Soldier's Rest is a historic farmhouse located in Berryville,

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. It was constructed about 1780, pg 122 for the family of William Morton, and it was later owned and added to by

Daniel Morgan Daniel Morgan (1735–1736July 6, 1802) was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, he later commanded troops during the sup ...

, a general in the

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, and by Col Griffin Taylor, a veteran of the

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, perhaps giving the home its name "Soldier's Rest". an
Rest_Photos.htm ''Accompanying photo''
/ref> Prior to the current house being built, a smaller one stood some 200 yards away, and said to be the place where

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...

stayed when he was surveying the land here for

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in 1748.Howe, Henry
Historical Collections of Virginia
pg 233-34 It was listed on the

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in 1996.

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* Georgian architecture in Virginia Houses in Clarke County, Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Virginia Plantation houses in Virginia {{AmericanCivilWar-stub