TJ did not leave for Poplar Forest until 21 Aug. 1821 and arrived two days later, traveling with both his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph and his granddaughter Cornelia J. Randolph. According to the latter, the group encountered a rainstorm in crossing the James River between Albemarle and Buckingham counties, decided against staying at the Nicholas family estate, Warren, after arriving there just before dinnertime, and split up for their first night’s lodging, with Martha and Cornelia staying at Mrs. Gibson’s ordinary and TJ staying at the home of Gibson’s father, David Patteson. Cornelia also reported that Martha’s fever improved by the second day of their journey. The family was apparently joined by TJ’s grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph and by Elizabeth Trist, the latter of whom Cornelia and Martha escorted to Liberty shortly thereafter to visit the Gilmer family (MB description begins James A. Bear Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1378; Cornelia J. Randolph to Virginia J. Randolph [Trist], 28 Aug. 1821 [RC in NcU: NPT]).