Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury is a Virginia historical marker in Orange County, dedicated 1937.

Orange County · dedicated 1937 · Rte. 20, 2.5 miles east of Orange, near Orange airport

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A mile north is Bloomsbury, estate of the pioneer, James Taylor, ancestor of Presidents James Madison and Zachary Taylor. He was a member of Spotswood's expedition over the mountains in 1716.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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