Overview

Cherry Hill Plantation was the property of George Washington Alston (1801-1849)who left the land to his wife's care when he died. His wife, Marina P. Williams Alston (1810-1897), whom he had married February 14, 1829 in Warren County,took over the operation of the plantation and built a new plantation home, which is still standing today in Warren County. George W. Alston was the son of Philip Guston Alston (1762-1819) & Mary Williams Harris, married ca. 1784; Philip G. Alston was the son of Philip Alston (ca.1706-1784) & Winefred Whitmel (1729-1795)married ca. 1745; Philip Alston was the son of John Alston (1670-1758) & Mary (ca. 1700).

• Marina P. Williams was the daughter of William Williams (1760 -1838) & his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Kearney (1769-1863) who married December 4, 1790; William Williams was the son of Solomon Williams (d. July 29, 1794) & Temperance Bodie (d. May 11, 1784),who married June 23, 1757; Solomon Williams was the son of Samuel Williams (ca.1698-1753) & Elizabeth Alston (ca. 1711-aft.1792).

Location

2740 NC Highway 58
Warrenton, North Carolina

Date Constructed/ Founded

built in 1858 by John A. Waddell

Associated Surnames

Alston, Williams, Kearney, Davis

Historical notes

The current house is in the process of being restored, and is part of the National Register of Historic Places.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Myrtle Lawn (WILLIAMS), Warren Co.; Linwood Farm (DAVIS), Rocky Hill (THORN) & Vine Hill (DAVIS) all of Franklin Co.,NC; Tusculum Plantation (ALSTON), Warren Co.

Associated Free Persons

• George W. Alston
• Marina P. Williams-Alston - wife of George W. Alston
• Philip Guston Alston - father of George W. Alston
• William Williams - father of Marina P. Williams
• Philip Alston- father of Philip G. Alston

Associated Enslaved Persons

• From 1784 will of Philip Alston to wife, Winefred, following slaves:

• Tom
• David
• Old Perry (or Penny)
• Lucy
• Phillis
• Squire
• Perry (or Penny)
• Easter

• 1819,will of Philip G. Alston to son, George W.Alston, following slaves:
• John
• Lucy
• Charles
• John
• Saffrony
• Beedy
• Sally
• Allen
• Caroline
• also Demse, after wife's decease.

• 1838,will of William Williams to Marina P.(Williams) Alston, following slaves:
• George
• Sooky, wife of George
• five children of George & Sooky follow-
• Ned
• Surry
• Willie
• Daniel
• Gabriel

• Dinah, her six children with Ross follow -
• Shadrack
• Winny
• Ross
• Harry
• Rhoden
• Ryna
• Elizabeth

• Caroline (wife of Nelson)her two children-
• Cornelia
• Dick

• Willis, and wife Eliza, their two children -
• Thena
• Amy

• Penelope (child of Mariah).

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• Lucy Tunstall Alston Williams Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Annie Blackwell Thorne Papers, Manuscripts Dept., Southern Historical Collection, Library of the University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill.

Miscellaneous Information

Many of the former slaves of the Warren County, Fork Township area having the surnames of ALSTON, WILLIAMS, KEARNEY & DAVIS, were from Cherry Hill and its sister plantation, Myrtle Lawn.

References

• Lucy Tunstall Alston Williams Papers; Annie Blackwell Thorne Papers; wills of Philip Alston, probated July 1784, Philip G. Alston, probated November 1820, George W. Alston, probated November 1849, Mary Alston, probated August 1848, and William Williams, probated May Court 1838, all in Warren County, NC.

• Bible Records: Alston, Kearney Bible, Phil G. Alston Bible, William K. Kearney Bible, Dr.R. Edgar Williams Bible,Solomon W. Williams Bible, Solomon Williams, Temporance Bodie Bible, Williams,Polk,Davis Bible transcriptions located at:

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