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The site that Amphill stood was bought by the E. I. Dupont Company in the late 1920's. It is currently one of the largest plant sites within the company. Given that it is an industrial site, there are elements that remain that give hints to how grand Amphill was.
Not all of the out buildings where removed, they left a gatehouse that sits on Jefferson Davis Highway at the main entrance to the plant- I have never been in it but I have been told that it remians very much like it was back when the site was the plantation. The plantation house was moved to the far west end of Richmond on Cary Street in the area known as Windsor Farms.
One of the plant employees did a research on the history of Amphill and I have a copy at work. According to his research, the Cary family did not live there long. It seems Archiblad lost it to debt incurred during the Rev. War. Most of his research is based on documents from Chesterfield County, VA where the site is located.
The graveyard that was on the plantation has remained intact and is currently cared for by the plant. No Cary's are buried there--I checked.
I thought it ironic that for a long time my husband's family worked at the plant and my grandfather helped lay the brick for some of the buildings back in 1929 since during my research I discovered my husband descends from the Cary line - He comes into the Cary family through the Cary/Nelson/Dabney/Shipman/Oakley lines.
If I can remember, I will copy the research done by the employee if you are interested. There are copies of pictures of the house as it appeared when the company bought the land hangng on in one of the site's buildings but I don't think I can get a copy. We aren't allowed to take cameras in and the employee who has the original has since retired.
Sandra
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