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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C4S_hanover-court-house_Hanover-VA.html
(Obverse)Near here lived in 1610 Machumps, brother-in-law to King Powhatan. Near here were born Patrick Henry and Henry Clay. In this building on 1st December 1763 Patrick Henry lighted the torch of liberty in the Parson's Cause.(over) Er…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C4R_washington-rochambeau-route_Hanover-VA.html
General Washington and General Rochambeau passed her on Sept. 13, 1781 on their way to victory at Yorktown. One mile south, they turned east on state rout 605. The marking of this route is a gift from the French Government. Committee of the Bic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16GZ_hanover-tavern_Hanover-VA.html
John Shelton opened the first tavern at the permanent site of Hanover Courthouse about the 1750s. The current tavern's earliest segment dates from about 1791. The tavern prospered with the establishment of the stage coach line until the railroad d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10E0_hanover-veterans-memorial_Hanover-VA.html
We honor all who served World War IBuchanan, Levy A. · Collins, Robert F. · Duke, William L. · Fleet, William A. · Gallamore, H. · Harper, George T. · Haynes, James A. · Jenkins, Edwin T. ·…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10DR_the-colonial-river-road_Hanover-VA.html
(side 1)The Colonial River Road After centuries of use by native people and the colonists of New Kent County, the road along the Pamunkey River was extended past the tobacco ports of Newcastle and Page's Warehouse (later Hanovertown) to the new…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLTV_hanover-tavern_Hanover-VA.html
Hanover Tavern was an essential part of the county courthouse complex during the 18th and 19th centuries, serving as the center of social life. For people living on large farms and plantations, whose closest neighbors could live miles away, tavern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLTU_hanover-courthouse_Hanover-VA.html
In December 1763, the Historic Hanover Courthouse was the site of the famous Parsons' Cause, an opening salvo of the American Revolution. During the Parsons' Cause trial, Patrick Henry voiced one of the first American objections to denial of the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLTT_hanover-courthouse_Hanover-VA.html
Hanover County was organized in 1720 and named for George I, King of England and former elector of Hanover in Germany. Seventeen years later (between 1737 and 1738), construction of the courthouse structure began and was completed in 1743. The des…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLTK_patrick-henry_Hanover-VA.html
Born at Studley Plantation six miles east of here was licensed to practice law on April 15, 1760. His awe-inspiring power as an orator was first recognized here at Hanover County Courthouse in his charge to the petit jury on December 1, 1766, in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQ1_caroline-county-hanover-county_Hanover-VA.html
(Obverse)Caroline CountyArea 529 Square MilesFormed in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William. Named for Queen Caroline, wife of King George II. George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest, passed his youth in this county. (Rever…
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