Near Powhatan in Powhatan County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Mohemenco (A Monacan Village) and Drake House
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, March 15, 2012
1. Mohemenco (A Monacan Village) and Drake House Marker
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Mohemenco (A Monacan Village) and Drake House. . Col Samuel Drake (1787-1863), justice of the peace, coroner, inn owner, militiaman, son of James Drake (1740-96, Revolutionary soldier, Methodist minister and blacksmith of Little Deep Creek), owned 1048 acres, inc Caxamalca Plantation and 18 slaves. In 1879 Martha Wood (1843-1920), Drake's mulatto ex-slave/nurse appeared in Court for violating miscegenation laws. Her ancestors were Bamileke people of Cameroon, W. Africa. In 1882, Frank Falcon, Belmead freedman/sharecropper, acquired 10 acres inc Drake House (b. 1822). Sold to Edmonia Harden Booker, Mohemenco Colored School cook (1943), then to Sandra Morris Kemp (2004), first Afro-American graduate of Powhatan HS, Martha Wood's gr-grandaughter.
Col Samuel Drake (1787-1863), justice of the peace, coroner, inn owner, militiaman, son of James Drake (1740-96, Revolutionary soldier, Methodist minister & blacksmith of Little Deep Creek), owned 1048 acres, inc Caxamalca Plantation and 18 slaves. In 1879 Martha Wood (1843-1920), Drake's mulatto ex-slave/nurse appeared in Court for violating miscegenation laws. Her ancestors were Bamileke people of Cameroon, W. Africa. In 1882, Frank Falcon, Belmead freedman/sharecropper, acquired 10 acres inc Drake House (b. 1822). Sold to Edmonia Harden Booker, Mohemenco Colored School cook (1943), then to Sandra Morris Kemp (2004), first Afro-American graduate of Powhatan HS, Martha Wood's gr-grandaughter.
Location. 37° 35.688′ N, 77° 58.698′ W. Marker is near Powhatan, Virginia, in Powhatan County. Marker is on Bell Road (Virginia Route 684) half a mile north of Powhatan Lakes Road (Virginia Route 625), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Powhatan VA 23139, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,297 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 15, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.