Mae and all (please note my last paragraph if nothing else.)

I find for Bacon's Castle, its nomination form to the National Register of 
Historic Places, at:
http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Surry/090-0001_Bacon's_Castle_1966_Final_Nomination.pdf
It does not state the original parish in which it was located (while some 
other nominations do); however, that link to the Surry Co. Historical 
Society and Museums clearly shows the house or castle was indeed located in 
Lawne's Creek Parish, at least during the 1640's, and likely through the 
remaining 1600's:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/LawnCr.html

Per the Historical Society's description, Lawne's Creek Parish laid between 
Chippokes Creek and Lawne's Creek in 1643.
On the map at:
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.12283&lon=-76.71095&datum=nad83&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=100
you can distinctly see that Bacon's Castle was located between these creeks.
(In the left margin of this map, set map size to 'Large' and the 'View 
Scale' to 1:100,000, change the View Scale to 1:50,000 to zoom-in.)

You can also envision this on the map contained in the first above 
'Nomination Form.'

Likewise, for the map at:
http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=35.473875&lon=-96.383281&mag=6&q1=Bacon%27s%20Castle
envision that the 'left' up/down boundary of Lawne's Creek Parish ran 
approx. on a line from Chippokes State Park through the circled '10' on 
Route 10 (to the left of Bacon's Castle) while the 'right' up/down boundary 
of Lawne's Creek Parish was the large creek shown to the right of Bacon's 
Castle.  (Be sure the zoom marker is set to the fifth line above the '+' 
symbol in upper left-hand corner of the map.)

You will likely want to check with the Surry Co. Historical Society and 
Museums, Inc. to confirm.

An adventure like this is fun to me and often has rewards.  For example, I 
was not aware of the web site that contains the nomination forms for most 
Historic Places in Virginia, with many details, at:
http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Surry/  (example of Surry 
County)
http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/  (link to all counties)
http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/  (main web site for Virginia Dept. of Historic 
Resources)

Neil McDonald

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mae Cox" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Where exactly is Bacon's Castle?


Thanks to everyone who sent me links telling about Bacon's Castle.

I keep finding similar articles... yet none of them seem to answer my 
question
as to whether the castle was located in Lawne's Creek Parish or in Southwark
Parish... or just where exactly in Surry County.

I'm not much of a map person, so it's difficult for me to look at the map 
with
an article and KNOW which parish it was in back then.

I guess I'm intent on finding something from a reputable source that states
unequivocally that it was in this parish, or that.

Thanks much
Mae Cox

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