| Virginia (Northampton County), Cheriton — WY 3 — Salem Methodist Church |
| | 1.8 miles east of here stood Salem Methodist Church (1836-1918), scene of the initial violence resulting from the schism between northern and southern Methodists in 1846. A northern circuit preacher was dragged from the pulpit by members of the congregation. The building burned in 1870 and was replaced. Salem was the mother church of congregations on Cheriton and Oyster and five Eastern Shore Methodist ministers. — Map (db m7585) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Cheriton — WY 2 — Site of Tidewater Institute — (1907 - 1935) |
| | Tidewater Institute was incorporated in 1903 with the stated purpose of establishing an industrial, academic, collegiate, and seminary boarding school for the education of black youth. Founded by the Rev. George E. Reid, and supported by the Northampton/Accomack Baptist Association, the institute attracted students from both Virginia and other Atlantic seaboard states. For twenty-eight years, the school was dedicated to the education and molding of lives of young black men and women of Virginia's Eastern Shore. — Map (db m7586) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Eastville — Confederate Monument - Eastville, VA |
| | Erected by the Harmanson-West Camp Confederate Veterans, The Daughters of the Confederacy and the citizens of the Eastern Shore of Virginia; to the soldiers of the Confederacy from Northampton and Accomack Counties. They died bravely in war, or in peace lived nobly to rehabilitate their country. A. D. One thousand nine hundred and thirteen. — Map (db m7590) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Eastville — Debdeavon |
| | "Laughing King of Accomacke Emperor of the Easterne Shoare King of the Great Nussawattocks" A gallant warrior and a loyal friend to the early settlers of the Eastern Shore. His timely warning to the colonists of an intended uprising in 1621, saved them from annihilation in the massacre of 1622. — Map (db m7591) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Eastville — WY 9 — Gingaskin Indian Reservation |
| | The Gingaskin Indian Reservation was located nearby from 1640 to 1813 and was created from a land patent in 1640 that set aside land for the Accomac Indians. When the Accomacs moved there, they became known as the Gingaskins. They continued to practice their traditional economy of farming, hunting, and fishing. By the 1760s, portions of the reservation had been leased to outside groups to help support the Gingaskins, who were suffering from a decreased population and pressures from their white . . . — Map (db m7605) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Eastville — WY 8 — Home of First Settler |
| | Here, in Savage's Neck, was the home of Ensign Thomas Savage, who came to Virginia in 1608. Granted a tract of land by Debedeavon, the "Laughing King" of the indians, in 1619, Savage became the first permanent English settler on the Eastern Shore. A mile west is Old Castle, built in 1721. — Map (db m7606) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Eastville — Northampton County Court Green |
| | The Northampton County Court Green is one of the earliest and most complete in Virginia. It includes outstanding examples of early court buildings as well as later structures reflecting the continuity of government in Eastville for well over 300 years. The area is listed as a Historic District on both the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. Northampton County and the Northampton Branch, APVA Preservation Virginia, have worked together to restore and . . . — Map (db m7589) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Eastville — WY 10 — Old Courthouse |
| | The courthouse was moved to Eastville in 1677, and court has been held here ever since. The old courthouse was built about 1731; from its door the Declaration of Independence was read, August 13, 1776. Militia barracks were here during the Revolution. Just behind the courthouse is the debtors' prison. — Map (db m7587) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Exmore — 1-Z — Accomac County / Northampton County |
| | [Accomac County side]:
Accomac County
Area 502 Square Miles
The Eastern Shore was first known as the Kingdom of Accomac, for an indian tribe. Accomac was one of the original shires formed in 1634. The name was changed to Northampton in 1643. In 1663, the present Accomac County was made from Northampton.
[Northampton County side]:
Northampton County
Area 239 Square Miles
One of the original shires formed in 1634 and named Accomac. In 1643 the name was changed . . . — Map (db m7609) |
| Virginia (Northampton County), Exmore — WY 13 — Occahannock |
| | Five miles west is "Hedra Cottage", site of the home of Colonel Edmund Scarborough (Scarburgh), surveyor general of the colony. Beyond, at the end of Scarborough's Neck, was the village of the Occahannock Indians, the seat of Debedeavon, the "Laughing King". — Map (db m7608) |
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