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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOB_lewis-chapel-cranford-memorial-methodist-church_Lorton-VA.html
This church is a combination of several structures built on the site of the first Pohick Church (1730-1774), making this one of the earliest sites of a religious institution in Fairfax County. Lewis Chapel, named after a Methodist circuit rider, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1_indian-attack_Lorton-VA.html
To the east, on Dogue Neck, "Certain Unknown Indians" attacked the house of Thomas Barton about 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, 16 June 1700, killing eight persons with "arrowes & Wooden Tommahawkes." The neighboring Piscataway Indians denied making the atta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNQ_wagener_Lorton-VA.html
The remains from 29 graves were brought here from the Wagener family cemetery at Stisted, their plantation on the Occoquan River near Colchester. The Second Peter Wagener (1717-1774), Clerk of the Fairfax County Court (1752-1772), served as a Vest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNK_the-herris-stone_Lorton-VA.html
This stone's original inscription was Heare lyes bodey of Livt Willeame Herris who died May 16 : 1698 : aged : 065 years : By birth a Britaire : a good soldier a good husbnd & kinde : neighbour. Mr. Herris (Harris) was the father of Anne Harris, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0_old-telegraph-line_Lorton-VA.html
One of the first telegraph lines in the world, a part of the Washington-New Orleans Telegraph Company, was built from Washington to Petersburg in 1847. From this the road took its name.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJZ_old-road-to-the-west_Great-Falls-VA.html
Colvin Run Road is a remnant of an 18th-century wagon road from the Shenandoah Valley to Alexandria that probably originated as an Indian path. George Washington passed by here in 1753 and 1754 en route to persuade the French on the Ohio River to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJX_skirmish-at-st-marys_Fairfax-Station-VA.html
Monday, August 8, 1864, was a hot and sultry day. Capt. John McMenamin of the 15th New York Volunteer Cavalry and Capt. James Fleming of the 16th New York Volunteer Cavalry had stopped at St. Mary's Church on the Ox Road (now Fairfax Station Rd.),…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJD_st-marys-catholic-church_Fairfax-Station-VA.html
Dedicated September 19, 1858 by Rt. Rev. John McGill, Bishop of Richmond. — Catholic workers, who were employed in building the Fairfax Railroad pass, began work on the structure in 1856. They were assisted by members of the nearby Hamill fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIT_lorton-station_Lorton-VA.html
The settlement of Lorton was named by Joseph Plaskett, who immigrated to Virginia from his home north of England in the scenic Lorton Valley. Plaskett became the first Lorton postmaster in 1875 and generations of Plasketts followed in his footstep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIK_mclean_McLean-VA.html
McLean originated in this vicinity after the electrified Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad began operating in 1906. Its tracks crossed Chain Bridge Road between the villages of Lewinsville and Langley, near the Ingleside community. By 1910 the…