Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Return to Elk Hill, Virginia


The grandchildren of Lucy Green Duncan returned to the home where she lived as a child and young woman on Memorial Day weekend 2011. Seen above are (left to right) Susan Duncan from Chicago, Townes and Ellen Duncan from Nashville, and Susan and Townes' mother Anne Grymes Duncan Eberle.

Below three second cousins -- Townes, Susan and myself -- pose in front of the Pocahontas Bell cast by our great-great grandmother for the Jamestown Exposition of 1907 which remains on the Elk Hill property, now a home for boys. The estate was originally owned by Thomas Jefferson and was occupied by Lord Cornwallis. To us it was the place where our grandparents spent time with their beloved Aunt Sue Green Stokes and their first cousins.