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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESU_richard-henry-lees-grave_Hague-VA.html
A mile and a half north, in the Lee burying ground, is the grave of Richard Henry Lee, who died, June 19, 1794. Lee was one of the first leaders of the American Revolution. On June 7, 1776, he introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESS_lee-hall_Hague-VA.html
A quarter-mile to the northeast stood Lee Hall, built about 1723 by Henry Lee of Stratford and the great-grandfather of Robert Edward Lee. He left his estate to his son Richard Lee, who for 36 years represented Westmoreland County in the House of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESQ_morgan-jones-kiln_Montross-VA.html
The Morgan Jones Kiln, located 5.2 miles north of here, operated for a short time in 1677. According to Westmoreland County records, Morgan Jones and Dennis White entered into a partnership for the "making and selling of Earthen ware," which provi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESP_bushfield_Montross-VA.html
A mile and a half east, this was the home of John Augustine Washington, younger brother of George Washington, who visited here. Here was born, in 1762, Bushrod Washington, who became Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1798, and died in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESO_the-glebe_Montross-VA.html
Five miles north is the home of the rectors of Cople Parish, one of whom, Walter Jones, married Washington's parents, March 6, 1781. Here lived Thomas Smith, rector of the parish, 1764-1799, and chairman of the County Committee of Safety, 1775. He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESL_nomini-hall_Hague-VA.html
The house was built about 1730 and burned in 1850. It was not rebuilt. Only some poplar trees remain. A fine colonial mansion, it was the home of the celebrated "councillor" Robert Carter. Philip Fithian, tutor at Nonimi Hall, 1773-74, wrote his w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESG_nominy-church_Montross-VA.html
One of the two churches of the Cople Parish. It was built in 1704 on land given by Youell Watkins, and was replaced in 1755 by a brick church at the same site. George Washington attended services here twice in 1768. The last colonial church burned…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMERZ_nomini-baptist-meetinghouse_Montross-VA.html
Nearby stood the original "Nomony" (early variant spelling) Meetinghouse. On 29 Apr. 1786, 17 members established Nomini Baptist Church. Until 1790, when the meetinghouse was built on land donated by charter member Joseph Peirce, the congregation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMERX_nomini-baptist-church_Montross-VA.html
Nomini Baptist Church was established on 29 April 1786 with 17 members. By 1809 it was reputedly the largest Baptist church in Virginia with 875 members. The original meetinghouse, built nearby in 1790 on land donated by a charter member, Captain …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMERS_armstead-tasker-johnson-school_Montross-VA.html
The A.T. Johnson High School was built in 1937 in the Colonial Revival style as the first public high school constructed for African Americans in Westmoreland County. The new school was named for Armstead Tasker Johnson (1857-1944), a black educat…