On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at State Park Road ( Route 347), on the left when traveling east on Kings Highway.
This park was developed by the National Park Service, Interior Department, through the Civilian Conservation Corps, in conjunction with the Virginia Conservation Commission. It covers 1300 acres and was opened, June 15, 1936. It was originally . . . — — Map (db m22314) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
I should be destitute of feeling I was not deeply affected by the strong proof which my fellow citizens have given me of their confidence in calling me to the high office whose functions I am about to assume. (James Monroe, . . . — — Map (db m176523) HM
The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail traces the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake. Along the trail you’ll encounter tangible evidence of the war and stories that bring the people and events to life. Discover the far-reaching impacts of . . . — — Map (db m97038) HM
The generous resources of the Chesapeake Bay invited Englsih exploration and settlement of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.
With Native American assistance, English settlers developed a cash crop industry. Tobacco cultivation and export was . . . — — Map (db m34136) HM
Near Popes Creek Road. Reported permanently removed.
Most of what we know about George Washington's birthplace has come to us thanks to the archeologist's trowel.
After generations of uncertainty about the location of the main plantation house, archeologists excavated its foundations in 1936. . . . — — Map (db m158346) HM
Near Popes Creek Road. Reported permanently removed.
Sailing ships and the rivers they travelled were vital to the tidewater plantations of Virginia and Maryland. They were the colonial counterpart to our vehicles, highways, and railroads.
In front of you is Popes Creek; beyond is the Potomac . . . — — Map (db m34201) HM
On James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205), on the left when traveling south.
Fifth president of the United States, 1817- 1825. Governor of Virginia, 1799 and 1811. Proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine, December 2, 1823.
Declares the Americas no longer subject to European colonization. — — Map (db m11940) HM
On James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205), on the left when traveling south.
In this vicinity stood the Monroe home where James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, was born, April 28, 1758. His father was Spence Monroe and his mother, Elizabeth Jones. He left home at the age of sixteen to enter William and Mary . . . — — Map (db m11585) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.2 miles south of Ferry Landing ( Route 638), on the left when traveling south.
Born in Westmoreland County, Charles Bernard Smith (1917-1991) is one of more than 140,000 African Americans who served in the racially segregated U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Trained at Chanute Field, Illinois, in aircraft ground . . . — — Map (db m22255) HM
On Beach Terrace at Boundary Street, on the right when traveling south on Beach Terrace.
In reverent tribute to the men and women of Colonial Beach, VA. who have served our country.
Left Column:
World War II
Stanley G. Adams •
James W. Allison •
William D. Bankett •
James R. Barnes •
William S. Barnes •
James B. . . . — — Map (db m20870) HM
Near Popes Creek Road (Route 204) 1.9 miles east of Kings Highway ( Route 3).
George Washington was born a British subject into the Atlantic World—a world that was globally linked by trade networks and intense international competition for land, resources, labor, and profit. Seemingly remote and isolated by today’s . . . — — Map (db m306024) HM
Near Popes Creek Road (Virginia Route 204) 1.9 miles east of Kings Highway ( Route 3).
The Wakefield National Memorial Association (WNMA) built
the brick house before you in 1932 as a memorial to George
Washington. Because no records existed regarding the
original appearance of the birth house, they built it based on
an ideal the . . . — — Map (db m306022) HM
Site of eighteenth-century dairy used by the Washingtons for storage of milk, cheese and other dairy products. The original brick floor is still in tact.
Please leave undisturbed. — — Map (db m34081) HM
Here at George Washington Birthplace National Monument, discover the land that began Washington’s journey from English citizen to the first President of the United States. Today, visitors can follow in Washington’s footsteps on the Potomac Heritage . . . — — Map (db m97039)
Near Popes Creek Road (Virginia Route 204) at Bridges Creek Road, on the right when traveling north.
