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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VIZ_the-rev-paymus-nutt-historical_Callao-VA.html
The Rev. Paymus (Pyramus) Nutt, born into slavery, helped organize four African American churches in Northumberland County after the Civil War. In 1866 he co-founded First Baptist. Shiloh Baptist, established in 1867, called him to be its first (i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U9S_british-attacks-at-kinsale-and-muddy-point-the-war-of-1812-historical_Callao-VA.html
Two miles east on 3 Aug. 1814, 500 British marines
and seamen under Adm. Sir George Cockburn
landed at Mundy's Point and Kinsale. Opposing
the enemy at the Point were Capt. William
Henderson and thirty Northumberland county
militiamen. Hender…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3H_the-war-of-1812-british-attacks-at-kinsale-and-mundy-point_Callao-VA.html
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The War of 1812
Impressment of Americans into British service and the violation of American ships were among the causes of America War of 1812 with the British, which lasted until 1815. Beginning in 1813, Virginians suffered from a Brit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWB_cherry-point-and-cowarts-wharf_Callao-VA.html
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 C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVC_chambers-stamp-factory_Callao-VA.html
Two miles northeast, at Lodge, stood the Chambers Stamp Factory, owned by the same family for our generations. Founded in Washington, D.C., about 1830 by Benjamin Chambers, Sr., an engraver and inventor of a breech-loading cannon, the company spec…