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

Fort Cricket Hill

1776

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 25, 2010

1. Fort Cricket Hill Plaque

Inscription. Erected in commemoration of the victory of the American Continental soldiers in command of General Andrew Lewis over the British land and sea forces under Lord Dunmore at Fort Cricket Hill, VA, June 9th 1776.

Erected 1928 by Cricket Hill Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Mathews, Virginia.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.

Location. 37° 25.996′ N, 76° 19.308′ W. Memorial is in Mathews, Virginia, in Mathews County. It is at the intersection of Court Street (Virginia Route 1002) and Brickbat Road (Route 1001), on the left when traveling north on Court Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Mathews VA 23109, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Middle Peninsula

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 walking distance of this marker: Civil War In Mathews County (within shouting distance of this marker); Tompkins Cottage, circa 1820 (within shouting distance of this marker); Tompkins Cottage Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); Mathews County Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Mathews County Courthouse Square

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Captain Sally L. Tompkins, C.S.A. (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Hunter (Rosenwald) School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mathews.

Also see . . . Fort Cricket Hill. National Register of Historic Places (Submitted on November 10, 2021.)

Fort Cricket Hill Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 25, 2010

2. Fort Cricket Hill Monument

Court St (facing north) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 25, 2010

3. Court St (facing north)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,284 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 26, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.