Chantilly Plantation - Pike Road, AL
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N 32° 20.696 W 086° 06.264
16S E 584277 N 3579022
Located on Vaughn Road, just west of Chantilly Parkway, this marker notes the early history of the Chantilly Plantation and its owners.
Waymark Code: WMQ3YZ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2015
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Marker Text:
Chantilly Plantation was purchased in 1832 at public outcry by Dr. Thomas Burge Taylor of Columbia, SC as a wedding gift for his bride, Harriott Pinkney Raoul. John Ashurst, its original owner, had moved further west. Harriott, a French woman, chose the name Chantilly after Chantilly, France. She was responsible for enlarging the home and landscaping the grounds in the 1830s. Chantilly supplied many goods to other area plantations. Dr. and Mrs. Taylor had no children, so Chantilly passed to his sister's children, the Charles, who lived at Rose Hill. Chantilly has descended to Dr. Taylor's heirs for eight generations.
Marker Name: Chantilly Plantation
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the East Montgomery County Historical Society & the Alabama Historical Association.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2015
Marker Number: Not Listed
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