Stone Horse Creek Geography
Stone Horse Creek — Verified Location
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Modern name | Stone Horse Creek (unchanged; GNIS/USGS) |
| Coordinates | 37°46′03″N, 77°37′19″W |
| USGS quad | Hanover Academy |
| Modern road | Stone Horse Creek Road, Glen Allen, VA 23059 |
| Watershed | Chickahominy River → James River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Parish | St. Paul's (east of creek); St. Martin's (west, per Harris research) |
Spatial Relationships
WESTERN HANOVER (Chickahominy basin) EASTERN HANOVER (Pamunkey basin)
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[Mount Brilliant] [Studley / Patrick Henry birthplace]
↓ ~0.3 mi west
[Stone Horse Creek] ←—— ~22 mi ——→ [Hanover Town / Page's Warehouse]
37.760°N, 77.622°W 37.697°N, 77.246°W
(Glen Allen 23059)
↑
[Glen Allen / Rocky Mills] [Chemokin/Matadequin]
Robert & Thomas Ellett
↑
[South Wales / Hickory Hill Rd]
37.774°N, 77.413°W (~13 mi east)
Mount Brilliant — Adjacent West
- John Henry (Patrick Henry's father) — owned Mount Brilliant, west of Stone Horse Creek
- Moved from Studley (eastern Hanover) c. 1750 — ~25 miles west
- Later: Robert Carter Nicholas Sr.; Cornwallis HQ June 1781
Stone Horse Landowners 1719 Precinct
St. Paul's Parish processioning return, 1719 — overseers John Williamson & Edward Harris:
- John Williamson · Edward Harris · John Crenshaw
- George Brock (300a patent, W branch Stone Horse, 1719)
- John Sims · Thomas Johnson · Christopher Clark (adjacent)
Key Distances from Stone Horse Creek
| Place | Distance | Watershed |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Brilliant | ~0.3 mi west | Chickahominy |
| South Wales / Hickory Hill | ~13 mi east | Pamunkey |
| Chemokin / Ellett tract | ~15–25 mi east | Pamunkey |
| Hanover Town | ~22 mi ESE | Pamunkey |
| Dr. John Walker (Licking Hole) | ~15–20 mi SW | Louisa/Goochland border |
James Cawthorn — Stone Horse Creek 1757
James Cawthorn sold 32a on Stone Horse Creek, 2 June 1757 (Joseph Crenshaw chain) — hanover2.txt
Links
TopoZone — Stone Horse Creek
TopoZone — Interactive map print
Wikipedia — Mount Brilliant
Patrick Henry Jolly — Studley to Mount Brilliant
Hanover County — Chickahominy TMDL
WikiTree — Brock-696 (1719 patent)
HMDB — Hanover Town marker
DHR — Hanover Town NRHP
Wikipedia — Hickory Hill (Ashland)
Find a Grave — South Wales Cemetery
Library of Congress — Jefferson Fry map