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Facts and Events
Information on charles Chiswell
From "History of Scotchtown, The Chiswells: Building and Re-building Scotchtown", by Catherine E. Dean: (excerpts)
- On July 15, 1717, Charles Chiswell received a grant of 9976 acres of new land in Hanover County from Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood "in consideration of the sum of fifty pounds of good and lawfull mony." On this land he built the house that would later come to be known as Scotchtown.
- Charles Chiswell died in 1737 and the property transferred to his son, Col. John Chiswell. Col. Chiswell moved to the site with his family, which grew to include four daughters. The family remained there until 1752 or 1753, when they relocated to Williamsburg.
- Source: http://www.apva.org/scotchtown/house/
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