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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWG_british-raids-on-the-coan-river_Heathsville-VA.html
During the War of 1812, on 7 Aug. 1814 tenBritish ships and smaller vessels appeared onthe Coan River, which flows into the Potomac.The invaders sent three barges to capturethree American schooners situated within twomiles of Northumberland Court …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWE_coan-baptist-church_Heathsville-VA.html
One mile west stands Coan Baptist Church. The Congregation, first known as Wicomico Baptist Church, was organized on 17 November 1804. The members worshiped in each other's houses until a frame building, Coan Meeting House, was moved to this site …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWC_holley-graded-school_Lottsburg-VA.html
In 1868, Caroline Putnam (1826-1917) established a school for the children of former slaves here. In 1869, her lifelong friend, Sallie Holley (1818-1893) of N.Y., abolitionist and suffragette, purchased this two-acre site. Holley was an agent of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWB_cherry-point-and-cowarts-wharf_Callao-VA.html
Settled by Englishmen about 1640, Cherry Pointwas later a childhood home of Mary Ball, themother of George Washington. In August 1814American militia repulsed a British force there.From the early 1800s to the 1940s, steamboatsplied the waters of C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVC_chambers-stamp-factory_Callao-VA.html
Two miles northeast, at Lodge, stood the Chambers Stamp Factory, owned by the same family for our generations. Founded in Washington, D.C., about 1830 by Benjamin Chambers, Sr., an engraver and inventor of a breech-loading cannon, the company spec…