Catalpa (Culpeper, Virginia)

Plantation in Culpeper County, Virginia, US

General store in the community of Catalpa

Catalpa was an 18th-century plantation near Culpeper in Culpeper County, Virginia.[1] Catalpa is best known as the birthplace of John Strode Barbour, Jr. (29 December 1820 – 14 May 1892), a United States House Representative and United States Senator from Virginia.[1] Catalpa is also known as the scene of the first encampment of the Culpeper Minutemen.[2]

## History

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During Virginia's colonial period, the Catalpa estate was the seat of Major Philip Clayton.[2] The plantation was named after a catalpa tree that Clayton brought from Essex and transplanted on the property.[2] Clayton's tree was the first catalpa introduced to Culpeper County.[2] Philip Clayton married Ann Coleman the sister of Robert Coleman, on whose land the town of Culpeper was established in 1759, originally named "Fairfax" until the American Civil War.[2] Philip Clayton was among the town's first trustees, along with Nathaniel Pendleton, William Green, William Williams, and Thomas Slaughter.[2]

The Culpeper Minutemen organized on 17 July 1775 under a large oak tree at "Clayton's old field" on the Catalpa estate.

## References

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1. ^ a b J. J. Prats (June 19, 2008). "John S. Barbour's Birthplace". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
2. ^ a b c d e f Green, Raleigh Travers (2008). Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia. BiblioBazaar, LLC. ISBN 0-559-00278-5.

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The Barbour family

First generation|

* James Barbour I

Second generation|

* James Barbour II

Third generation|

* James Barbour III
* Thomas Barbour

Fourth generation|

* Mordecai Barbour
* James Barbour (1775–1842)
* Philip P. Barbour

Fifth generation|

* John Strode Barbour (1790–1855)
* Sextus Barbour
* Thomas Barbour Bryan

Sixth generation|

* John Strode Barbour Jr. (1820–1892)
* James Barbour (1828–1895)
* Alfred Madison Barbour
* Charles Page Bryan
* Benjamin Hardin Helm
* Lucinda Barbour Helm
* Bryan Lathrop
* Barbour Lathrop
* Florence Lathrop Field Page
* Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne
* David S. Walker
* Horace Wylie

Seventh generation|

* John Strode Barbour (1866–1952)
* Philip Lemont Barbour

Eighth generation|

* Richard K. Call
* Andrew Wylie (born 1947)

Ninth generation|

Wilkinson Call

Barbour family residences
Barbour House
Barboursville
Beauregard
Catalpa
Clover Hill
Frascati

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