To weaken the American economy, the British took tobacco and lured the enslaved labor force from plantations along the Potomac River. Physically fit males also provided the British with a valuable source of new recruits.
The British offered . . . — — Map (db m97035) HM
On Popes Creek Road. Reported permanently removed.
On the ground before you once stood the Tidewater plantation home where, on February 22, 1732, George Washington was born, the son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. — — Map (db m100726) HM
At the distant end of the field in front of you stood the home of Henry Brooks, the first owner of much of what would become Popes Creek Plantation.
As you look toward the house site, perhaps you can sense the isolation Henry Brooks must have . . . — — Map (db m34080) HM
On James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
The James Monroe Building is a nationally-significant historic site attributed to our nation's 5th President, James Monroe. The property's significance dates to the inheritance and active agricultural employ of these lands by Monroe's father, . . . — — Map (db m176509) HM
On James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205), on the left when traveling south.
This marks the birthplace of James Monroe, April 28, 1758
Westmoreland County, Virginia
Attended college of William & Mary; Officer, Continental Army, American Revolution; Married Elizabeth Kortright, 1786; US Senator; Minister . . . — — Map (db m11941) HM
On James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.2 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
President James Monroe was born here on April 28, 1758 to Spence and Eliza Jones Monroe. He lived on this farm until he left to attend the College of William and Mary. He sold the farm to 1783 following his father's death.
The 500 acre farm, . . . — — Map (db m176501) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
He has in every instance, maintained the reputation of a brave, active, and sensible officer. (George Washington, 1779)
Turn his soul wrong out side outwards and there is not a speck on it. (Thomas Jefferson, 1787)
There . . . — — Map (db m176526) HM
On James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.2 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
James Monroe's public service career, the most extensive of any President of the United States, took him far from his Westmoreland County birthplace.
As a student at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Monroe was inspired to . . . — — Map (db m176506) HM
In 1664, John Washington, the great-grandfather of George Washington, built a small house on this site. From these modest beginnings, a powerful and prominent Virginia family would arise.
During his thirteen years here, John Washington . . . — — Map (db m34079) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
Having commenced my service in early youth, and continued it since with few and short intervals. I have witnessed the great difficulties to which our union has been exposed, and admired by the virtue and intelligence with which they . . . — — Map (db m176529) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at Trigger Lane (County Route 683), on the right when traveling west on Kings Highway.
King George County. Area 180 Square Miles. Formed in 1720 from Richmond, and named for King George I. James Madison, "Father of the American Constitution" and President of the United States, was born in this county. . . . — — Map (db m22268) HM
While the essentials of life could be had from the waters, fields, gardens, and forests of Popes Creek Plantation, true economic prosperity depended on the plantation's link to the world; the Potomac River.
The boat landing for Popes Creek . . . — — Map (db m34067) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
Monroe Creek is one of many tributaries of the Potomac River contributing to the form and character of Virginia's Northern Neck region.
Context
The creek owes its name to descendants of Andrew Monroe, the first Monroe to settle here in . . . — — Map (db m176552) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
As one of five children, James Monroe spent the better part of his youth on these lands.
The Home Site
His father, Spence Monroe, was a middling farmer of modest but respectable means and a trained joiner, or cabinet maker. The family . . . — — Map (db m176514) HM
Near Popes Creek Road (Virginia Route 204) 1.9 miles east of Kings Highway ( Route 3).
Romanticized versions of colonial gardens became popular in
America as a result of the Colonial Revival Movement. These
gardens typically had a symmetrical layout with square or
rectangular beds, a defined perimeter like a picket fence . . . — — Map (db m306020) HM
The ...inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay Region made ...its bountiful resources. The large pristine bay and its waterways including the Potomac River before ... sustained nearly 27,000 Native Americans.
...around...creeks... of the watershed. . . . — — Map (db m34070) HM
Near Popes Creek Road. Reported permanently removed.
