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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6IS_battle-of-williamsburg_Williamsburg-VA.html
To the east of the road here, centering at Fort Magruder, was fought the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862. The Union General McClellan was pursuing General Johnston's retiring army, the rearguard of which was commanded by General Longstreet. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6IQ_peninsula-campaign_Williamsburg-VA.html
During the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, both Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan had their armies west toward Richmond on this road. Johnston evacuated Yorktown on 3-4 May and withdrew up the Peninsula, with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62S_littletown_Williamsburg-VA.html
In the second quarter of the 17th-century, merchant George Menefie developed a 1,200-acre plantation just east of here he called Littletown. In March 1633, Dutch trader David DeVies observed that his two-acre garden was "full of Provence roses, ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62R_whitakers-house_Williamsburg-VA.html
A mile north of the road is Whitaker's House, headquarters of General W. F. Smith, Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62Q_carters-grove_Williamsburg-VA.html
During the 17th century Carter's Grove was part of the Martin's Hundred Plantation. In the early 1720's, Robert "King" Carter purchased it and later named the tract Carter's Grove. Between 1730 and 1735 Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62O_trebells-landing_Williamsburg-VA.html
At Trebell's Landing on the James River a mile southwest of here, the artillery and stores of the American and French Armies were located in September 1781. They were then conveyed overland some six miles to the siege lines at Yorktown. The troops…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62J_martins-hundred-church_Williamsburg-VA.html
The first Martin's Hundred Parish church was probably built at Wolstenholme Town, an early 17th-century settlement that was located a mile southeast of here. None of the structures excavated there have been identified as a church; it may have been…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62H_martins-hundred_Williamsburg-VA.html
This plantation was allocated to the London-based Society of Martin's Hundred by 1618 and was later assigned 21,500 acres. It was initially settled in 1620 around Wolstenholme Town, its administrative center, located near the James River. Archaeol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8_pocahontas_Williamsburg-VA.html
Matoaka, nicknamed Pocahontas ("mischievous one"), the daughter of Powhatan, was born about 1597. She served as an emissary for her father and came to Jamestown often in 1608. In 1613, Samuel Argall kidnapped Pocahontas while she visited the Pataw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6_jamestown-road_Williamsburg-VA.html
The ancient road that linked Jamestown, the original colonial capital, with Middle Plantation(later Williamsburg) followed a meandering course. It departed from Jamestown Island and then turned northeast, crossing Powhatan and Mill Creeks. As it a…