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Stratford Hall Plantation is the birthplace of Robert E. Lee , General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. The brick Georgian great house is located near Montross, Virginia in Westmoreland County , on the Potomac River . In 1717 , Thomas Lee bought the land for Stratford Hall Plantation . Thomas had a wharf and grist mill built at Stratford Landing on the Potomac. Thomas and wife Hannah raised six sons and two daughters. Two of the sons, Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee , were signers the Declaration Of Independence , the only brothers to sign the document. The eldest son, Philip Ludwell Lee , inherited Stratford. After Philip Ludwell Lee's death in 1775 , his eldest daugther, Matilda, took over the plantation. She married her cousin, Revolutionary War hero, Henry Lee, III, also known as Light Horse Harry Lee . In 1790 , Matilda died, leaving the estate to her husband. "Light Horse Harry" Lee married Anne Hill Carter in 1793 . On January 19 , 1807 their fourth child, Robert E. Lee , was born, the last Lee born at Stratford to survive to maturity. Stratford Hall Plantation is now owned and operated by The Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, which operates tours, a visitors center and a gift shop. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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