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great men from all over the country were gathered there. He 

 writes of the pipes of wine, barrels of oysters, saddles of mutton 

 and other supplies laid in for their enjoyment. It is interesting to 

 read of the colors the different brides chose for the walls of the 

 house. One wants the walls green and the chariot painted yellow! 



I.andon Carter married Maria Byrd of Westover. Three 

 months ago in looking over some of the old books, a leather volume 

 of Thompson's poems was found. In it was the beautiful Byrd 

 coat-of-arms and on the flyleaf was written, "Presented by Maria 

 Byrd of Westover to Colonel Landon Carter of Sabine Hall." 

 The book of poems she presented to her lover so long ago rests 

 today on the library table at Sabine Hall, a bit of atmosphere 

 linking the past and present together. 



Sabine Hall has come down for eight generations, alternating 

 witli Robert Carter and Landon Carter until Robert W. Carter 

 willed it to his grandson, Robert Carter Wellford, whose mother 

 was Elizabeth Landon Carter, 



Robert Carter Wellford, like the first Landon Carter, went to 

 the banks of James River for his bride, and most of his wooing 

 was done at Westover, then the home of Mrs. A. H. Drewry. 

 Robert Carter Wellford and Lizzie Harrison, a sister of Mrs. 

 Drewry, were married in the old drawing-room at Westover under 

 an arch of roses, where had stood nearly two hundred years before 

 Landon Carter of Sabine Hall and Maria Byrd of Westover. 



Amid all the joys and sorrows that have come with the years 

 the children and grandchildren of Robert Carter Wellford and 

 Lizzie Harrison still gather in the old home. Their feet patter 

 down the halls which echo with laughter and merriment, and in 

 the old garden, under the old English broadnut tree, little ones still 

 play flower ladies. 



Elizabeth Landon Wellford Jones. 



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