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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJF5_roxbury_Charles-City-VA.html
Roxbury was named for a nearby plantation in New Kent County and reached by Longbridge over the Chickahominy. This community was the site of a colonial era tavern and the only railroad station in Charles City County . Roxbury post office (1883-195…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJF1_barnetts_Charles-City-VA.html
This community acquired its name from the Barnett family and was once a major commercial center for the western end of the county. The area has been served by the post offices of Bradley's Store (1879-1911) and Barnett's (est. 1911). At the time o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHL_lott-cary-birthplace_Charles-City-VA.html
A mile and a half northwest, Lott Cary was born in slavery about 1780. In 1804 his owner, John Bowry, a Methodist minister, hired him out to a Richmond tobacco firm. Cary joined the First Baptist Church in 1807. He purchased his freedom and became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHI_dedicated-to-learning_Charles-City-VA.html
Schools were precious to a community denied education for centuries. Following the Civil War one and two-room schools for "colored" children were established around the county. It was here in Ruthville, however, that a commitment to learning first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHH_ruthville_Charles-City-VA.html
This area was one of the centers of Charles City's free black community before the Civil War and was named for Ruth Brown with the establishment of the post office in 1880. Abraham Brown, a major landowner of the area, founded Elam Church in 1810,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHG_mt-zion-rustic_Charles-City-VA.html
These communities were established on opposite banks of Morris Creek , earlier known as Tanks Pasbye hayes the Indian name, Moyses Creek after Theodore Moyses who patented land there, and as Moses Creek. Before 1720 this area was part of James Cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHB_old-quaker-settlement-adkins-store_Charles-City-VA.html
This community was the site of a Quaker settlement in the eighteenth century and the Weyanoke Quaker Meeting House and graveyard. The meetinghouse was the Upper Quarter gathering place for the Yearly Meeting of Virginia Quaker. The area has since …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFMM_paspahegh-indians_Charles-City-VA.html
Located nearby was the main town of the Paspahegh Indians, tributaries to paramount chief Powhatan. When Jamestown was built in their territory, the Paspahegh consistently resisted the English settlement. In Aug. 1610, George Percy, on orders from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8Y_holdcroft_Charles-City-VA.html
The Chickahominy Indians resided near here along the river that bears their name. This area was part of Wilmington Parish and was part of James City County before 1720. In the 1800s the community acquired the name of the Holdcroft family. Mt. Plea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC7B_binns-hall_Charles-City-VA.html
This community was named for the structure which housed the post office and dance hall, built in 1886 by O.P. Binns at the terminus of an old road that led to the Chickahominy River farms Cedar Forest, Cyprus Banks, the home of the Stubblefield fa…