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

Inscription. 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.

Erected 2007 by Michaux-St. James Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 37° 35.688′ N, 77° 58.698′ W. Marker is near Powhatan, Virginia, in Powhatan County. It is on Bell Road (Virginia Route 684) half a mile north of Powhatan Lakes Road ( 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.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in 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 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 5

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miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Belmead (approx. 2.1 miles away); Dunlora Academy (approx. 2.7 miles away); Pocahontas High School (approx. 3 miles away); Giles's Home (approx. 3.4 miles away); Emmanuel Episcopal Church (approx. 3.6 miles away); Mosby’s Tavern / Cumberland Old Courthouse (approx. 3.8 miles away); Muddy Creek School (approx. 4.7 miles away); The Courthouse Tavern / Atkinson's Hotel / The Village (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Powhatan.

Also see . . . Michaux-St. James Foundation. (Submitted on March 15, 2012.)

Bell Rd (facing north) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 15, 2012

2. Bell Rd (facing north)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,080 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 15, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.