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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQV_essex-county-confederate-monument_Tappahannock-VA.html
ErectedTo soldiers of Essex and those who fought with them.They fought for the principles of state sovereigntyAnd in defense of their homes.To maintain these rights the gallant sons of thisGallant county marched gladly to the front andDid their du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MG_mt-zion-baptist-church_Tappahannock-VA.html
Founded nearby as Piscataway Baptist Church on 13 Mar. 1774, Mt. Zion Baptist Church was the first Baptist church in the region. Endeavoring to stop the spread of the Baptist movement, local authorities arrested Baptist ministers John Waller, John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MF_king-and-queen-county-essex-county_Tappahannock-VA.html
(Obverse)King and Queen CountyArea 320 Square MilesFormed in 1691 from New Kent, and named for King William III and Queen Mary. The family of George Rogers Clark long lived in this county.
(Reverse)Essex CountyArea 258 Square MilesFormed in 169…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ME_mattaponi-indian-town_Tappahannock-VA.html
To the north, after the 1644-1646 conflict between colonists and groups still loyal to the Powhatan chiefdom, the Mattaponi Indians found refuge on the headwaters of Piscataway Creek. Officers of then Old Rappahannock County signed a treaty with t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MB_bacons-northern-force_Tappahannock-VA.html
At Piscataway, near here, the northern followers of Bacon the Rebel assembled in 1676. On July 10, 1676, an action was fought with Governor Berkeley's supporters, some of whom were killed and wounded. Several houses were burned. Passing here, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4KA_william-moore-tidewater-musician_Tappahannock-VA.html
William "Bill" Moore was born in Georgia in 1893. Nearby stood his home and barbershop. Paramount recorded Moore in Chicago in 1928 and released eight songs, some of the earliest by an African American folk performer from Virginia. They are still …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4K9_toppahanock-indian-village_Tappahannock-VA.html
In this region near the Rappahannock River once stood the Rappahannock Indian village of Toppahanock. When John Smith explored this region in 1607 and 1608, he found fourteen Rappahannock villages along both banks of the river. The river was the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FI_old-rappahannock-courthouse_Tappahannock-VA.html
About half a mile northeast stood the old courthouse and clerk's office of Rappahannock County, 1665-1693. To this courthouse Thomas Goodrich and Benjamin Goodrich, ordered to appear with halters around their necks, came to express their penitence…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FH_gouldborough-plantation_Tappahannock-VA.html
Just east of here was the seat of the Waring family, members of which served the colony and our fledgling nation in elected and appointed offices and as officers in the county militia and the Continental Line. Thomas Waring II (ca. 1690-1754), Bur…