. Historic Virginia homes and churches . 99 the original Oakland house was destroyedby fire, but was shortly afterwards replaced by a dwellingbuilt on the same plan. Oakland is now the joint possession of Thomas Nel-son Page, Rosewell Page, Second Auditor of the State ofVirginia, and Rev. Francis Page, the three sons of ]Major THE YORK RIVER COUNTRY ?^isi John and Frances (Xelson) Page. Tlionias Nelson Vn^t;widely known as a man of letters and now Anieriean Am-bassador to Italy, was born at Oaklanil and his TwoLittle Confederates were children of that iiouse. while Marse Chan himself was not n
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . 99 the original Oakland house was destroyedby fire, but was shortly afterwards replaced by a dwellingbuilt on the same plan. Oakland is now the joint possession of Thomas Nel-son Page, Rosewell Page, Second Auditor of the State ofVirginia, and Rev. Francis Page, the three sons of ]Major THE YORK RIVER COUNTRY ?^isi John and Frances (Xelson) Page. Tlionias Nelson Vn^t;widely known as a man of letters and now Anieriean Am-bassador to Italy, was born at Oaklanil and his TwoLittle Confederates were children of that iiouse. while Marse Chan himself was not nnfamiiiar with the lovedsurronndings. In lialla, and oilier flryiiiia Stories—the work of the g-raeeful pen of .lames Ioyntz Nelson—another child of the Oakland honse, one also tinds iiiuehof local color. SCOTCHTOWN The huge and interesting old house with the curiousname of Scotchtown was for a time the home of PatrickHenry, who bought it in 1771 and was living in it when hewas first elected governor of Virginia. He sold it six or. , iianuvkk colnjv seven years later to Wilson Miles Cary. Afterward Scotch-town passed to the possession of John Payne, and wasthe girlhood home of Uolly Payne, who became the wifeof President James Madison. It is said that during theRevolution, Tarleton and his raiders rode their horses upthe stone steps of Scotchtown and clattered through thewide hall. 28^2 HOISIES AND CHURCHES EIKiEWOOD AND AIllWELL Edgewood, a sturdy old mansion of the Berkeleys,of IlaiiovcT County, was built by Doctor Carter Berkeleyupon a part of Air\vell, the estate of his father, NelsonBerkeley. A sketch of the builder of Edgewood, by a brother , which appeared in the Southern Clinic, says: After completing his classical studies Dr. Berkeley was
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