Virginia Colony. In reference to a Native American presence within the vicinity, a 1,334-acre section of this land grant (including a vast portion of the site of today's Morven Farms) was named "Indian Camp." </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The site of today's Morven Farms was likely utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the [[Monacan Nation]]) during the pre-Columbian era. In 1730, the site was packaged within a 9,350-acre royal land grant to John Carter, Secretary of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Virginia Colony. In reference to a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known </ins>Native American presence within the vicinity, a 1,334-acre section of this land grant (including a vast portion of the site of today's Morven Farms) was named "Indian Camp." </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short took up diplomatic service representing the United States in Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">soon </ins>took up diplomatic service representing the United States in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">various nations within </ins>Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exclusively </ins>cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Nineteenth century ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Nineteenth century ===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Against the wishes of its absentee owner Short, Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape of the property (now renamed to Morven) into a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], his slaves were auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being sold to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained at Morven throughout their lives. In [[1856]], Daniel Groff Smith took ownership of the land, with his son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it in [[1879]]. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Against the wishes of its absentee owner Short, Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape of the property (now renamed to Morven) into a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], his slaves were auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being sold to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained at Morven throughout their lives. In [[1856]], Daniel Groff Smith took ownership of the land, with his son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it in [[1879]]. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1906]], Samuel and Joesphine Marshall purchased Morven. They expanded the Main House on the north side with a two-story addition by Baltimore architect Howard Sill. The Albemarle Chapter of the Garden Club of Virginia frequently met on the property following its founding in [[1919]], with Josephine Marshall serving as its first president. After Samuel Marshall's death in [[1923]], Morven briefly served as the home of a local land broker, David C. Patterson, and his wife Margaret G. Patterson. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1906]], Samuel and Joesphine Marshall purchased Morven. They expanded the Main House on the north side with a two-story addition by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Baltimore architect Howard Sill. The Albemarle Chapter of the Garden Club of Virginia frequently met on the property following its founding in [[1919]], with Josephine Marshall serving as its first president. After Samuel Marshall's death in [[1923]], Morven briefly served as the home of a local land broker, David C. Patterson, and his wife Margaret G. Patterson. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1926]], Charles and Mary Stone purchased Morven. The Stones refashioned the farm into "Morven Stud," utilizing the land for thoroughbred horse breeding and cattle. They also commissioned Boston architect Joseph Chandler to add a west terrace and attic dormers to the Main House in [[1928]]. Working with renowned landscape architect Annette Hoyt Flanders, Mary Stone redeveloped the formal gardens and opened them to visitors of the first Virginia Garden Week in [[1933]]. These grounds, mostly unchanged from the era, now represent one of the few intact gardens from the 1930's and remained open to the public for every Virginia Garden Week up to the present day.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1926]], Charles and Mary Stone purchased Morven. The Stones refashioned the farm into "Morven Stud," utilizing the land for thoroughbred horse breeding and cattle. They also commissioned <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Boston architect Joseph Chandler to add a west terrace and attic dormers to the Main House in [[1928]]. Working with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>renowned landscape architect Annette Hoyt Flanders, Mary Stone redeveloped the formal gardens and opened them to visitors of the first Virginia Garden Week in [[1933]]. These grounds, mostly unchanged from the era, now represent one of the few intact gardens from the 1930's and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have </ins>remained open to the public for every Virginia Garden Week up to the present day.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After Charles Stone's death in [[1941]], Whitney Stone and his wife Anne assumed ownership of Morven, focusing their efforts on stud operations and founding the United States Equestrian Team. During this time, a number of famous racehorses were bred on the property, including the Hall of Fame mare Shuvee, who won the Filly Triple Crown in [[1969]]. Morven was also added to both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in [[1973]]. Whitney and Anne Stone died at Morven in [[1979]] and [[1987]] respectively.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After Charles Stone's death in [[1941]], Whitney Stone and his wife Anne assumed ownership of Morven, focusing their efforts on stud operations and founding the United States Equestrian Team. During this time, a number of famous racehorses were bred on the property, including the Hall of Fame mare Shuvee, who won the Filly Triple Crown in [[1969]]. Morven was also added to both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in [[1973]]. Whitney and Anne Stone died at Morven in [[1979]] and [[1987]] respectively.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1988]], Morven was purchased from the Stone family by the philanthropist John W. Kluge, who already owned a number of farms in [[Albemarle County]]. Kluge installed sculptures by Rodin, Maillol, Moore, and others across the landscape of Morven, utilizing the farm's space as an outdoor gallery. In [[1992]], Kluge supervised the building of a four-acre Japanese garden and tea pavilion on the property that were designed by Japanese architect Koji Tsunoda and aided locally by the Charlottesville landscape architect Will Reilly. These facilities incorporated traditional ancient techniques and over <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fifty </del>plants native to both Japan and America.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1988]], Morven was purchased from the Stone family by the philanthropist John W. Kluge, who already owned a number of farms in [[Albemarle County]]. Kluge installed sculptures by Rodin, Maillol, Moore, and others across the landscape of Morven, utilizing the farm's space as an outdoor gallery. In [[1992]], Kluge supervised the building of a four-acre Japanese garden and tea pavilion on the property that were designed by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Japanese architect Koji Tsunoda and aided locally by the Charlottesville landscape architect Will Reilly. These facilities incorporated traditional ancient techniques and over <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">50 </ins>plants native to both Japan and America.