Historic Gardens of Virginia 



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 William 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 S.), of "Rock Castle," and Mrs. Thomas H. 

 Carter of "Pampatike." Mrs. McCrae Washington, Mrs. Mc- 

 Kendree Boyd, and Mrs. Richard H. Goldsborgh, were the chil- 

 dren 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 maraud- 

 ing 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 in- 

 sulted 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. 



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