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Structure date circa 1832. Thomas S. Galloway
inherited nearly 1,000 acres of land on the Dan River after his
father’s death in 1832. He named the plantation Mon-Vue, and soon
constructed a fine two-story brick house on the property. He married
Lucinda Chalmers and they raised a family of six children. Thomas
resided at Mon-Vue the remainder of his life, dying there on March
10, 1879. He was buried in the family cemetery on the estate.
Mon-Vue plantation passed out of the Gallaway family after the death
of Thomas’ grandson, John M. “Boy” Gallaway, Jr. At one time,
Mon-Vue was the world’s largest producer of flue-cured tobacco. The
house burned once and was rebuilt. It burned again in 1993 and was
not rebuilt. Located Off SR 2108 Riverside Circle on Dan River,
Wentworth Township.