Bryan Manor is a historic

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located near

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. It is the site of a

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established by Frederick Bryan after purchasing a 500-acre plot in 1757. A map by the French

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Desandrouin in 1781–1782 indicated a complex of five buildings. A survey in 1976 identified an unusual footing of bog iron bonded with shell mortar. Also on the site is the stone slab over the grave of John Bryan, one-year-old son of Frederick Bryan, who died in 1760. It was added to the

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in 1978.

References

Plantations in Virginia Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in York County, Virginia 1757 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies {{YorkCountyVA-NRHP-stub