John Syme’s Rocky Mills Mansion in Hanover County, Virginia

By: V. Cabell Flanagan

Rocky Mills Mansion, the final residence of John Syme II, half brother of Patrick Henry, was built in the 18^th century in St. Martin’s Parish, western Hanover County, Virginia, on a bluff above the South Anna River. This monograph presents objective glimpses on the half brother as he progressed from his, and Patrick’s, birthplace, Studley plantation, to Newcastle, a once promising town on the Pamunkey River and eventually Rocky Mills.

Paperback, 29 pages