Look at the landscape around you. Augustine Washington's reasons for settling here in 1718 are apparent. The ground to your left is slightly elevated and well drained - perfect for farming. Before you, Popes Creek teems with life: fish, crabs, and . . . — — Map (db m34192) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. (James Monroe, 1801)
Near Popes Creek Road (Virginia Route 204) 1.9 miles Kings Highway ( Route 3).
On December 14, 1799, George Washington passed away at his Mount
Vernon home just up the Potomac River from here—the place he was
born 67 years earlier. His death was a significant event that shook a
young nation and sparked a shared sense of . . . — — Map (db m306013) HM
Near Popes Creek Road (Virginia Route 204) 1.9 miles east of Kings Highway ( Route 3).
George Washington’s father, Augustine Washington, purchased this land
in 1718. Augustine, his second wife Mary, and their children lived here
with British indentured servants and enslaved individuals of African
descent.
In addition to . . . — — Map (db m306017) HM
On Hawthorn Street at Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Hawthorn Street.
This skiff was built by Clarence Stanford for James A. "Billy" Powell in the early 1950s. Billy, a well-known local waterman and owner of the Colonial Beach Oyster Packing Plant, used the skiff for fishing and haul seining for several decades. . . . — — Map (db m176553) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the left when traveling south.
On the morning of December 26, 1776, a small detachment of American Light Infantry, led by Lieutenant James Monroe, aged 19, breached the Hessian defenses at Trenton. This gallant action, in which Monroe was severely wounded, enabled the . . . — — Map (db m11942) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
As a friend of humanity, I rejoice in the French Revolution, but as a citizen of America, the gratification is a greatly increased.
(James Monroe, 1791)
1794: Commissioned Minister to France by President . . . — — Map (db m176520) HM
The Chesapeake Bay continues to be a generous provider of food, industry, and income. Millions of people are now drawn to the Bay in pursuit of leisure and tranquility.
Recreational uses have increased since Washington's time, when the . . . — — Map (db m34138) HM
Near Popes Creek Road (Virginia Route 204) 1.9 miles east of Kings Highway ( Route 3).
Long before the first Europeans set foot on this continent,
American Indians moved through the area hunting and
gathering food. With the Introduction of corn (about 900
CE), they increasingly formed settlements and began
farming.
Seasonal . . . — — Map (db m305956) HM
Near Popes Creek Road. Reported permanently removed.
At Popes Creek Plantation, George Washington was born into the plantation culture he would know his entire life. Today, no visible vestiges of the plantation remain. Instead, exhibits, buildings, and interpreters on the site give a sense of the . . . — — Map (db m34139) HM
Near Popes Creek Road. Reported permanently removed.
Generations of Americans have expressed their reverence for George Washington at his birth site. The park is the cumulative result of a century of memorial efforts.
In 1923, on the eve of the bicentennial of Washington's birth, interested . . . — — Map (db m34203) HM
Near James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) 0.3 miles north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
The occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved that the American continents by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are . . . — — Map (db m176524) HM
Near Popes Creek Road (Virginia Route 204) 1.9 miles east of Kings Highway ( Route 3).
This area of Virginia is part of what is known as the
Tidewater region, so named for its numerous tidal creeks and
rivers.
The Tidewater region developed a distinct culture based on a
plantation economy that gave rise to the gentry, a . . . — — Map (db m306014) HM
On James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205) north of Old Road, on the right when traveling north.
"The Birthplace of a Nation"
Lying between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, the Northern Neck provided fertile land that supported production of tobacco, the first great cash crop of the Virginia colony.
Six counties were formed . . . — — Map (db m176507) HM
During the War of 1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high seas. . . . — — Map (db m97037) HM
On Leedstown Road (Route 637) just west of Drakes Marsh Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Here at the then thriving port of Leedstown on February 27, 1766, ten years before the Declaration of Independence, the Leedstown Resolutions (or Westmoreland Association) were drawn. This association, a protest against the Stamp Act and a pledge of . . . — — Map (db m22085) HM
On Leedstown Road (County Route 637) just east of Drakes Marsh Drive, on the left when traveling east.
