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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QXN_assassins-end_Port-Royal-VA.html
This is the site of Locust Hill, Richard Henry Garrett's farm. Early on the morning of 26 April 1865, a 16th New York Cavalry detachment cornered John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, and his co-conspirator, John E. Harold,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM130P_the-earliest-inhabitants-native-americans_Port-Royal-VA.html
Based on artifacts excavated in and around Port Royal, archaeologists estimate that the area was inhabited as early as 11,000 years ago. At the time the English arrived, the area was occupied by tribes united in a confederacy ruled by Powhatan. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM130N_the-fox-tavern-a-colonial-landmark_Port-Royal-VA.html
Until the coming of the railroads in the 19th century, the Rappahannock River town of Port Royal was the commercial center of what is now Caroline County, Virginia. Like many ports, it was a raucous place and boasted a disproportionate number of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM130J_dorothy-roy_Port-Royal-VA.html
The daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Buckner and the widow of Charles Smith, Dorothy Smith married John Roy in 1719. John Roy was the owner of a tobacco warehouse at Port Royal, Virginia - a facility to which local planters brought their tobacco …
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Port Royal possessed the finest harbor on the middle reaches of the Rappahannock River. Although the town's permanent wharf had been destroyed by Union gunboats before the Battle of Fredericksburg, the excellent harbor made Port Royal an obvious c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12ZN_the-sacred-lot_Port-Royal-VA.html
On this lot in 1820 the first church to be constructed in the Town of Port Royal was built. The brick building had 12 windows and was inter-denominational. By 1844 it was known as the Methodist Church, even though ministers of other denominations …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEXK_hazelwood_Port-Royal-VA.html
Here was the home of John Taylor of Caroline, Jefferson's chief political lieutenant and leading advocate of states rights. He died here in 1824.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPG_port-royal-harbor_Port-Royal-VA.html
This site represents an important part of the heritage and development of Caroline County. After the chartering of the town of Port Royal in 1744, this excellent harbor served the large tobacco trade between local plantations and London. A warehou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPE_assassin-s-end_Port-Royal-VA.html
This is the site of Locust Hill, Richard Henry Garrett's farm. On the morning of 26 April 1865, a 16th New York Cavalry detachment cornered John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln and his co-conspirator, David E. Herold, as th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME5I_old-port-royal_Port-Royal-VA.html
The town was established in 1744 and was one of the principal shipping points on the Rappahannock River in colonial times. In December, 1862, Burnside, commanding the Army of the Potomac, considered crossing the river here but finally moved up to …
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