. Historic Virginia homes and churches . ve exclaimed, Why will they not let me diein peace. He did die here on the thirteenth of May. The ^Marquis de Chastellux, in his JNIemoirs, describesa visit to Bollingbrook soon after the surrender of York-town. The mistress of the old homestead at that time wasMrs. Mary Boiling, widow of Robert Boiling, of Bolling-brook, and daughter of Colonel Thomas Tabb, of ClayHill, Amelia County. The son to whom Chastellux refers * Picture from Lossings Field Book of the Revolution, pub-lished , vol. 2, p. 339. HAMPTON KOADS AM) LOWER JAMKS Avas Robert Ro
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . ve exclaimed, Why will they not let me diein peace. He did die here on the thirteenth of May. The ^Marquis de Chastellux, in his JNIemoirs, describesa visit to Bollingbrook soon after the surrender of York-town. The mistress of the old homestead at that time wasMrs. Mary Boiling, widow of Robert Boiling, of Bolling-brook, and daughter of Colonel Thomas Tabb, of ClayHill, Amelia County. The son to whom Chastellux refers * Picture from Lossings Field Book of the Revolution, pub-lished , vol. 2, p. 339. HAMPTON KOADS AM) LOWER JAMKS Avas Robert Rolling-, who had served in the Revohition asa captain ol vohniteer eavahy and who had married onNovenil)er -1. 1781, Mary, dan<)hter of Robert RoUing, ofChellow. Aceor(hn<r to Chastelhix, Mrs. Rolhng was one of thegreatest hmdholders in Virginia, and proprietor of half thetown of Petersburo-, inehuHng the tobacco warehouses. He says, Mrs. RolHngs house, or rather liouses. forshe lias two on the same line resembling each other which. CKNTRK IIOne of the Boiling honw- • 1 II I; -1; I III, ,l by .Mr, c , H, I )i, she proposes to join together, are situated on the summitof a considerable slope which rises from the level of thetown of Petersburg. This slope and the vast platform onwhich the house is built are covered with grass which affordsexcellent jjasturage, and are also her property. It wasformerly surrounded with rails, and she raised a numberof fine horses there, but the English burned the fences andcarried away a great number of the horses. On our arrivalwe were saluted by Miss Rolling, a young lady of fifteen,possessing all the freshness of her age; she was followed !Hi VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHLRCHES li\ Iki- mother, brother, and sister-in-hiw. The niotlier, ahidy of fifty, has hut httle rcstMnhhuice to her country-woiucii. She is lively, active and intelligent, knows per-fectly how to manage her immense fortune and, what is yetmore rare, knows how to make good u
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