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===Historic homes=== * [[Tuckahoe Plantation]] – One of the older James River plantation mansions in the county, it has grounds that include a private schoolhouse where [[Thomas Jefferson]] and his Randolph cousins were educated.<ref name="Tuckahoe Plantation"/> * [[Sabot Hill]] – Built in 1855, it was owned by [[James A. Seddon]], the [[Secretary of War]] for the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA) during the Civil War. The large home was damaged in Dahlgren's Raid. * [[Woodlawn (Oilville, Virginia)|Woodlawn]] – This is a [[Georgian Colonial]]-style home built prior to 1760 by Josiah Leake. In 1834 it was purchased by Colonel Thomas Taylor, a hero of the [[Mexican–American War]]. * [[Clover Forest Plantation]] – The land was first patented in 1714. The central core of the home was not built until 1807–1811, by Captain Thomas Pemberton of the Continental Dragoons. He was later a member of the [[Society of the Cincinnati]]. It has had several owners since then.<ref>Elie Weeks, "Clover Forest", ''Goochland County Historical Society Magazine'', 5-A, 1973, pp. 7–13.</ref> Other historic homes and mansions in Goochland can be found through the Goochland County Historical Society (see links below).
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