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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXY_john-smith-explores-the-chesapeake-historical_Lancaster-VA.html
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John Smith Explores the Chesapeake
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 exped…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXV_major-edward-dale-historical_Lancaster-VA.html
Major Edward and his wife, Diana Skipwith Dale, were among the earliest settlers in Lancaster County. They lived nearby on surrounding land, as part of a 350-acre plantation purchased from William and Jane Clappam in Dec. 1664. Between 1653 and 16…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM159Z_st-marys-white-chapel_Lancaster-VA.html
Three miles southwest, a church was built there in 1669, and the tablets are of that date. The present church was built in 1741 and was later remodeled. St. Mary's White Chapel Parish was united with Christ Church Parish in 1752. The tombs of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG16_white-marsh-church_Lancaster-VA.html
This church, founded in 1792, was the mother church of Methodism in the Northern Neck of Virginia. The first camp meeting in this section was held here. Bishops Enoch George and David S. Doggett were members of this church. Bishop Joshua Soule, au…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG15_barford_Lancaster-VA.html
Located one mile south on land lying between the eastern and western branches of the Corotoman River. It is the site of Barford, the dwelling of Captain Thomas Carter who was living there by 1674. A gift from his father-in-law, Edward Dale, the pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFY1_queenstown_Lancaster-VA.html
Seven miles southeast on Town Creek near themouth of the Corrotoman River is the site ofQueenstown. The town was created in 1692in accordance with the Act of Ports passedthat year by the Virginia General Assemblyto establish in each county port to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXE_bewdley_Lancaster-VA.html
About three miles southeast, on the north bank of the Rappahannock River, Bewdley was one of the most unusual houses in Virginia, with two rows of dormer windows. It was built by Major James Ball, cousin of Washington's mother, about 1750. The fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFS6_st-marys-whitechapel_Lancaster-VA.html
Welcome to St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Church. By the time of the American Revolution, this church had already served its parish of Virginia colonists for over a century. The parish was founded under the supervision of the House of Burgesses …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFQN_birthplace-of-washingtons-mother_Lancaster-VA.html
Seven tenths mile west is Epping Forest. The land was patented by Colonel Joseph Ball, who died there in 1711. His daughter, Mary Ball, mother of George Washington, was born there in 1707/8. The house incorporates parts of the original structure.