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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO3G_surry-county-confederate-monument_Surry-VA.html
Our heroes1861-1865
Tothe Confederate Soldiersof Surry County.
"That we through life may notforgetto love the thin gray line."
Erected by the ConfederateMemorial Association of SurryCounty A.D. 1909.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO3F_capt-jacob-faulcon-c-s-a_Surry-VA.html
In memory ofCapt. Jacob Faulcon, C.S.A.of this villagewho was shot and instantly killedby a party of Federal raiders at apoint one hundred and fifty yardsS.E. of this buildingNov. 11, 1864
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO3E_chanco_Surry-VA.html
In memory ofChancoThe Indian who lived withRichard Pace at Pace's Painesin this county and who on thenight before the massacre ofMarch 22, 1622 informed Pace ofOpechancanough's plot and thussaved the Jamestown Colony
Erected A.D. 1929 byThomas …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1Z_pooles-funeral-home_Surry-VA.html
Surry County African-American Heritage Society
Poole's Funeral Home
The Poole's Funeral Home was established November 1890 by the late M.B. Poole. With his horse drawn hearse, he served the community with great dignity and professional servi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO0P_claremont-school_Spring-Grove-VA.html
Surry County African-American Heritage Society
Claremont School
In November of 1913 a deed was sold to the School Board District Number Four for property on the eastside of Spring Grove Road, Claremont, Virginia. A school was built on this p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO0N_quioughcohanach-indians_Claremont-VA.html
May 5, 1607The English settlers visited herethe principal village of theQuioughcohanach Indians
This marker is erected byThe Colonel William Allen ChapterN.S.D.A.R.1930
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO0M_claremont_Claremont-VA.html
The Quiyoughcohannock Indian village nearby was first visited by English settlers in May, 1607. The first land patent at Claremont was 200 acres granted to George Harrison in 1621. Arthur Allen, who built the house now known as Bacon's Castle, fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO0L_cabin-point_Spring-Grove-VA.html
Beginning about 1689, a village known as Cabin Point stood here. It was a tobacco shipping port in the 18th century. Colonial troops were stationed here during the American Revolution in 1780 and 1781. By 16 Jan. 1781 Maj. Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16H_lawnes-creek-church_Surry-VA.html
Approximately six miles to the north, near Hog Island Creek, is the site of Lawne's Creek Church. Authorized in 1629 as a "chapel of ease" for the settlers in the area by the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, the church was the site …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM150_bacons-castle_Surry-VA.html
This house, just to the north, was built by Arthur Allen in 1655. In Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, the house was seized by a party of rebels and fortified. On December 29, 1676, it was captured by sailors from a ship in James River who were engaged in …