VA-JE6 Maurys School

Marker text: MAURY'S SCHOOL

Just north was a classical school conducted by the Rev. James Maury, Rector of Fredericksville Parish from 1754 to 1768. Thomas Jefferson was one of Maury's students. Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Pathfinder of the Seas," was Maury's Grandson.

Virginia State Library, 1965

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Location: Rt. 231 (sign in is on the southbound side of the road) south of Gordonsville, and north of Castle Hill (VA-W204), Albemarle County, Virginia

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