Sandy Point & Cherry Hall

Charles City County, Virginia

Originally home to the Paspahegh Indians, Sandy Point was settled in 1617 as Smith's Hundred and after 1619 known as Southampton Hundred. St. Mary's Church was established here prior to the Powhatan Uprising of 1622. During ...

First Rural Free Delivery in Wisconsin

In 1896, the U.S. Post Office Department began rural free delivery in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and West Virginia on an experimental basis. On November 16, Sun Prairie became the first community in Wisconsin to initiate rural free delivery, with ...

Fraim Cemetery

John M. Fraim organized the 9th Kentucky Infantry (USA) at Camp Anderson in 1861.

Monroe County Cemetery Book Volume 2, page 98-99.

Marker is on Mud Lick Flippin Road (State Highway 678) near Fountain Run Road (State Highway 100), on the left ...

Glynn - Glavey - Keane Memorial

This memorial was erected to

commemorate the memory of

Comdt. Patrick Glynn

Lieut. Michael Glavey

Vol. Michael Keane

who gave their lives for

the cause of freedom

during an attack on

Ballinlough R.I.C. Barracks

on Sept. 14th 1920.

—————

“They rose in dark and evil days

to free our native land

They started ...

Andrew Cartwright

Agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia, founded the A. M. E. Zion Churches in Albemarle area. His first church, 1865, near here.

Marker is at the intersection of North Virginia Dare Avenue (U.S. 64/264) and Russel Twiford Road, on ...

Indian Mission United Methodist Church

In 1881 the Nanticoke Indian people constructed

this church to provide a place to join for religious

devotions. Known as “Johnson’s Chapel,” the church

was affiliated with the Methodist Protestant

denomination. On March 27, 1884, the land upon

which the ...

Battle of Ratcliff's Bridge

On March 6, 1781 General Thomas Sumter with a force of 250 men was attacked by a British detachment commanded by Major Fraser about 3 miles northeast at the head of Stirrup Branch. In a running fight, the Gamecock retreated ...

Old Rock Church

The Rock Church, originally part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, stands on land donated by a pioneer settler, Bosman Clifton, in memory of his daughter.

Construction began in 1851 and men and women alike, worked long and hard for several years ...

The New Fort in Virginia / Virginia Dare

On this site, in July – August, 1585 (O.S.), colonists, sent out from England by Sir Walter Raleigh, built a fort, called by them

“The New Fort in Virginia”

These colonists were the first settlers of the English race in America. They ...

Governor Samuel Paynter

A native and lifelong resident of this area, Samuel Paynter was born at Drawbridge on the Broadkill River on August 24, 1768. He was a successful merchant, farmer, and mill-owner, whose prosperity was closely linked to the commerce of the ...