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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21WO_howison-homestead_Woodbridge-VA.html
Stephen Howison (1736-1815) whose family was from Cramond, Scotland, and Mary Brooke (1739-1808) whose family was from England, were married in 1757. They came to Prince William County from Maryland between 1763 and 1769 and homesteaded this land.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UI_glascock-cemetery-oak-hill_Woodbridge-VA.html
Here are interred members of the Glascock family of "Oak Hill." Burr Glascock (1812-1896) brought his family here from Fauquier County in 1851. In 1870, he became the first County Supervisor from Occoquan District. His son William Beauregard Glasc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TQ_russell-house-and-store_Woodbridge-VA.html
This 19th century two-story flagstone-covered Russell House represents a type of local architecture predominant in rural northern Virginia from the mid-19th century to the 1960s. The house, its barn, granary and other outbuildings made up one of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4T9_minnieville_Dale-City-VA.html
Nearby is Bel Air Plantation (c. 1740), burial site of Parson Mason Locke Weems, first biographer of George Washington. French and American troops moved through this community on their way to Yorktown in 1781. Northern dairymen developed large far…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JW_dumfries-rest-area_Dale-City-VA.html
Dedicated May 11, 1965byMrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38I_new-school-baptist-church_Dale-City-VA.html
On this site slaves gathered between 1861-1865. They built a brush arbor church, worshipped God and became a faithful congregation. On December 5, 1881, Rev. John L. Bell and four other church leaders purchased one acre of this land for eleven dol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17N_bel-air-plantation_Woodbridge-VA.html
This land was part of a 2960-acre tract granted to Henry Walker in 1677 which he called "Walker Town." Major Charles Ewell (c. 1713-1747) acquired 800 acres in 1739 and built "Bel Air" in 1740. The house is believed to be built on the foundations …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZK_let-there-be-lights_Woodbridge-VA.html
This Monument is a testimony to the vision of PWSI President Ed Foster-Simeon's "Let There Be Lights" campaign.
On July 26, 2001, PWSI solidified Ed's vision by dedicating these lights, bringing PWSI out of the darkness and into the light.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ3_howison-homestead_Woodbridge-VA.html
Howison HomesteadStephen Howison I1736 - 1815Stephen Howison III1776 - 1862"The Graves of the dead who rest from their labors."Donated by the Howison Family 1991 ? ? ? ? ? ? The Home of my Childhood.How dear to my thought is the place of my childh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVG_benita-fitzgerald-drive_Dale-City-VA.html
Named in honor of Benita Fitzgerald,Olympic Gold Medalist - 100 Meter Hurdles,XXIII Olympiad - 1984 · Pan American Games Champion - 1983 · U.S. National Champion - 1983 and 1986.
Benita was born in Warrenton, Virginia on July 6, 1…