Ashland, Virginia, Henry Clay

The Founding Of Ashland, Virginia

Hamilton Historical Records
Photograph of Blakey’s train. (The Ashland Musuem).

The town of Ashland, Virginia, which got its name from Henry Clay’s estate in Kentucky, was incorporated as a town on Febuary 19, 1858. The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad had a train stop within the town of Ashland.

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I'm a historian and legal expert from Virginia who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower, founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, and President Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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