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Local historian recounts Ashland Farm and Oxford Plantation at Poquoson council meeting
Poquoson City Council · July 15, 2025
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Summary
Benjie Hahn presented an illustrated oral history of Ashland Farm and Oxford Plantation, tracing ownership, plantation infrastructure (tide mill, brick kiln, dikes), family records and surviving features of the property now called Ashland Farm.
Benjie Hahn, a Poquoson native and owner of a Century Farm, told the Poquoson City Council about the history of Ashland Farm and the adjoining Oxford Plantation during the council’s work session. Hahn said Henry Smith purchased 505 acres of Oxford Plantation in 1833 and described…
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