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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Q_smiths-fort-plantation_Surry-VA.html
Captain John Smith began Smith's Fort in 1609, two years after the first permanent English colony in the New World was established at Jamestown. The remains of the fort, a two-foot-high earthwork, constitute the oldest extant structure of English …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14P_history-on-crouchs-creek_Surry-VA.html
Originally called Tappahannock Creek by the English, Crouch's Creek flowed through a number of early English settlements. By 1625 George Sandys had holdings in Surry County, known as Treasurer's Plantation, east of the creek. Sandys was a poet, a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14O_chippokes-plantation_Surry-VA.html
This Plantation, four miles to the northeast, was established in 1619 by Captain William Powell of Jamestown. Structures and artifacts on the property reflect plantation life from the early 17th century to the present. Donated to the Commonwealth …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14N_pleasant-point_Surry-VA.html
Four miles north is Pleasant Point on James River. William Edwards patented land there in 1657, the house is ancient. Edwards was clerk of the General Court and a member of The House of Burgesses.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14M_quiyoughcohannock-indians_Surry-VA.html
The Quiyoughcohannocks were one of the first Virginia Indian groups the English encountered in 1607 after landing at Jamerstown. Situated primarily in present-day Surry County, the Quiyoughcohannocks had four villages in the region likely east of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14K_hog-island_Surry-VA.html
On this point, in James River nine miles Northeast, the settlers kept their hogs in 1608. When abandoning Jamestown in June, 1610. They stopped at the island for a night. The next morning, proceeding down the river, they met a messenger from Gover…