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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMQU_lower-king-and-queen-baptist-church_Little-Plymouth-VA.html
Elders Robert Ware and John Waller, who founded Lower King and Queen (Wares) Baptist Church on 17 Oct. 1772, were imprisoned in 1771 and 1774 for preaching without the licenses required of ministers dissenting from the Church of England. Ware, Wil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5H_newtown_Newtown-VA.html
Newtown began as a pre-Revolutionary tavern crossroads on the intercolonial King's Highway. The settlement prospered in the antebellum period, becoming King and Queen's largest post village and supporting several fine academies and schools. In Jun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5F_park-church_Newtown-VA.html
Park Church was built in 1723 for the newly established Drysdale Parish. It stood on the west side of this road, two and one-half miles above Newtown. The brick church was cruciform in shape with arms approximately 75 feet long. It was known as Pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRZ_king-and-queen-county-gloucester-county_Saluda-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)Gloucester CountyArea 223 Square MilesFormed i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRY_poropotank-creek_Saluda-VA.html
Land was patented on this creek as early as 1640. In 1653, John Lewis settled here. John Lewis, Jr., was living here in 1676 when Bacon's troops were encamped near by. He suffered from the depredations of the rebels.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRX_colonial-church_Mattaponi-VA.html
This church, the new church of Stratton Major Parish, was built in 1767. Rev. William Robinson, the Bishop of London's commissary, came to the parish in 1744 and was the first minister of the new church. It fell into disuse after the Revolution bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRW_laneville_Mattaponi-VA.html
A mile and a half southwest stood Laneville, built by Richard Corbin, receiver general (treasurer) about 1760 on the site of an earlier house. There Patrick Henry sent, May 1775, to obtain money in payment for the colony's powder seized by Lord Du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRV_corbins-church_Mattaponi-VA.html
The New Church, also known as Corbin's Church, stood to the east of this road. Councillor Richard Corbin, who also served as Receiver-General of the colony, donated "Goliath's Old Field" for the church, which was completed in 1768 to replace two o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRU_apple-tree-church_St-Stephens-Church-VA.html
About two miles south stood the colonial church known as the Apple Tree Church or St. Clement's Church. First authorized by the House of Burgesses in 1710, it served as the upper church of St. Stephen's Parish until after the Revolution. It was th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRT_newington_King-and-Queen-Court-House-VA.html
A mile south on the Mattapony River is the site of Newington, birthplace of Carter Braxton, (born September 10, 1736), signer of the Declaration of Independence. In earlier times, Colonel Jacob Lumpkin, supporter of Governor Berkeley in Bacon's Re…