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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F3H_opiscopank_Saluda-VA.html
In 1608, Capt. John Smith mapped Opiscopank near here as an Indian town where a chief lived. Oddly, his narratives did not mention visiting the town or how he learned about it. In 1649, Ralph Wormeley patented 3,200 acres here that included "the I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14I2_f-d-crockett_Deltaville-VA.html
Built in 1924 in Seaford, VA by Alex Gaines and John Smith This historic vessel is the last largest log boat built for power. The Deltaville Maritime Museum, with John England as project manager, is restoring the "Crockett" for the passenger trad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMQ_arthur-lee_Urbanna-VA.html
Here in the garden of Lansdowne was buried Arthur Lee, 1740-1792. The youngest son of Thomas Lee of Stratford. He was graduated in medicine at Edinburgh in 1764 and practiced briefly at Williamsburg, but his zeal for the cause of the American Colo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMP_the-grave-of-arthur-lee_Urbanna-VA.html
Nearby, in the garden of Lansdowne, was buried Arthur Lee, 1740-1792, the youngest son of Thomas Lee of Stratford. Early in 1776 he secretly obtained the original grant of French military supplies for the Continental Army, which made possible the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI26_christopher-robinson_Urbanna-VA.html
in 1678, Christopher Robinson purchased 300 acres here that became Hewick, the Virginia seat of the Robinson family. Robinson's distinguished service to Virginia began as the clerk of Middlesex County Court from 1677 to 1688. He was elected to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHY7_landsdowne_Urbanna-VA.html
In 1763 Ralph Wormeley III of Rosegill sold this house to James Mills, a Scottish merchant. In 1791 Arthur Lee bought it and 1,000 adjacent acres to be his home in retirement. Lee named this estate Landsdowne in honor of his friend, William Fitzma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHY3_old-middlesex-county-courthouse_Urbanna-VA.html
This building served as the Middlesex County courthouse from 1748 to 1852. Although much altered from its original appearance, it is one of Virginia's rare colonial courthouse buildings. During the American Revolution, the local Committee of Safet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHY1_urbanna-creek_Saluda-VA.html
First known as Nimcock Creek, this creek was mentioned in a legislative act of 1680 as "Wormley's Creek." After the town of Urbanna was named in 1705 for Queen Anne, the stream was given the same name. British privateersmen entered the creek, June…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHXX_rosegill_Saluda-VA.html
A short distance east is Rosegill. The house was built about 1650 by the first Ralph Wormeley; it became the summer home of the colonial governors, Sir Henry Chicheley and Lord Howard of Effingham. In 1776, the owner, the fifth Ralph Wormeley, was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHXT_christ-church_Saluda-VA.html
Half a mile east is Christ Church, Middlesex. The first building was erected about 1666; the present one in 1712. About 1840 the church was restored. The colonial governor, Sir Henry Chicheley, is buried there.
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