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Colonial era ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Colonial era ===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The site of today's Morven Farms was likely utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the [[Monacan Nation]]) during the pre-Columbian era. In 1730, the site was packaged within a 9,350-acre royal land grant to John Carter, Secretary of Virginia Colony. In reference to a Native American presence within the vicinity, a 1,334-acre section of this land grant (including a vast portion of the site of today's Morven Farms) was named "Indian Camp." </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The site of today's Morven Farms was likely utilized as a seasonal hunting ground by local Native American tribes (such as the [[Monacan Nation]]) during the pre-Columbian era. In 1730, the site was packaged within a 9,350-acre royal land grant to John Carter, Secretary of Virginia Colony. In reference to a Native American presence within the vicinity, a 1,334-acre section of this land grant (including a vast portion of the site of today's Morven Farms) was named "Indian Camp." </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short took up diplomatic service representing the United States in Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short took up diplomatic service representing the United States in Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Against the wishes of its absentee owner Short, Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape of the property (now renamed to Morven) into a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], his slaves were auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being sold to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained at Morven throughout their lives. In [[1856]], Daniel Groff Smith took ownership of the land, with his son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it in [[1879]]. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Against the wishes of its absentee owner Short, Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape of the property (now renamed to Morven) into a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], his slaves were auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being sold to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained at Morven throughout their lives. In [[1856]], Daniel Groff Smith took ownership of the land, with his son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it in [[1879]]. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short took up diplomatic service representing the United States in Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[April 20]], [[1795]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased Indian Camp on behalf of his "adopted son" William Short. Because Short took up diplomatic service representing the United States in Europe, Jefferson managed the property in his stead and rented small plots of land to different tenant farmers. These farmers made use of crop rotation methods developed by Jefferson to revitalize the soil from the detrimental effects of decades of cultivating tobacco and corn crops.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Morven Farms Survey.png|thumb|Early surveys of Morven Farms. Reproduced from the University of Virginia.]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Against the wishes of its absentee owner Short, Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape of the property (now renamed to Morven) into a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], his slaves were auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being sold to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained at Morven throughout their lives. In [[1856]], Daniel Groff Smith took ownership of the land, with his son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it in [[1879]]. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Against the wishes of its absentee owner Short, Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape of the property (now renamed to Morven) into a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], his slaves were auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being sold to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained at Morven throughout their lives. In [[1856]], Daniel Groff Smith took ownership of the land, with his son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it in [[1879]]. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Against the wishes of its absentee owner Short, Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape of the property (now renamed to Morven) into a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], his slaves were auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being sold to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained at Morven throughout their lives. In [[1856]], Daniel Groff Smith took ownership of the land, with his son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it in [[1879]]. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[1813]], Jefferson deeded the property to David Higginbotham, a prominent merchant at the nearby port of [[Milton]] on the [[Rivanna River]]. Against the wishes of its absentee owner Short, Higginbotham transformed the tenant farming landscape of the property (now renamed to Morven) into a full-fledged slave plantation. After Higginbotham's death in [[1853]], his slaves were auctioned, with some individuals such as Lee Jones being sold to distant plantations while other free and enslaved people remained at Morven throughout their lives. In [[1856]], Daniel Groff Smith took ownership of the land, with his son Edward Buckey Smith inheriting it in [[1879]]. The Smiths may have begun the transition from using Morwen as a productive farm to an estate.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>2001<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, Kluge donated Morven to the University of Virginia Foundation. This organization later sold approximately half of the property, returning the land to active farming and creating an endowment that today totals over $45 million. Annual proceeds help support both property maintenance and university programming at Morven.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://morven.virginia.edu/history|title=History of Morven Farm|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=Morven Farm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://morven.virginia.edu/history|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2001, Kluge donated Morven to the University of Virginia Foundation. This organization later sold approximately half of the property, returning the land to active farming and creating an endowment that today totals over $45 million. Annual proceeds help support both property maintenance and university programming at Morven.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://morven.virginia.edu/history|title=History of Morven Farm|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=Morven Farm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://morven.virginia.edu/history|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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