History
Sam and the Buried Treasure at Devil’s Backbone
Sam Jones believed a treasure was buried on Poplar Grove Farm in the 1860s. Its location is still a mystery.
Jenny Smith is part of the 7th generation to live at Poplar Grove Farm. She loves Star Trek, tomatoes, and peanut M&Ms, not necessarily in that order.
Sam Jones believed a treasure was buried on Poplar Grove Farm in the 1860s. Its location is still a mystery.
Stafford County commissioned a survey of slave-related locations within the county in 2015. It is referred to in the survey by the unfortunate, inaccurate moniker “Fitzhugh Family Slave Cemetery”. There are no slaves who belonged to the Fitzhugh family buried in the slave cemetery at Poplar Grove Farm, and no slaves named Fitzhugh are buried here either.
Who held slaves at Poplar Grove Farm? Where did slaves live at Poplar Grove Farm? What were the names of slaves who lived at Poplar Grove Farm?
Photographs and some interesting stories about slaves who lived on Poplar Grove farm: the Parkers, Henry Cooke, Sam Jones, and John Day.
Poplar Grove Farm has an interesting connection with Seven Lakes Subdivision in Stafford County.
Our slave cemetery was cleaned up in 2007. It has been mentioned several times in letters to the editor of the Free-Lance Star newspaper.
Alcohol was produced at Poplar Grove Farm, both legally and illegally, back nearly 200 years. What types of alcohol were found on the farm?
During the Civil War, farmers in Stafford County raised sheep. Why don’t farmers raise sheep any more?
The first house built at Poplar Grove Farm was the Old Stone House. It was a Quaker-built structure, largest in the neighborhood.
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