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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM61T_sandy-point-cherry-hall_Charles-City-VA.html
Originally home to the Paspahegh Indians, Sandy Point was settled in 1617 as Smith's Hundred and after 1619 known as Southampton Hundred. St. Mary's Church was established here prior to the Powhatan Uprising of 1622. During the Revolutionary War l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM615_kittiewan-and-doctor-rickman_Charles-City-VA.html
Two miles south is Kittiewan, mid-eighteenth century manor house. Here lived Doctor William Rickman. From 1776 to 1780 he was director and Chief Physician of the Continental Hospitals of Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM613_upper-weyanoke_Charles-City-VA.html
In 1617, Opechancanough, Chief of Powhatan's younger brother, gave land to the south to future governor Capt. George Yeardley. Yeardley patented it and a portion became Upper Weyanoke, a James River plantation. Archaeological investigations there …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM612_north-bend_Charles-City-VA.html
Three miles south is North Bend, a Greek Revival residence built in 1819. Sarah Minge, sister of President William Henry Harrison, and her husband, John, built the original portion of the house located on Kittiewan Creek. Thomas H. Wilcox greatly …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM60Z_new-hope-court-house_Charles-City-VA.html
Since the establishment of the Court House during the mid-eighteenth century, this area has served as a community center for the entire county. During the Revolution and Civil War the area was the site of military encampments. A tavern built in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM60G_grants-crossing_Charles-City-VA.html
In mid-June 1864, Grant abandoned his works at Cold Harbor and marched to Petersburg, a vital rail center. A mile south of here, at Wilcox Wharf (now Lawrence Lewis Jr. Park), steamboats ferried the troops and wagons of two corps across the James …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM60E_swineyards-willcox-wharf_Charles-City-VA.html
This area was settled before 1622 by George Shinehow. Tobacco warehouses and docks were located at Swineyards and Willcox Wharf. A post office was established at Swineyards in 1848 and later located at Willcox Wharf. Landmarks have included Bethan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM60D_evelynton_Charles-City-VA.html
Originally part of William Byrd's Westover, Evelynton has been occupied by the Ruffin family since 1847, when it was purchased by Edmund Ruffin, Jr. Fierce skirmishes took place on the property during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Confederate troop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM60C_westover-church_Charles-City-VA.html
A short distance south is Westover Church. It was first built on the James River near Westover House early in the Seventeeth century. About 1730 the site was changed and the present building erected. Defaced in the campaign of 1862, the church was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5X8_herring-creek-kimages_Charles-City-VA.html
The Herring Creek area was settled in 1619, as a portion of Westover, and a portion of Berkeley Hundred. The point where the James River Road, present-day Route 5, crossed Herring Creek was known as "The Wade." Landmarks have included Harrison's M…