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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D37_occohannock-indians_Painter-VA.html
The Occohannock Indians, one of the important Virginia Indian groups on the Eastern Shore, were composed of several tribes including the Onancock, Machipongo, Metomkin, Chincoteague, Kegotank, Pungoteague, Chesconessex, and Nandua. Capt. John Smit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D35_elijah-baker_Accomac-VA.html
who landed at Hunt's Point, Old Plantation Creek, on Easter Sunday 1776 and the same day preached the first Baptist sermon, "At the End of a Horsing Tree." Opposition of the established church caused him to be deported; but kind Providence brought…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1794_nasa-wallops-flight-facility_Wallops-Island-VA.html
The Wallops Island Flight Facility was established in 1945 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and is one of the oldest launch sites in the world. This facility was built to conduct aeronautical research using rocket-propelled vehic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14N1_christ-sanctified-holy-church_Chincoteague-Island-VA.html
Was established on this island on February 14, 1892 by Joseph B. Lynch, not far from this location. Doctrine is Justification and Sanctification. This building was erected in 1903. Since this beginning churches are established throughout the south…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14N0_captain-timothy-hill-house_Chincoteague-Island-VA.html
Built circa 1800is registered as a Virginia Historic Landmarkand placed on the National Register of Historic Placesby the United States Department of the Interior 2011
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVG0_tangier-island_Tangier-VA.html
The island was visited in 1608 by Captain John Smith, who gave it the name. A part was patented by Ambrose White in 1670. It was settled in 1686 by John Crockett and his sons' families. In 1814, it was the headquarters of a British fleet ravaging …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQR4_swain-memorial-united-methodist-church_Tangier-VA.html
The most prominent of the island's buildings, Swain Memorial United Methodist Church is easily recognized as the focal point of Tangier.
Built in 1899 on the site of the island's second church (1842), it is the center of the Tangier's religious…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPZ_the-connorton-house_Tangier-VA.html
The Connorton House was the home of the town Sergeant, Bud Connorton.
On Sunday April 11, 1920, Sergeant Connorton shot and wounded 17 year old Roland Parks. He was trying to enforce a town ordinance that forbade "loafing on store porches and s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPY_the-peter-dise-house_Tangier-VA.html
The Peter Dise House is one of the oldest on the island and was moved from the "Uppards," the now unoccupied marsh north of the harbor.
There were originally four fresh water wells on the island, two on Maine Ridge, one on Canton Ridge and one …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPX_chesapeake-house_Tangier-VA.html
The famous Chesapeake House occupies two old island homes. Hilda Crockett opened the business in 1944 in the Peter Crockett House with four guest rooms and a dining room on the porch. She expanded by purchasing the Nathan Rayfield House where the …