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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28L8_glebe-church_Suffolk-VA.html
Established in 1642
One of the oldest in the U.S.
Site of insurrection in 1775, leading to
the Revolutionary War
Marked by Suffolk Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
2017
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVF_james-bowser-plantation-historical_Suffolk-VA.html
James Bowser, the only negro from Nansemond County to fight in the American Revolution, enlisted as a private in the Virginia Continental Line and was honorably discharged in 1782. Bowser returned to the county at the close of the Revolution and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UST_john-smith-explores-the-chesapeake-historical_Suffolk-VA.html
Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1600s seeking precious metals and a passage to Asia. He traveled the James, Chickahominy, and York rivers in 1607, and led two major expeditions from Jamestown in 1608. Smith and his crew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UQF_huntersville-rosenwald-school-historical_Suffolk-VA.html
The Huntersville School was built in 1930-31 as a Rosenwald School. The Julius Rosenwald fund provided $1,000 toward the construction, with contributions from African Americans and the local government provided the rest of its $7,000 cost. Rosenwa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIL_james-bowser-revolutionary-soldier_Suffolk-VA.html
James Bowser, a free African American born in Nansemond County about 1763, was one of many black Virginians who served in the army or navy of the United States during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in the 1st Virginia Regiment of the Continent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRII_yeates-school_Suffolk-VA.html
Before 1781 John Yeates established two free schools in this neighborhood, one on each side of Bennetts Creek. By his will September 18th 1781, he left his property for the use of these schools. They continued until 1861 and were sold in 1866 unde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIH_sleepy-hole-ferry_Suffolk-VA.html
Three miles east, Benedict Arnold, returning from his Richmond raid, crossed the river there, January 16, 1781; Cornwallis, going to Portsmouth, crossed there in July 1781.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQM8_florence-graded-school_Suffolk-VA.html
Florence Graded School was named for Florence Bowser, a noted educator who was instrumental in having the school constructed. It was built in 1920 with state and local funds and a grant from the Julius Rosenwald Fund which had been created in 1922…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJK_glebe-church_Suffolk-VA.html
Built in 1738. In 1775 the Parish minister, Parson Agnew, was driven from the Church for preaching loyalty to the King. The building was repaired in 1854.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJJ_hargroves-tavern_Suffolk-VA.html
On 10 May 1779, during the Revolutionary War, a British expeditionary force commanded by Gen. Edward Matthews disembarked in Portsmouth to capture the major Tidewater Virginia towns. About 200 Nansemond County militia under Col. Willis Riddick imm…