The Pissaseck Indians lived along the Rappahannock River, here at Leedstown and in a few other villages in Westmoreland County. They spoke a language derived from the Virginia Algonquian family and were hunters and farmers. The Pissasecks were . . . — — Map (db m22106) HM
On Irving Avenue near Monroe Bay Avenue, in the median.
Named for Martin Lunsford, who in 1947 developed the first Yacht Center in
Colonial Beach on the Point to your right. This area had previously been infamously
known as a secret burial ground for shanghaied watermen. Human bones are . . . — — Map (db m305867) HM
On Irving Avenue at Monroe Bay Avenue, in the median on Irving Avenue.
Disputes over harvesting oysters in the Potomac
River fueled violence between local watermen and
Maryland’s fisheries police for many decades.
Conflicts escalated after World War II as watermen
violated Maryland law by dredging, rather . . . — — Map (db m305861) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at Longwood Road (County Route 624), on the right when traveling east on Kings Highway.
On this site, a part of “Longwood,” stood Popes Creek Episcopal Church, built about 1744 on land given by the McCarty family. The Lees and the Washingtons worshipped here. About 1826 it fell into disuse and was burned as being unsafe. — — Map (db m22135) HM
On Sandy Point Road (County Route 604) at Cople Highway ( Route 202), on the left when traveling east on Sandy Point Road.
Bennett and James McCoy, free men (probably
brothers) from Westmoreland County, were
among the many African Americans who
served in the Virginia militia and the United
States Army or Navy during the Revolutionary
War. Bennett McCoy served for . . . — — Map (db m22429) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Sandy Point Road (County Route 604) when traveling east on Cople Highway.
At Sandy Point, seven and a half miles east, Mary Ball, Washington’s Mother, spent her youth in the home of her guardian, George Eskridge. There she was married to Augustine Washington, March, 1731. She is supposed to have named her eldest son for . . . — — Map (db m22407) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Sandy Point Road ( Route 604), on the right when traveling east on Cople Highway.
Two miles east. Built in 1655 of oak timbers sheathed with clapboards. Rebuilt of brick in 1706. In this vicinity Mary Ball lived under the tutelage of Colonel George Eskridge, of Sandy Point, from 1721 until her marriage to Augustine Washington in . . . — — Map (db m22400) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) just west of Nomini Hall Road (County Route 612), on the right when traveling east.
A quarter-mile to the northeast stood Lee Hall, built about 1723 by Henry Lee of Stratford and the great-grandfather of Robert Edward Lee. He left his estate to his son Richard Lee, who for 36 years represented Westmoreland County in the House of . . . — — Map (db m22393) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Coles Point Road (County Route 612), on the right when traveling east on Cople Highway.
A mile and a half north, in the Lee burying ground, is the grave of Richard Henry Lee, who died, June 19, 1794. Lee was one of the first leaders of the American Revolution. On June 7, 1776, he introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress for . . . — — Map (db m22395) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Coles Point Road (County Route 612), on the right when traveling east on Cople Highway. Reported missing.
A mile and a half to the north is the Burnt House Field, a Lee family graveyard in which were buried Richard Lee of “Machotick,” Thomas Lee of “Stratford,” Richard Henry Lee of “Chantilly,” their wives, and others. These burials were in the garden . . . — — Map (db m275660) HM
On Copley Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Zion Church Road (County Route 611), on the right when traveling east on Copley Highway.
Zion Baptist Church is home to one of the oldest African American congregations in Westmoreland County. Before slavery ended,
according to local tradition, services were
first held under a dogwood bush arbor on
Gawen’s Farm, near Tucker Hill, . . . — — Map (db m22399) HM
On Kinsale Road (Virginia Route 1004) at Route 1001, on the left when traveling east on Kinsale Road.
