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English: LOCATED ON THE 320 ACRE GRANT SECURED IN 1742 BY THOMAS ASHBY, PIONEER, WHO WAS THEN LIVING ON THE SHENANDOAH RIVER ABOVE BURWELL’S ISLAND. HIS SON, ROBERT, WAS THE FIRST OF THE FAMILY TO MAKE YEW HILL HIS HOME IN 1760. WHILE ENGAGED IN SURVEYING HIS OWN TRACT OF LAND LYING NEAR ASHBY’S GAP, GEORGE WASHINGTON MADE HIS HEADQUARTERS AT YEW HILL FROM MARCH 9 TO MARCH 18, 1769. TITLE WAS HELD BY THE ASHBY FAMILY UNTIL 1807. |
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