SCOTCHTOWN - home of Patrick Henry (Hanover County, VA) 

Thank you for this, (I grew up in Virginia so seeing these places is wonderful).

Another great job Chris!! Scotchtown looks so peaceful and well preserved. Sad story concerning his first wife and not even being able to identify her grave. RIP!!

I am so glad you went! Lovely house!

I’ve always wanted to visit Scotchtown. I have been to Red Hill. I think the blocks you showed us at about 17:12 were the mounting blocks for carriages to pull up so ladies could step down easier. Great drone footage too! Many thanks , Chris.

Thanks! Your videos are always so informative!

Thanks so much, drone footage was excellent! It’s definitely country out that way, but very nice- he also lived for a while in Louisa at Roundabout, but the house is no longer standing 😢

Great video! Red Hill is a great place to visit too. PH did like to live in remote places.

Such an interesting video as always. Thanks!

I’d heard of Scotchtown but didn’t know much about it. The house looks like a 1920’s school building. Nice drone footage! VA is green during the warmer months

You know how to pronounce Chiswell. I am impressed! My father still speaks like this, certain names and words are kind of abbreviated. A Virginia way of speaking that has nearly disappeared.

Our home was two doors down from scotchtown. We were putting a riding ring in our back pasture and dug up what was determined to be a horse barn that was part of the original farm. We found lots of old horse shoes from the farrier stand. My parents looked at buying the property when it was in total disrepair and there were goats living inside the home. I believe there are pictures of the goats somewhere in our family belongings. Also the home was designed by John Chiswell. In a small town in Ivanhoe VA there is a place called Chiswells Hole. He hid in the hole in the rock above the New River. My family owns the property where this is located. Small world😊

Thanks!

Thank you for sharing I wander if Patrick Henry could be a relative of mine there was Henry’s that went over to American from Ireland

I live right down the street. I still have yet to go inside.

Just curious what year the map of North America was printed.There was a 1784 map,but I'm wondering if that one was after Lewis and Clark's expedition. Just so you do know I was absolutely fascinated with the entire video,the map table and maps Just got me.❤

I used to live 30 minutes from there, beautiful house and grounds. Wish I could get to Red Hill one day too. I think Henry knew better than anybody why we should not have a too powerful, centralized government. He was right! Yes, his wife became mentally unstable & had to be restrained, heartbreaking story.

That poor woman! Probably suffered from depression

You know your architectural and furniture styles.

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My first video of yours I'm seeing. You need to be more positive. You make a lot of negative comments.

Nice video I didn't notice any negativity 😊