Tower Hill Plantation, Sussex County, Virginia

This image appears on page 60 (of 80) in Blow’s Tower Hill Before the Rebellion: A History of the Small Virginia Plantation Before the Civil War.

The Blow family were prominent residents of Sussex County and Portsmouth. William Nivison Blow published his reminiscences of life on the family plantation, Tower Hill Before the Rebellion: A History of the Small Virginia Plantation Before the Civil War. The family papers are at the College of William and Mary; the finding aids are available at “A Guide to the Blow-Cook Family Papers, 1811-1852” and “A Guide to Blow Family Account Books, 1783-1844.”

John F. Baker, Jr. describes his family history research and the enslaved family’s connection to the plantation in this section of his blog,  “The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Posts Tagged ‘Tower Hill Plantation‘”