Great Neck in Virginia Beach, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Chesapeake Indians

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 5, 2013

1. Chesapeake Indians Marker

Inscription. In 1585, two towns of the Chesapeake Indians called Apasus and Chesepiooc were visited by the English Roanoke expedition and later included in Theodor De Bry's map of Virginia. Archaeological research conducted in the Great Neck neighborhood in the 1970s and 1980s yielded evidence of continual habitation for at least one thousand years before 1600 A.D. Several house sites were found, along with part of a palisade, pottery, trash pits, shell beads, and stone tools. The remains of 64 Chesapeake Indians from the Great Neck site were reburied by members of the Nansemond Indian tribe at nearby First Landing State Park in 1997.

Erected 2008 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number KV-13.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • 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 1585.

Location. 36° 53.937′ N, 76° 3.8′ W. Marker is in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is in Great Neck. It is on Thomas Bishop Lane near North Great Neck Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Virginia Beach VA 23454, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads,

specifically 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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Meeting of Three Commanders (approx. 1.2 miles away); George Kendall (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Discovery (approx. 1.3 miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1371 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Seashore State Park (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Virginia Company (approx. 1½ miles away); First Landing State Park (approx. 1½ miles away); Land Ho! (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Virginia Beach.

Chesapeake Indians Marker looking north on Thomas Bishop Lane image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 5, 2013

2. Chesapeake Indians Marker looking north on Thomas Bishop Lane

Chesapeake Indians Marker looking south along Thomas Bishop Lane image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 5, 2013

3. Chesapeake Indians Marker looking south along Thomas Bishop Lane

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,082 times since then and 137 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 27, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.