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

Chanco

Chango Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 18, 2010

1. Chango Memorial

Inscription. In memory of
Chanco
The Indian who lived with
Richard Pace at Pace’s Paines
in this county and who on the
night before the massacre of
March 22, 1622 informed Pace of
Opechancanough’s plot and thus
saved the Jamestown Colony

Erected A.D. 1929 by
Thomas Rolfe Branch A.P.V.A.
of Surry County

Erected 1929 by Thomas Rolfe Branch A.P.V.A.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1750.

Location. 37° 8.269′ N, 76° 50.095′ W. Marker is in Surry, Virginia, in Surry County. It is at the intersection of Rolfe Highway (Virginia Route 31) and Colonial Trail East ( Route 10), on the right when traveling north on Rolfe Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 28 Colonial Trail East, Surry VA 23883, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Surry County War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Surry County Virginia (within shouting distance of this marker); Capt. Jacob Faulcon, C.S.A. (within shouting distance of this marker); Smith’s Fort Plantation (about 500 feet

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away, measured in a direct line); Surry County WWII Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Organization of the Christian Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); Christian Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); Pleasant Point (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Surry.

Other markers no longer nearby. Surry County Confederate Monument (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Organization of the Christian Church (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Chanco. Wikipedia (Submitted on September 22, 2010.)

Surry County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 18, 2010

2. Surry County Courthouse

Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,028 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 22, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.