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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65P_harry-dorsey-gough_Kingsville-MD.html
The founder of Perry Hall, Gough owned a 1,300 acre estate that bordered the Gunpowder Falls. He dominated commerce in Northeast Baltimore County during the colonial period. An active supporter of the Methodist church, he sheltered Francis Asbury …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65O_proposed-first-university-in-english-america_Henrico-VA.html
A "University and College" was authorized by the Virginia Company charter of 1618 at Henrico Town but never opened. Some 10,000 acres on the James River upstream from the new town were to provide agricultural income for the school. The college's m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65N_st-marys-city_St-Marys-City-MD.html
Here, for the first time in America, men and women of differing faiths lived in peace and goodwill, practicing freedom of conscience, according to Lord Baltimore's "Instructions to Colonists," 1633. "Freemen Assembled," of various beliefs, changed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65M_birthplace-of-gen-william-tecumseh-sherman_Lancaster-OH.html
Birthplace of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, Feb 8, 1820; John Sherman - Statesman, May 10, 1823.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65L_varina_Henrico-VA.html
The name derives from the resemblance of the tobacco introduced and grown by John Rolfe in 1614 to a variety grown in Varina, Spain. Varina was established as a town in 1680 and became the civil, judicial, and ecclesiastical center of Henrico Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65K_action-at-osbornes_Henrico-VA.html
On 27 April 1781, Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold led the British army's 76th and 80th Regiments, the Queen's Rangers, and some other units in an assault at Osborne's in Chesterfield County. The Americans posted a number of Virginia Navy ships near her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65J_george-thorpe_Henrico-VA.html
On April 3, 1620, The London Company hired George Thorpe to manage the land and tenants for the proposed "university and college" on 11,000 acres on the north bank of the James River above Henrico Town. The agricultural activities of the tenants s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65I_pleasants-v-pleasants_Henrico-VA.html
John Pleasants, Sr., nearby landowner and Quaker, requested in his will that his slaves be freed when each became 30 years old. Pleasants died in 1771, but it was not until 1782 that some of his slaves gained freedom when the Virginia General Asse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65H_malvern-hill_Richmond-VA.html
Nearby stood the Malvern Hill manor house built for Thomas Cocke in the 17th century. The Marquis de Lafayette camped here in July-August 1781, and elements of the Virginia militia encamped nearby during the War of 1812. During the Civil War, 1 Ju…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM65G_shirley_Charles-City-VA.html
The house a short distance south, Shirley was first occupied in 1613 and was known as West-and-Shirley Hundred. In 1664, Edward Hill patented the place, which was left by the third Edward Hill to his sister, Elizabeth Carter, in 1720. Here was bor…