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A history of Caroline county, Virginia

from its formation in 1727 to 1924
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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RUTHER GLEN
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RUTHER GLEN

When the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
was built through Caroline county, the place now known as
Ruther Glen was called Chesterfield Station, from the old Chesterfield
Inn on the Stage Road nearby. But confusion was often
caused by mail and freight being sent to Chesterfield Court
House, and, so, shortly after the Civil War, Major Myers, then
Superintendent of the railroad, renamed the place for an ancient
Scottish town on the river Clyde near Glasgow. The Scottish


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Ruther Glen is associated with the Scotch heroes, Wallace and
Bruce, and was made a royal burgh in 1125. It was here that
Sir John Monteith agreed to betray Sir William Wallace into the
hands of the English. Here also stands an old castle taken by
Robert Bruce from the English in 1313.

Near Ruther Glen in Caroline is "Ellerslie" the old home of
the Moncures so named from the home of Wallace in Scotland.
There are a number of well known old estates nearby. Here
were born General Jo Lane Stern and his brother Cary Ellis
Stern who became so prominent in the life of Richmond. Here
also is St. Margaret's Church. The mercantile establishments of
G. K. Coleman and the Flagg Brothers and the excelsior plant
of Mr. Coleman constitute the greater part of the business life
of Ruther Glen.