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

Chilton Family and the Revolutionary War

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 13, 2026

1. Chilton Family and the Revolutionary War Marker

Inscription. John Chilton II (ca. 1666-1726), planter, merchant, and Westmoreland County justice, resided here on a large tract known as Currioman. His gravestone from 1726, in the family cemetery just ahead, was restored in 1927. On 27 Feb. 1766, Chilton’s grandsons Thomas, William, and Charles Chilton signed the Leedstown Resolves, one of the first large public protests against the Stamp Act, a tax imposed on the colonies by the British Parliament. During the Revolutionary War, Thomas sat on the Westmoreland County Committee and Charles served in the Fauquier County militia. Another grandson. John Chilton. was a captain in the Continental Line and was killed at the Battle of Brandywine in Sept. 1777.

Erected 2020 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number JT-23.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is February 27, 1766.

Location. 38° 8.888′ N, 76° 46.36′ W. Marker is near Montross, Virginia, in Westmoreland County. It is on Currioman Road (Route 622) 1.8 miles east of Stratford Hall Road (County Route 622), on the right when traveling

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north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1779 Currioman Rd, Montross VA 22520, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Northern Neck.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Private Tate, Buffalo Soldier (approx. 2.3 miles away); Controlling the Water Supply to the Mill (approx. 3.3 miles away); The Stratford Mill (approx. 3.4 miles away); Slave Cemetery (approx. 3.4 miles away); a different marker also named Slave Cemetery (approx. 3.4 miles away); Stratford Landing: Significant Events (approx. 3.4 miles away);

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 13, 2026

2. Chilton Family and the Revolutionary War Marker

The Landing: Gateway to the World (approx. 3.4 miles away); Clifts Plantation Burial Ground (approx. 3.6 miles away).

More about this marker. The “Continental Line” refers to the specific administrative structure of George Washington's Continental Army, where the Continental Congress assigned troop quotas to each state to form dedicated regiments. These state units collectively made up the “Continental Line,” determining where soldiers served and how officers were promoted. John Chilton would have been a captain in the Virginia Line.

Also see . . . Leedstown Resolutions. Excerpt:

On February 27, 1766, ten years before the American Declaration of Independence was published, a declaration was made in Leedstown, in what is now the U.S. state of Virginia, known as the Leedstown Resolutions. ... [They begin with this preamble:]
Roused by danger and alarmed at attempts, foreign and domestic, to reduce the people of this country to a state of abject and detestable slavery by destroying that free and happy condition of government under which they have hitherto lived, We, who subscribe this paper, have associated and do bind
Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 13, 2026

3. Currioman Bay, on the Potomac River, opens in the distance.
This photo taken at the end of Currioman Road one mile further from the marker, from the public boat ramp and dock.
ourselves to each other, to God, and to our country, by the firmest ties that religion and virtue can frame, most sacredly and punctually to stand by and with our lives and fortunes, to support, maintain, and defend each other in the observance and execution of these following articles ...

(Submitted on July 16, 2026.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2026, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 14 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 16, 2026, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.