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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU6_the-stuart-kitchen-historical_Ararat-VA.html
On this site, stood the outbuilding that served as the kitchen for the Stuart family. As was the custom in those days kitchens were housed in buildings separate from the main dwelling for protection against a fire that might erupt as a result of c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU5_the-stuart-graveyard-historical_Ararat-VA.html
This small graveyard has presented a historical mystery. In 1855, Archibald Stuart, the father of General Stuart passed away and was buried in the graveyard before you. In July 1859, his wife, Elizabeth Pannill Stuart sold the property and in so d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU4_native-americans-at-laurel-hill-historical_Ararat-VA.html
The investigation of the Laurel Hill property by the College Of William and Mary's Center for Archaeological Research in 1993, revealed the presence of Native American activity on the crest during the Archaic and Woodland periods (c. 12000 BC to 9…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU3_the-lee-tree-historical_Ararat-VA.html
This white oak tree is the offspring of the mighty white oak which stood in Hanover County, Virginia, for
more than 400 years before being destroyed by Hurricane Isabel in 2003
History relates it provided shade for Robert E. Lee and his staff d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DSL_the-reynolds-homestead_Critz-VA.html
Built by Hardin Reynolds just priorto his marriage in 1843, the housethat became known as Rock SpringPlantation, faces the historic Norfolkto Bristol Turnpike. Nearby was thelog dwelling of his father, AbramReynolds, who purchased 50 acres ofland …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18S0_fairy-stone-state-park_Stuart-VA.html
Roanoke newspaper publisher Junius B. Fishburn donated the land to create Fairy Stone State Park. It is named for the cross-shaped crystals found in the region, which according to legend were formed from the tears of fairies. The National Park Ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18RX_blue-ridge-mission-school_Stuart-VA.html
The Blue Ridge Mission School was established by the Virginia Baptist General Convention in 1916 at the site just to the southeast. It provided general education and religious training, on both the elementary and secondary school level, to day and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18R6_colonel-abram-penn_Patrick-Springs-VA.html
200 yards south is "Poplar Grove," Penn's old home and burial place. At age 21 he "won his spurs" leading a company under General Lewis at Point Pleasant. During 1780-81 he organized the first Revolutionary troops from Henry and adjoining counties…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18QY_stuart_Stuart-VA.html
This place, first known as Taylorsville for George Taylor, early settler, was established in 1792 after the formation of Patrick County. In 1849 it contained about fifty dwellings. The name was changed to Stuart for General J. E. B. Stuart, C. S. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18KE_william-byrds-survey-of-1728_Stuart-VA.html
This was the westernmost point of the survey of the Virginia-North Carolina border run in 1728 by a joint commission from both colonies led by Col. William Byrd II of Westover. The exact end of the line was marked on October 26, 1728, by a blazed …