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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1575_meherrin-indians_Freeman-VA.html
The Meherrin Indians lived in the coastal plain of Virginia and North Carolina along the Meherrin River. They farmed and hunted and spoke a language, Meherrin, that belonged to the Iroquoian language family. The Meherrin remained relatively undist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1574_brunswick-county-virginia_Freeman-VA.html
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152X_brunswick-county-greensville-county_Freeman-VA.html
Brunswick CountyFormed in 1720 from Prince George, Surry, and Isle of Wight. Named for the House of Brunswick, which came to the throne of England in 1714, when George I was crowned king. Colonial Fort Christanna was in this county.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWKT_mabrys-chapel_Freeman-VA.html
Eight miles northeast stood Mabry's Chapel, the fourth Methodist house of worship built in Virginia. It was constructed in 1780, five years after the congregation first met at John Mabry's dwelling. By 1804, a new larger church was built; it inclu…