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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4T_mill-dam_Williamsburg-VA.html
The mound of earth in front of you was probably part of the dam for William Parks' paper mill. His mill was the first in Virginia for making paper and operated six years or more beginning 1744. Parks established the first permanent press in Virgin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4D_a-union-advance_Williamsburg-VA.html
On May 5, 1862 Lt. George A Custer (who in 1876 made his "Last Stand" on the Little Bighorn River in Montana) led a detachment along the roadway here over "Cub Dam Creek" to occupy the Confederate work on the bluff immediately beyond. This maneuve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFMQ_hot-water-centerville_Williamsburg-VA.html
Royal Governor William Berkeley, owner of nearby Green Spring Plantation, purchased the land here by 1652, then known as Hot Water. After Berkeley's death, the Hot Water tract passed to the Ludwell and Lee families. William Ludwell Lee inherited t…
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Oxford-educated, Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) was governor of Virginia from 1641 to 1652 and from 1660 to 1677, holding office longer than any other governor of Virginia, colonial or modern. Under his leadership, Virginia changed from a coloni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFMB_olive-branch-christian-church_Williamsburg-VA.html
In 1833 the founders of Olive Branch Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) met for worship at Hill Pleasant Farm. By 1835, the congregation had built a brick church on land donated by Dr. Charles M. Hubbard and Mary Henley. During the Civil War, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDPK_green-spring_Williamsburg-VA.html
On this road, five miles south, is Green Spring, home of Governor Sir William Berkeley. Bacon the Rebel occupied it in 1676. Cornwallis, after moving from Williamsburg by this road on July 4, 1781, was attacked by Lafayette near Green Spring on Ju…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDPH_spencers-ordinary_Williamsburg-VA.html
On this road, four miles south, the action of Spencer's Ordinary was fought, June 24, 1781, between detachments from Lafayette's and Cornwallis's armies.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDPF_six-mile-ordinary_Williamsburg-VA.html
Six-Mile Ordinary, a popular 18th-century tavern also known as Allen's for its proprietor Isham Allen, stood six miles from Williamsburg. On 1 July 1774, a group of free holders congregated there and drafted the James City Resolves not to import B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBX5_college-camp_Williamsburg-VA.html
On this site in September 1775 Colonel Patrick Henry established camp grounds for Virginia troops who were to rendezvous and train at Williamsburg. Several Virginia regiments left here in 1776 and 1777 to join General George Washington's army in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBWU_the-college-of-william-and-mary-in-virginia_Williamsburg-VA.html
A charter was granted by King William and Queen Mary in 1693, by fostering "good arts and sciences," and by educating the youth in "good letters and manners," the College has maintained its original mission as "a place of universal study."
The …