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Cherry Grove Estate

Cherry Grove Estate is a Virginia historical marker in Rockbridge County, dedicated 1928.

Rockbridge County · dedicated 1928 · Rte. 11, 0.3 miles south of Fairfield.

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Here was born James McDowell, Governor of Virginia, 1843-46.

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