The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail traces the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake. Along the trail you’ll encounter tangible evidence of the war and stories that bring the people and events to life. Discover the far-reaching impacts of . . . — — Map (db m97087) HM
On Bank Street (Virginia Route 1002) at Route 1001, on the right when traveling east on Bank Street.
The
Historic District
of
Kinsale, Virginia
(Created by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1706)
has been declared
A Virginia Landmark
by the
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
and has been placed on
The National . . . — — Map (db m97088) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202), on the right when traveling east.
Two miles east, on the picturesque Yeocomico River, is Kinsale, the founding of which the Assembly ordered in 1784. Near by at the old home of the Bailey family, “The Great House,” is the tomb of Midshipman James B. Sigourney, who in . . . — — Map (db m22463) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) just west of the Hampton Hall Bridge over Hampton Hall Branch, on the right when traveling east.
Northumberland County. Area 205 square miles. Originally an Indian district called Chicacoan. In 1648 it became Northumberland County, named for an English county. The mouth of the Potomac River is here.
Westmoreland . . . — — Map (db m22471) HM
On Kinsale Road (Virginia Route 1004) at Route 1001, on the left when traveling east on Kinsale Road.
The British mounted a series of devastating raids across Virginia’s Northern Neck during 1813 and 1814. They plundered the area’s rich tobacco lands, lured new recruits from among its dense population of slaves, and destroyed property. The . . . — — Map (db m97081) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) 0.6 miles east of Kinsale Road, on the right when traveling east.
On 15 Aug. 1884, Virginia-born sisters Martha and Winnie Stewart, Mary Johnson, and Lucy Jones were denied first-class quarters because of their race when traveling on the steamer Sue from Baltimore to visit family in Kinsale. With support . . . — — Map (db m285792) HM
On Kinsale Road (Route 1004) at Route 1001, on the left when traveling east on Kinsale Road.
During the War of 1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high . . . — — Map (db m97084) HM
On Leedstown Road (County Route 637) east of Drakes Marsh Drive, on the left when traveling east.
John Pratt Hungerford, born nearby, was an
officer in the Revolutionary War and the War of
1812. He represented this area in the Virginia
General Assembly for many years and served in
the United States House of Representatives during
the 1810s. . . . — — Map (db m107376) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at Stratford Hall Road (U.S. 214), on the right when traveling east on Kings Highway.
Two miles east is Stratford, built about 1725 by Thomas Lee (1690–1750), president of the Virginia Council and father of Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, both signers of the Declaration of Independence. Here also was born Robert Edward . . . — — Map (db m22349) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at County Route 626, on the right when traveling east on Cople Highway.
The house was built about 1730 and burned in 1850. It was not rebuilt. Only some poplar trees remain. A fine colonial mansion, it was the home of the celebrated “councillor” Robert Carter. Philip Fithian, tutor at Nonimi Hall, . . . — — Map (db m22384) HM
On State Park Road (Virginia Route 347) at Route 686, on the right when traveling north on State Park Road.
The CCC used native materials and “NPS Rustic” designs to create iconic features like this fountain in Westmoreland State Parks.
When Westmoreland opened its gates in 1936 the fountain greeted guests to this park on the Potomac and . . . — — Map (db m97048) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) west of Cople Highway ( Route 202), on the left when traveling east.
The A.T. Johnson High School was built in 1937 in the Colonial Revival style as the first public high school constructed for African Americans in Westmoreland County. The new school was named for Armstead Tasker Johnson (1857–1944), a black . . . — — Map (db m22352) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Mt. Holly Road, on the right when traveling west on Cople Highway.
Three miles north of here is Bushfield, built by the Bushrod family in the mid-18th century on land acquired in the 1660s. This was the home of John Augustine Washington, brother of George Washington, and his wife, Hannah Bushrod Washington. . . . — — Map (db m309475) HM
On Currioman Road (Route 622) 1.8 miles east of Stratford Hall Road (County Route 622), on the right when traveling north.
