[Bolling5] Mary Pleasants Bolling widow of Thomas Bolling

[Hazael Taylor]

  Mayfield Cottage
Photo courtesy of Virginia Department of Historic Resources 
Mayfield Cottage, the oldest brick house in Dinwidde County, was built c. 1750 
and is an excellent example of mid-18th-century Virginia residential 
architecture. Distinguishing features of this period found at Mayfield include 
its Flemish bond brickwork, clipped-gable roof, symmetrical five-bay façade and 
interior paneling. The house was probably built for Robert Ruffin, member of the 
Virginia House of Burgesses. During the 19th century, the plantation passed from 
Thomas Tabb Bolling to his son, Edward Osborne Goodwyn, to Edward's sister, 
Eliza Goodwyn Whitworth, and then to Eliza's daughter, Eliza Willson. 

 Mayfield Cottagebeing moved in 1969 
Photo courtesy of Virginia Department of Historic Resources 
 
The location of Mayfield, adjacent to Petersburg, figured prominently in a visit 
by General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. Two Confederate defense lines, 
Fort Gregg and Fort Whitworth, were maintained on the Mayfield property on April 
2, 1865, before they fell to Union troops after a fierce struggle. Before 
retreating to Appomattox, Lee observed this final battle from Mayfield, then 
home to the Whitworth family.
In 1882 the house and 290 acres, including a granite quarry, was sold by the 
Willson family to the City of Petersburg, which three years later transferred 
the property to the Commonwealth of Virginia for Central State Hospital. 
Mayfield was spared from demolition in 1969 when it was relocated approximately 
one mile from its original location to a new site on the original Mayfield 
tract. In 1979, the house was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Caudle. The 
Caudles undertook the restoration of the house and in 1986 opened Mayfield as an 
elegant bed and breakfast inn. 

Mayfield Cottage is located in Dinwiddie County west of Petersburg at 3348 W. 
Washington St. (U.S. Rte. 1). The bed and breakfast offers lodging daily. Please 
call 1-800-538-2381 or visit the website. Mayfield Cottage has also been 
documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.  





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From: Hazael Taylor <haztay at yahoo.com>
To: Bolling Family Group 5 <bollingresearch at bolling5.com>; Doris Ann Weatherbee 
Oakes <dawoakes at att.net>
Sent: Mon, October 31, 2011 8:15:57 PM
Subject: [Bolling5] Mary Pleasants Bolling widow of Thomas Bolling


 Doris,
 
Look at what I found while trying to find cemetery stone for Lucille Randolph 
Bolling.   Remember that the family letter for John Porter 

Bolding of JoAnn Niedecken's stated that they came to Texas via Galveston.
 
Hazael
Mobile County, Alabama 
Cemeteries Page 
Old Church Street Cemetery 
Location:  Mobile, Alabama 
Taken from compilation dated
 
 
Bolling, Thomas, b. in Mayfield, Petersburg, Va. 9-12-1767, d. Galveston, Texas 
2-1-1874.

Bolling, Mary Pleasants, widow of Thomas Bolling, b. in Goocheland Co., Va. 
8-16-1802, d. Galveston, Texas 8-4-1877.
Bolling, Mary Rebecca, b. 3-12-1826, d. 1-28-1840.

Marshall, Caroline H., b. in Millidgeville, Ga. 9-19-1820, d. 6-27-1870.

Marshall, Benj. F., Father, b. in Camden, S.C., 6-1-1810, came to Mobile 1829, 
d. 1-2-1885.
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