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The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail traces the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake. Along the trail you'll encounter tangible evidence of the war and stories that bring the people and events to life. Discover the far-reaching impacts of the…
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The Historic District of Kinsale, Virginia (Created by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1706) has been declared A Virginia Landmark by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and has been placed on The National Register of Histor…
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In Spring 1814, a 36th U.S. Infantry detachment camped here at the near ruinous Yeocomico Church to guard against British Potomac River raids. Soon after the British landed at nearby Nomini Ferry in July, they found poisoned wine at the Thompson h…
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Northumberland County. Area 205 square miles. Originally an Indian district called Chicacoan. In 1648 it became Northumberland County, named for an English county. The mouth of the Potomac River is here. Westmoreland County. Area 252 square mil…
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Two miles east, on the picturesque Yeocomico River, is Kinsale, the founding of which the Assembly ordered in 1784. Near by at the old home of the Bailey family, "The Great House," is the tomb of Midshipman James B. Sigourney, who in command of th…
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Here at Sandy Point, Mary Ball, George Washington's mother, spent her youth in the home of her guardian, Colonel George Eskridge. Here she married Augustine Washington in March 1731. She is supposed to have named her eldest son, George, for Colone…
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Bennett and James McCoy, free men (probablybrothers) from Westmoreland County, wereamong the many African Americans whoserved in the Virginia militia and the UnitedStates Army or Navy during the RevolutionaryWar. Bennett McCoy served for three yea…
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At Sandy Point, seven and a half miles east, Mary Ball, Washington's Mother, spent her youth in the home of her guardian, George Eskridge. There she was married to Augustine Washington, March, 1731. She is supposed to have named her eldest son for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESZ_yeocomico-church_Kinsale-VA.html
Two miles east. Built in 1655 of oak timbers sheathed with clapboards. Rebuilt of brick in 1706. In this vicinity Mary Ball lived under the tutelage of Colonel George Eskridge, of Sandy Point, from 1721 until her marriage to Augustine Washington i…
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