According to Mary R. Miller, Place-Names of the Northern Neck of Virginia,
which the Library of Virginia published in 1975, Bunker Hill is located in
Westmoreland County, northwest of Grants Hill Church, northeast of
Leedstown. The text reads: "It was part of the Toby Smith patent of 1600
acres in 1654, and once the home of Max Robinson (died 1777), one of the
directors and trustees of the new town at Bray's Church called Leeds. There
is a hamlet in Durham called Bunker Hill and a number of Bunker's Hills in
England."

From that, I take it that Miller believes the hill's name comes from
somewhere else than the site of the famous battle in Massachusetts.

John

John T. Kneebone [log in to unmask]
Director, Publications and Educational Services
Library of Virginia http://www.lva.lib.va.us

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Subject: Bunker Hill near Leedstown, Va.


I am looking for information on "Bunker Hill" located near Leedstown, Va.
(Richmond County). The hill is located near routes 625 (Horner's Hill Road)
and 640 (Grants Hill Church Road) about a mile or two from Leedstown. There
are no markers identifying the hill as "Bunker Hill", however, local
residents and the author of "Paynes of Virginia", Brooke Payne, refer to it
as "Bunker Hill". I believe the hill is now private property and it is the
location of the Payne Cemetery (John Payne of Old Rappahannock, Va died abt.
1690 family & descendants).

I am constructing a map to the Payne cemetery and have been told the site is
not "Bunker Hill". Would anyone know of this location and why it has been
called Bunker Hill?

Thank you,
Nancy Norman
Atlanta, GA.

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