Location: Westmoreland County, Virginia
Date Constructed/ Founded: ca. 1700
Associated Surnames: Ashton, Biglands, Bonum, Coulbourne, Eskridge, Grigsby, Rust, Vaulx-Craddock
Historical Notes: Colonel George Eskridge, who came to America (Virginia) from Lancashire (Lancaster), England as an indentured servant, had eventually settled at Cherry Neck, then became a tobacco merchant at Sandy Point Plantation, Westmoreland Co., VA ca. 1700. Col. Eskridge was an attorney and a member of the House of Burgesses, the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature. He first married Rebecca Bonum (they had six children), and then married Elizabeth Vaulx-Craddock in 1715. Col. George Eskridge later became the legal guardian of Mary Ball, mother of George Washington (first U.S. President). Ownership of Sandy Point Plantation was passed to Col. Eskridge’s son Samuel Eskridge (b.1702) in 1735, and to his widow Jane Ashton Eskridge in 1747
Associated Pages: Robert Eskridge Plantation (Westmoreland Co., VA), Burdett Eskridge Plantation (Ninety-six District/ Edgefield Co., SC), Richard Eskridge Plantation (Caswell Co., NC)