VA-V15 Scene of Jeffersons Wedding


Marker text: SCENE OF JEFFERSON'S WEDDING

Two miles east is the site of "The Forest" home of Martha Wayles Skelton, widow of Bathurst Skelton. There she was married to Thomas Jefferson, January 1, 1772. The bridal couple drove in the snow to Jefferson's home, "Monticello."

Virginia State Library, 1960.

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