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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZ_freedom-park_Woodbridge-VA.html
Dedicated July 4, 1991To those fromour community that havedefended ourCountry's freedomwith honor and distinction
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17N_bel-air-plantation_Woodbridge-VA.html
This land was part of a 2960-acre tract granted to Henry Walker in 1677 which he called "Walker Town." Major Charles Ewell (c. 1713-1747) acquired 800 acres in 1739 and built "Bel Air" in 1740. The house is believed to be built on the foundations …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZK_let-there-be-lights_Woodbridge-VA.html
This Monument is a testimony to the vision of PWSI President Ed Foster-Simeon's "Let There Be Lights" campaign. On July 26, 2001, PWSI solidified Ed's vision by dedicating these lights, bringing PWSI out of the darkness and into the light.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZH_the-old-potomac-path_Woodbridge-VA.html
The Old Potomac PathOriginally an Indian Trail and traversed by early settlers, it later became the first coach and post road between Northern and Southern Colonies, and was calledThe King's HighwayGeneral Washington often stopped here to visit Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ3_howison-homestead_Woodbridge-VA.html
Howison HomesteadStephen Howison I1736 - 1815Stephen Howison III1776 - 1862"The Graves of the dead who rest from their labors."Donated by the Howison Family 1991 ? ? ? ? ? ? The Home of my Childhood.How dear to my thought is the place of my childh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYF_ebenezer-baptist-church_Woodbridge-VA.html
Ex-slave Lewis H. Bailey organized Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1883. It is one of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in Easter Prince William County. The original church, built on this site in 1883-1884, was one of Occoquan's first c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVL_the-first-courthouse-of-prince-william-county_Woodbridge-VA.html
One hundred and fifty yards east of this spot stood the first courthouse of Prince William County organized in 1731. This monument erected by the Bicentennial Committee of Prince William County, September 25, 1931, was presented to the people of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVK_occoquan_Woodbridge-VA.html
Captain John Smith explored this region in 1608. The town of Occoquan began with the opening of a tobacco warehouse on the shore of the Occoquan River in 1734. Occoquan grew as the focus of the commercial and manufacturing activities of John Balle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJ_early-land-patents_Woodbridge-VA.html
In 1653, Thomas Burbage obtained 3,000 acres between the Occoquan and Neabsco Creek. Burbage's Neck later passed to Martin Scarlet (d.1695), pioneer settler and sometime Burgess. George Mason II gained 534 acres of Occoquan River frontage includin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVI_fairfax-county-prince-william-county_Woodbridge-VA.html
Fairfax CountyArea 417 Square MilesFormed in 1742 from Prince William and Loudoun, and named for Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck. Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, is in this county. Prince William CountyArea 345 Square Mil…
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