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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4HB_this-monument-until-1983-located-on-the-belle-grove-lawn_King-George-VA.html
John Hipkins, died 1804; his wife Elisabeth Pratt 1754-1829; their only child Fanny Bernard 1774-1801; and her youngest children; Eliza 1794-1803 and William Bernard, Jr. 1796-1822; also five infant children of Jane Gay and John H. Bernard of Gay …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4H8_emmanuel-episcopal-church_King-George-VA.html
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4H7_birthplace-of-madison_King-George-VA.html
At this place, Port Conway, James Madison, fourth President of the United States and Father of the Constitution, was born, March 16, 1751. His mother was staying at her paternal home, Belle Grove, 400 yards east when her son was born. Madison's fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4H1_historic-port-conway_King-George-VA.html
The site of Port Conway is located five miles south on the Rappahannock River. Francis Conway laid out the town in 1783, and the next year the Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing it. James Madison, Father of the Constitution and f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29D_stafford-county-king-george-county_King-George-VA.html
Stafford CountyArea - 274 Square MilesFormed in 1664 from Westmoreland County and named for Staffordshire, England. From 1739 to 1747 it was the boyhood home of George Washington. In November 1862, the Army of the Potomac under the command of Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4_st-pauls-church_King-George-VA.html
Eight miles northeast is St. Paul's Church, built about 1766. The building was in a ruinous condition in 1812 but was repaired by the State and used both as a church and as a schoolhouse. About 1828 it once more became exclusively a church.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2_eagles-nest_King-George-VA.html
Four miles north is Eagle's Nest, the seat of the Fitzhugh and Grymes families, and the core of a 17th-century plantation. Lawyer and planter William Fitzhugh I (165-1701), born in Bedford, England, immigrated to Virginia by 1674 and acquired vast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1_marmion_King-George-VA.html
Two miles north is Marmion, probably built by John Fitzhugh early in the eighteenth century and later named for Scott's poem. About 1785 it passed from Philip Fitzhugh to George Washington Lewis, Washington's favorite nephew, who died there. The p…