. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. FAMILY71ES Holiday visitors encounter reminders of the Foys' historic tie to Poplar Grove — the family Bible, deed box, photographs, unique pieces of family furniture, linens, wedding dresses and christening gowns. Until 1971, when the family sold the mansion and 16 acres of land, generations of Foys lived and worked on the plantation that James Foyjr. purchased in 1795. Its 628 acres included 64 slaves, a mansion on Futch Creek, The ingenious Foy designed the wooden columns to conceal gutters and downspou
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. FAMILY71ES Holiday visitors encounter reminders of the Foys' historic tie to Poplar Grove — the family Bible, deed box, photographs, unique pieces of family furniture, linens, wedding dresses and christening gowns. Until 1971, when the family sold the mansion and 16 acres of land, generations of Foys lived and worked on the plantation that James Foyjr. purchased in 1795. Its 628 acres included 64 slaves, a mansion on Futch Creek, The ingenious Foy designed the wooden columns to conceal gutters and downspouts that delivered water to a cistern on the north side of the house. The collected water was used for bathing and laundry. Drinking water was pumped from the well. Poplar Grove prospered until the Civil War, when Union armies commandeered, destroyed or damaged the family's property, including beehives, food stores, mules and horses. Legend has it that family members saved one swayback. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Poplar Grove Plantation is 'dressed' for the holidays. • DocentVicki Blacet places traditional ornaments on one of the mansion trees. • Mary Frances Foy Sanders, Abbey Foy Anger and Theresa Foy Hall have fond memories of growing up at Poplar Grove. and "the banks," now called Figure Eight Island. When the onginal manor house was de- stroyed by fire, James Mumford Foy — believed to be the first man to raise peanuts on a large scale in North Carolina — rebuilt the family mansion at its present location in 1850. Most of the building materials came from the plantation — from brick for 12 fireplaces and chimneys to the heart pine for interior and exterior construction. horse from the occupying troops by hiding it in a bed- room and "warning" soldiers not to open the sealed room where a dying relative was quar- antined with a deadly disease. After the war, James T. Foy and his wife, Sara Eleanor (Nora) DozierFoy, restored the plantation to sound econo
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