Near Powhatan in Powhatan County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Huguenot Settlement

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 25, 2009

1. Huguenot Settlement Marker

Inscription. Huguenots, the largest single group of French Protestant refugees to come to Virginia, settled near here on the site of a deserted Monacan Indian village during the period 1700-1701. In 1700, the Virginia General Assembly established King William Parish, also known as Huguenot Parish. The Huguenots established a church at this site now known as the Manakin Episcopal Church.

Erected 1989 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number O-33.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1700.

Location. 37° 33.921′ N, 77° 42.497′ W. Marker is near Powhatan, Virginia, in Powhatan County. It is on Huguenot Trail 0.3 miles east of Manakin Town Ferry Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Midlothian VA 23113, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

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Central Virginia,

and in the Richmond Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Huguenot Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Mowhemcho-Manakin Town (within shouting distance of this marker); Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Huguenot Springs (approx. half a mile away); Our Confederate Dead (approx. half a mile away); Terre Haute Farm African American Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Huguenot Settlement (approx. 2½ miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Powhatan.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Huguenot Springs (was approx.

Huguenot Trail (facing east) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 25, 2009

2. Huguenot Trail (facing east)

half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . .
1. The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin In the Colony of Virginia. (Submitted on July 26, 2009.)
2. Huguenot Memorial Chapel and Monument. National Register of Historic Places (Submitted on November 11, 2021.)

Manakin Huguenot Chapel circa 1895. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 26, 2009

3. Manakin Huguenot Chapel circa 1895.

Huguenot Chapel Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 26, 2009

4. Huguenot Chapel Plaque

Manakin Episcopal Church and Bell Tower image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 26, 2009

5. Manakin Episcopal Church and Bell Tower

Bell Tower Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 26, 2009

6. Bell Tower Plaque

Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 5,402 times since then and 221 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 26, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.