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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGP_confederate-winter-camps_Woodbridge-VA.html
After the Confederate victory at Ball's Bluff in October 1861, the Union and Confederate armies settled into winter camps between Washington and Richmond. Confederate forces withdrew from Fairfax County to Prince William County and defended a line…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGM_bacon-race-church_Woodbridge-VA.html
Confederate Col. Wade Hampton's South Carolina Legion appropriated Bacon Race Church as a field hospital in mid-August 1861 and named the site "Camp Griffin" for Hampton's subordinate, Lt. Col. James B. Griffin. The unit broke camp on September 20…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM975_the-freestone-fisheries_Woodbridge-VA.html
The Freestone Fisheries played an important role in Leesylvania's past. Their successful operation, given the plentiful numbers of fish in the Potomac, provided a significant income to the successive proprietors of the Leesylvania estate. The Lee …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F5_the-chinn-family_Woodbridge-VA.html
Near this site lived six generations of the Chinn family, one of Prince William County's early African-American families. The family traces its heritage to Nancy, a slave born in 1794 on the William Roe farm in Fauquier County. William Roe's nephe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UI_glascock-cemetery-oak-hill_Woodbridge-VA.html
Here are interred members of the Glascock family of "Oak Hill." Burr Glascock (1812-1896) brought his family here from Fauquier County in 1851. In 1870, he became the first County Supervisor from Occoquan District. His son William Beauregard Glasc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TZ_old-bethel-high-school_Woodbridge-VA.html
On this site once stood the first high school in eastern Prince William County. The original two-story wood frame building was built in 1914. Lightning struck and destroyed the school on June 12, 1927. It was rebuilt as a two-room brick elementary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TQ_russell-house-and-store_Woodbridge-VA.html
This 19th century two-story flagstone-covered Russell House represents a type of local architecture predominant in rural northern Virginia from the mid-19th century to the 1960s. The house, its barn, granary and other outbuildings made up one of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SZ_leesylvania_Woodbridge-VA.html
This historically important property was part of a land grant dating back to 1658 and was the site of "Leesylvania," the home of Henry Lee II (1729-1789). The Neabsco Iron Foundry, which was located nearby, furnished "pig iron and shot" to the Vir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S3_william-graysons-grave_Woodbridge-VA.html
William Grayson, lawyer, member of the Continential Congress, Constitutional Convention and U.S. Senate, is buried nearby on property formerly part of "Belle Air," the family plantation. In 1774, Grayson organized Prince William County's first Rev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3XV_jim-weakland-field_Woodbridge-VA.html
This field is named in honor of a man who, for twelve years, dedicated his time to teaching the youth of Prince William County the true meaning of sportsmanship. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, police officer, and coach who alw…
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