Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill is a Virginia historical marker in Lynchburg County, dedicated 1999.

Lynchburg County · dedicated 1999 · Business Rte. 501 (Campbell Ave.), at intersection with Martin St.

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Nearby stood Chestnut Hill, the home of Charles Lynch, Sr. He was the father of John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg, and of Charles Lynch, Jr., a Revolutionary officer. Charles Lynch, Sr., died in 1753 and is believed to be buried at Chestnut Hill. The wooden house was later owned by Judge Edmond Winston and then by Henry Langhorne, during whose occupancy it burned. Members of the Lynch family were among the first Quaker settlers in the area.

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