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, . . . — — Map (db m305907) HM
Near State Park Road (Virginia Route 347) 0.5 miles north of Route 686.
“I propose to create a civilian conservation corps…confining itself to forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control, and similar projects. I call your attention to the fact that this type of work is of definite, practical . . . — — Map (db m81215) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at Templemans Road, on the left when traveling east on Kings Highway.
Nomini Baptist Church was established on 29 April 1786 with 17 members. By 1809 it was reputedly the largest Baptist church in Virginia with 875 members. The original meetinghouse, built nearby in 1790 on land donated by a charter member, Captain . . . — — Map (db m22359) HM
On Monokin Road (County Route 690) south of Kings Highway ( Route 3), on the right when traveling south.
Nearby stood the original “Nomony” (early variant spelling) Meetinghouse. On 29 Apr. 1786, 17 members established Nomini Baptist Church. Until 1790, when the meetinghouse was built on land donated by charter member Joseph Peirce, the . . . — — Map (db m22361) HM
On King’s Highway (Virginia Route 3), on the right when traveling west.
At a public meeting here, on June 22, 1774, resolutions of Richard Henry Lee offering aid to Boston, whose port had been closed by the British government, were adopted. Here, on May 23, 1775, the Westmoreland Committee on Safety passed resolutions . . . — — Map (db m6585) HM
Near State Park Road (Virginia Route 347) 0.5 miles north of Route 686.
(panel 1)
Putting the Potomac on the Map
John Smith and his crews explored the Potomac in June 1608. The river, which Smith called the Patawomeck, is featured on his famous map of Virginia.
Smith returned to England in 1609 . . . — — Map (db m81214) HM
On Great House Road 0.6 miles north of Stratford Hall Road ( Route 214), on the right when traveling north.
Robert Edward Lee was born at Stratford Hall on January 19, 1807, to Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee — a Revolutionary War hero — and Ann Hill Carter. Robert E. Lee spent the first four years of his childhood here before moving . . . — — Map (db m128534) HM
On Cliff Road (Virginia Route 686) 0.2 miles east of State Park Road, on the left when traveling east.
Virginia’s Northern Neck was an attractive target for the British. Its many tobacco plantations—spread over more than a thousand miles of shoreline—were vulnerable to invasion from the water. Launching raids from the Potomac River and . . . — — Map (db m97046) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at Polk Street, on the right when traveling south on Kings Highway.
Evergreen trees planted by citizens of Montross. Dedicated to those of Westmoreland County who served their country in World Wars I, II and Korea. — — Map (db m176428) WM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at Court Square, on the right when traveling west on Kings Highway.
Dedicated to the memory of these brave men who gave their lives in service to their country:
LGPL Paul Elden Jones, Marine Corps
SP4 James Edward Kelly, Army
PFC Robert Eugene Lucas, Marine Corps
SP4 Stanley Victor Newman, Army
And . . . — — Map (db m76419) WM
On Cliff Road (Virginia Route 686) 0.2 miles east of State Park Road ( Route 347), on the left when traveling east.
During the War of 1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high . . . — — Map (db m97047) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Mount Holly Road (County Route 621), on the left when traveling east on Cople Highway. Reported permanently removed.
A mile and a half east, this was the home of John Augustine Washington, younger brother of George Washington, who visited here. Here was born, in 1762, Bushrod Washington, who became Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1798, and died in . . . — — Map (db m22390) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Mount Holly Road (County Route 621), on the left when traveling east on Cople Highway.
The Morgan Jones Kiln, located 5.2 miles north of here, operated for a short time in 1677. According to Westmoreland County records, Morgan Jones and Dennis White entered into a partnership for the “making and selling of Earthen ware,” which . . . — — Map (db m22391) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) at Mount Holly Road (County Route 621), on the left when traveling east on Cople Highway.
