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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFV9_the-hollow_Markham-VA.html
In 1765, John Marshall, then nine, moved with his family from his birthplace 30 miles southeast to a small, newly constructed frame house one-quarter mile east known as The Hollow. The house built by his father, Thomas Marshall, was his home until…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEUS_northumberland-county-westmoreland-county_Kinsale-VA.html
Northumberland County. Area 205 square miles. Originally an Indian district called Chicacoan. In 1648 it became Northumberland County, named for an English county. The mouth of the Potomac River is here.
Westmoreland County. Area 252 square mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEC0_nelson-county-augusta-county_Afton-VA.html
Nelson County. Nelson County was named for Thomas Nelson, Governor of Virginia from June to November, 1871. It was formed in 1807 from Amherst County. Oak Ridge, birthplace of William Cabell Rives and later the residence of Thomas Fortune Ryan, is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2M_kellys-ford_Remington-VA.html
At this site in 1863 the federal forces charged across the river to begin the Battle of Kelly's Ford & Brandy Station. Traces of the ford & John P. Kelly's toll, 1837 to 1862, may still be seen at this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDLL_number-18-school_Marshall-VA.html
After the Civil War, the constitution of 1869 established a statewide system of free public schools in Virginia. Several new schools in Fauquier were identified by an assigned number. Number 18 was built on land donated by Samuel F. Shackleford. F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCQE_leeton-forest_Warrenton-VA.html
Half a mile east is the site of Leeton Forest, latter-day home of Charles Lee, Attorney General in Washington's and Adams' cabinets, 1795-1801. The tract was patented by Thomas Lee, of Stratford, in 1718 and descended to his son, Richard Henry Lee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8BV_chestnut-lawn_Remington-VA.html
So named for a grove of some of the largest chestnut trees in America, formerly located in these fields and around the house. They were killed by the blight of 1910 - 1930.
This land was originally patented with adjoining lands, by one Allen in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7EG_emmanuel-episcopal-church_Delaplane-VA.html
Some time before 1858, the Methodists and Episcopalians of the Community of Oak Hill, who had shared a church at Cool Spring since 1816, decided to build separate churches. Piedmont Parish raised $1,000; John Thomas Smith and his wife Margaret Lew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W6_colonial-road_Warrenton-VA.html
This crossroad is the ancient Dumfries-Winchester highway. Over it William Fairfax accompanied George Washington, then a lad of sixteen, on his first visit to Lord Fairfax at Greenway Court. It was on this occasion that Washington assisted in surv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4VZ_buckland-races_Warrenton-VA.html
For Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and his Confederatecavalry, the 1863 campaigns brought fewervictories against the improving cavalry corpsof the Union Army of the Potomac—that is,until October 19, 1863.
Here on Chestnut Hill the wilyConfederate had…