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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5R_king-william-county-courthouse_King-William-VA.html
The King William County courthouse, erected early in the second quarter of the 18th century, is one of the older courthouses still in use in the United States. This T-shaped building was constructed of brick laid in Flemish bond, with an arcade im…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5Q_campaign-of-1781_West-Point-VA.html
About a mile to the east, August 13, 1781, Lafayette, then commanding American forces in Virginia, placed in camp his militia, consisting of Campbell's, Stevens' and Lawson's brigades. Wayne was at Westover; Muhlenberg and Febiger were in camp on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5P_campaign-of-1781_West-Point-VA.html
On 13 August 1781, the Marquis de Lafayette encamped his army in King William County. He placed his militia four miles east between the Pamunkey and Mattaponi Rivers and stationed his light infantry - commanded by Gen. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenbur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5O_st-johns-church_West-Point-VA.html
This was the parish church of St. John's Parish, formed in 1680. It was built in 1734. Earlier churches stood at West Point and about one mile north of this site. Carter Braxton, Revolutionary Statesman, was a vestryman Preserved by joint effort.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5N_mattaponi-indians_West-Point-VA.html
Two miles east is the Mattaponi Indian reservation, home of descendants of the great chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. The reservation is situated on the Mattaponi River and is one of the oldest Indian reservations in the United States, existi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5L_cockacoeske_King-William-VA.html
Cockacoeske became the Queen of the Pamunkey after her husband Totopotomoy's death in 1656 fighting as an ally of the English at what became known as the Battle of Bloody Run. She signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation in 1677 in the wake of settl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5K_pamunkey-indians_King-William-VA.html
Eight miles south is the reservation on which the Pamunkey Indians live. The land has never been in non-Indian ownership and the Pamunkey live on it under a treaty made in 1677. In the early seventeenth century the Pamunkey were a chiefdom ruled b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5J_sharon-indian-school_King-William-VA.html
Sharon Indian School served as a center of education for the Upper Mattaponi Tribe. In 1919, the King William County School Board built a one-room frame building and the students' families provided the furniture. The county replaced the original s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRQ_rumford-academy_Aylett-VA.html
Two miles east was Rumford Academy, established in 1804. It was one of the most noted Virginia schools of its time.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRF_headquarters-of-opechancanough_Manquin-VA.html
Near here stood the town of Menmend, home of the paramount chief Opechancanough. During Powhatan's reign, Opechancanough was a king of the Pamunkey and a war chief of the Powhatans. He became paramount chief about 1629 when his brother Opitchipam …