http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/06/18/park-in-a-driveway-drive-on-park-street/ One faces the future with one's past — Pearl S. Buck Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:19:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/06/18/park-in-a-driveway-drive-on-park-street/#comment-1229 Steve T. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:47:23 +0000 http://www.locohistory.org/blog/2007/06/18/park-in-a-driveway-drive-on-park-street/#comment-1229 Actually Lynn, Pen Park is "the eponymous park." The property, first patented by Charles Lynch in 1733, has had this name since at least the eighteen-teens when Dr. George Gilmer owned the property. After Gilmer, Pen Park plantation passed to John H. Craven, and Craven sold the mill or mills on the property to merchant John Cochran. Steve Actually Lynn, Pen Park is “the eponymous park.” The property, first patented by Charles Lynch in 1733, has had this name since at least the eighteen-teens when Dr. George Gilmer owned the property. After Gilmer, Pen Park plantation passed to John H. Craven, and Craven sold the mill or mills on the property to merchant John Cochran.
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]]> http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/06/18/park-in-a-driveway-drive-on-park-street/#comment-723 After Park Mill, It Turns Out at cvillenews.com Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:55:08 +0000 http://www.locohistory.org/blog/2007/06/18/park-in-a-driveway-drive-on-park-street/#comment-723 [...] Lynn Rainville explains the origins of Park Street’s name. [...] [...] Lynn Rainville explains the origins of Park Street’s name. [...]

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