Marshalee Plantation, sometimes spelled as "Marshallee" or referred to as "Lyndwood" or "Markham", was a

plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...

located in

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in Howard County,

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, United States. The plantation was the home of Rebecca Snowden and Confederate Col. Charles Marshall, the aide-de-camp to

Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a general officers in the Confederate States Army, Confederate general during the American Civil War, who was appointed the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate ...

. Marshall drafted Lee's Farewell Address. Rebecca was the daughter of Col Thomas Snowden of Montpelier

History

James C. Adams built the two story home on 252 acres with stone construction and stucco coating in 1845, naming it Lyndwood. The walls measured 20 inches thick. In 1876, Col. Marshall purchased the property, renaming it "Markham". Outbuildings included a log gatekeepers house. In 1902 Marshall died, passing on the property to his granddaughter. In 1939 Col. Randolph Coyle and his wife purchased the property, renaming it "Marshalee", a combination of the names of Col. Marshall and General Lee. Modern Marshalee drive in Elkridge and Ellicott City is named after the manor. The property was subdivided and reduced to 200 acres and purposefully left vacant. In 1976, the property was purchased by Joel G. Greer Jr. Properties/Marriott Corporation, who had sought to build a Baltimore-Washington corridor amusement park but were denied zoning. The

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and ...

was destroyed by fire in 1978. The property has since been developed to build the "Timbers at Troy" golf course, paid for with Howard County Bonds.

References

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