Deep Creek North in Chesapeake, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Justin Holland

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 1, 2014

1. Justin Holland Marker

Inscription. Justin Holland was a 19th-century pioneer African American of the classical guitar, community leader, and abolitionist. Born in Norfolk County about 1819, he left for Massachusetts in 1833. There he took music lessons and learned to play the guitar. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1840s, became a music teacher, and arranged several hundred pieces of music for the guitar. He also played an active role in the movement to secure equal rights for African Americans and attended the first National Negro Convention in Philadelphia in 1830. He died at his son’s home in New Orleans on 24 Mar. 1887.

Erected 2012 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number WP-13.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is March 24, 1887.

Location. 36° 45.047′ N, 76° 20.735′ W. Marker is in Chesapeake, Virginia. It is in Deep Creek North. It is at the intersection of Shell Road and George Washington Highway (Business U.S. 17), on the right when traveling east on Shell Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chesapeake VA 23323, 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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Village of Deep Creek (approx. 0.4 miles away); Owens-Melvin House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cody S. Childers (approx. 3 miles away); Site of the Nansemond Indian Public School #9 (approx. 3.8 miles away); The War Dead of Norfolk County (approx. 3.8 miles away); Cradock Volunteer Fire Department WWII Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away); 2001-2010 (approx. 3.8 miles away); 1990-1999 (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chesapeake.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Village of Deep Creek (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Shell Road (facing east) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 1, 2014

2. Shell Road (facing east)

Shell Road (facing west) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 1, 2014

3. Shell Road (facing west)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,175 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 2, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.