Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia

Paxton's Tavern

Wooden barrels sit on their sides next to smaller boxes and barrels hold bottles in Monticello Beer Cellar.

Thomas Jefferson noted having "pd. at Paxton's for entertainment. 2/6" in his accounts on August 23, 1767. "Paxton's" may have been the tavern of either Captain John Paxton (1743-1787) or Captain William Paxton (1733-1795). Both men lived at the time in Rockbridge County, near present-day Glasgow, Virginia.1 Jefferson noted a payment in the same amount on the same day to a guide, which presumably represents a visit to Natural Bridge.2

- Monticello Library Staff, 2008.

Footnotes

  1. MB, 1:39.
  2. Ibid.