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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Van_Poperin, post: 2878301, member: 16501&quot;]Hmm. Is this her?</p><p><br /></p><p>“Colonel Thomas Moseley Bondurant owned more than 20,000 acres in Buckingham County the height of his wealth and with them at least 7 houses: Variety, Shade, the old family homestead, Algoma, Black Rock, Perry Hill, which he built for his daughter Angelina Judith Bondurant Hall, Col Alto, and Eastview, which he gave to his son Dr. Thomas Lee Bondurant, who remained a bachelor all his life and who served as a physician for the Confederate Army. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perry Hill... ...is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. Located south of Route 56, Perry Hill plantation lands were owned by Colonel Thomas Moseley Bondurant. He built a Gothic Revival cottage for his daughter and son in law, Angelina Bondurant and Dr. William Hall. According to the 1860 Population Census, the estate was valued at $31,000. The Slave Schedule recorded 20 individuals and 5 slave dwellings. According to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources... ...Perry Hill is a rare example of architecture designed for use as a country residence in Piedmont Virginia. Such building types were promulgated widely in the mid-19th century by the writings of Alexander Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux, however the few surviving examples in the Commonwealth indicate a limited acceptance in the region. This is due in part to the popularity of the Classical-Revival styles that continued to dominate architectural taste to the Civil War. Colonel Thomas Moseley Bondurant, a prominent Whig politician and publicist in Buckingham County, built the house for his daughter and son-in-law ca. 1851-1852 and is believed to have named it in honor of Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero of the War of 1812.”</p><p><br /></p><p>At least there is a historic site associated with the name... you could write and ask?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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