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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65I_pleasants-v-pleasants_Henrico-VA.html
John Pleasants, Sr., nearby landowner and Quaker, requested in his will that his slaves be freed when each became 30 years old. Pleasants died in 1771, but it was not until 1782 that some of his slaves gained freedom when the Virginia General Asse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65H_malvern-hill_Richmond-VA.html
Nearby stood the Malvern Hill manor house built for Thomas Cocke in the 17th century. The Marquis de Lafayette camped here in July-August 1781, and elements of the Virginia militia encamped nearby during the War of 1812. During the Civil War, 1 Ju…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5W7_turkey-island_Henrico-VA.html
Soon after landing at Jamestown in May 1607. Captain Christopher Newport, while exploring the James River discovered Turkey Island (two miles south). He named it for the large number of wild turkeys there. In 1684, William Randolph purchased Turke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5W6_the-flood-of-1771_Henrico-VA.html
On May 27, 1771, a wall of water came roaring down the James River valley following ten to twelve days of intensive rain. As water swept through Richmond, buildings, boats, animals, and vegetation were lost. About one hundred fifty people were kil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5W5_engagement-at-malvern-cliffs_Henrico-VA.html
On 30 June 1862, as Gen. Robert E. Lee concentrated his troops to attack Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's retreating Union army at Glendale, Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes brigade of Confederate troops moved down New Market Road on Lee's right. Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5W2_curles-neck-and-bremo_Henrico-VA.html
Curles Neck may take its name from the curls of the river or a family of that name. Richard Cocke, the Immigrant, patented land along the James River on the eastern side of the neck in 1636. There he built Bremo, the seat of the Cocke family for s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5W1_nathaniel-bacon_Henrico-VA.html
Bacon was born in 1647 in Suffolk, England, and was educated at Cambridge University. He came to Virginia in 1673 and settled near here on the north bank of the James River at Curles Neck. In 1676 Bacon led a force of citizen-soldiers against Indi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5W0_new-market-road_Henrico-VA.html
Legend indicates that the road was once an Indian trail. In the early nineteenth century, a "new market" was established in Richmond to replace the old one in Williamsburg. This road was eventually referred to as New Market Road.
The 1819 Wood…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V5_battle-of-darbytown-road_Henrico-VA.html
A massive two-pronged Union attack on September 29, 1864, captured New Market Heights and a section of Richmond's outer defenses including Fort Harrison. Not wishing to concede a vital part of his line to the enemy, Confederate commander Robert E.…