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> eee (CG) Oe Historic .GARDENS:* OF. -VAIRGINIA a Se e RÉ soil. Just back of the garden—down the shore—is the family burying ground surrounded with a high brick wall. Here lies the remains of Willam H. Roy, eldest son of James H. Roy and Elizabeth Booth, and beside him are the graves of his first wife, Anne Seddon, and of his second wife, Euphan McCrae. His only son who grew to man’s estate, James H. Roy, died unmarried, and his sisters, the daughters of Anne Seddon, were Mrs. John C. Rutherfoord (Anne 8.), of “Rock Castle,” and Mrs. Thomas H. Carter of ‘‘Pampatike.”” Mrs. McCrae Washington, Mrs. McKendree Boyd, and Mrs. Richard H. Goldsborgh, were the children of Euphan McCrae, his second wife, and Mrs. Richard Goldsborgh (Ellen Douglas Roy), his youngest and only surviving child, now lives at “Green Plains.” The dainty beauty of her face and figure stand out in the graceful old home like an exquisite miniature in an appropriate frame. During the War Between the States, Green Plains was ravaged by the Federal troops. Gunboats came up the river and marauding parties scoured the neighborhood, plundering and destroying all they could not take with them. Mr. Roy died before this period and his widow and younger daughters lived in a constant state of anxiety. They had to endure stoically the sight of their most precious possessions being stolen before their eyes, or be insulted by officers, as well as men. Fortunately all wine and liquor had been secreted within the walls and, in spite of persistent search and tapping of the panelling, it was not discovered, or worse than insults might have resulted. Green Plains is one of the few estates which still remains in the family of its original owners, and is kept up so as to be a pleasure to all who go there. ANNE SEDDON RUTHERFOORD JOHNSON. | 160]
