Settled by Englishmen about 1640, Cherry Pointwas later a childhood home of Mary Ball, themother of George Washington. In August 1814American militia repulsed a British force there.From the early 1800s to the 1940s, steamboatsplied the waters of Chesapeake Bay and itstributaries, and linked Baltimore with suchNorthern Neck ports of call as Cowart's Wharf.There, by the late 19th century, Slater ("Bump")Cowart had established a general store, seafoodfactory, and other businesses. From about 1920to 1946, Samuel and Giles Headley built skipjacks,the preferred vessel of bay fisherman, at theirnearby boatyard on Cherry Point.
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