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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RM_kerr-place_Onancock-VA.html
An eighteenth century mansion acquired in 1950 by the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society as headquarters for the society.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RL_historic-cemetery_Onancock-VA.html
Known as the Scott Hall Cemetery, it dates from the late 18th century. Here will be found the grave of Commodore Whaley of the Maryland Navy who was killed in the Battle of the Barges in the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of Onancock Creek in Novem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RH_genl-edmund-r-bagwell_Onancock-VA.html
BornJune 2, 1840.DiedJune 13, 1876.His life was gentle and the elementsSo mixed in him that Nature might stand upAnd say in all the World. This was a man.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RG_world-wars-i-and-ii_Onancock-VA.html
Dedicated to the men and women from Onancock and community who devotedly served their country during World Wars I and II
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RE_hopkins-and-sons-hopkins-and-brothers_Onancock-VA.html
Records of this mercantile business date back to 1842. This store also served the community as a bank and as a social and political meeting place. Deeded in 1970 to Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RC_onancock_Onley-VA.html
Two miles west is Onancock, founded in 1680. A courthouse was then built and used for a few years. Militia barracks were there in the Revolution. From Onancock, Colonel John Cropper went to the aid of Commodore Whaley in the last naval action of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PS_oak-grove-methodist-church_Melfa-VA.html
Two miles east, on Route 600, meets what is possibly the nation's oldest continuous Sunday School. Begun by William Elliott in his home in 1785, it was moved in 1816 to Burton's Chapel and in 1870 to the present church.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PR_the-bear-and-the-cub_Melfa-VA.html
This first play recorded in the United States was presented August 27, 1665. The Accomack County Court at Pungoteague heard charges against three men "for acting a play," ordered inspection of costumes and script, but found the men "not guilty."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PP_the-bear-and-the-cub_St-Augustine-VA.html
Probable site of Fowkes' Tavern where this first recorded play in English America was performed August 27, 1665.