Five miles north is the home of the rectors of Cople Parish, one of whom, Walter Jones, married Washington’s parents, March 6, 1781. Here lived Thomas Smith, rector of the parish, 1764–1799, and chairman of the County Committee of Safety, 1775. He . . . — — Map (db m22389) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) 0.3 miles west of McGuires Wharf Road (U.S. 662), on the right when traveling west.
The War of 1812. Impressment of Americans into British service and the violation of American ships were among the causes of America’s War of 1812 with the British, which lasted until 1815. Beginning in 1813, Virginians suffered from a British . . . — — Map (db m76407) HM
On Sandy Point Road (County Route 614) 5.3 miles east of Cople Highway ( Route 202), on the right when traveling east.
Here at Sandy Point, Mary Ball, George Washington’s mother, spent her youth in the home of her guardian, Colonel George Eskridge. Here she married Augustine Washington in March 1731. She is supposed to have named her eldest son, George, for Colonel . . . — — Map (db m22434) HM
On Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202) just east of the Nomini Creek bridge, on the left when traveling east.
One of the two churches of the Cople Parish. It was built in 1704 on land given by Youell Watkins, and was replaced in 1755 by a brick church at the same site. George Washington attended services here twice in 1768. The last colonial church burned . . . — — Map (db m288816) HM
Near Popes Creek Drive (Virginia Route 204) north of Kings Highway ( Route 3). Reported permanently removed.
On the ground before you once stood the plantation home of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. Here, on February 22, 1732, George Washington—farmer, general of the Continental Army, and first president of the United . . . — — Map (db m189762) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at Popes Creek Drive ( Route 204), on the left when traveling east on Kings Highway.
George Washington’s birthplace is two miles north, on Pope’s Creek, just off the Potomac River. He was born on 22 Feb. 1732 and lived there only for three years. Washington’s father, Augustine, purchased the land in 1718 and built the house by 1726. . . . — — Map (db m22134) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) just west of James Monroe Highway ( Route 205), on the right when traveling east.
Here George Washington, while living at Wakefield with a brother, went to school, 1744–1746. Here Union Cavalry came on a raid through the Northern Neck, May 1863. Several miles north of this place, James Monroe, fifth President of the United . . . — — Map (db m22108) HM
Near Bridges Creek Road 0.7 miles north of Popes Creek Road (State Route 204).
The land encompassing this marker has been in the continuous possession of the Muse family since September 16, 1668.
Possession has been handed down through the toils of the descendants of the founding father of the Muse family in America. — — Map (db m6670) HM
On Bridge Creek Road west of Popes Creek Road ( Route 204).
Three generations of George Washington’s forebears are buried here. The first burials were made in 1668, when John Washington’s wife Anne and two small children died. During the next thirty years, at least nine more Washingtons—including . . . — — Map (db m23077) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) just west of James Monroe Highway ( Route 205), on the right when traveling east.
At Leedstown, seven miles south, an association was formed to resist the enforcement of the Stamp Act, February 27, 1766. The Resolutions, drafted by the revolutionary leader, Richard Henry Lee, were one of the first protests against the Stamp Act . . . — — Map (db m22110) HM
On Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) at Claymont Road (County Route 634), on the right when traveling east on Kings Highway.
On the river a short distance south is the site of the Bristol Iron Works, which were projected by John King and Company, of Bristol, England, and established in 1721 by John Tayloe, John Lomax and associates. The works, which were on the Foxall’s . . . — — Map (db m22084) HM
Near Great House Road 0.9 miles east of Stratford Hall Road ( Route 214), on the left when traveling east.
Although American Indians have undoubtedly hunted and lived in this area for thousands of years, one period of occupation has been archaeologically verified. Findings of a team from the University of Mary Washington indicate that Indians lived . . . — — Map (db m176500) HM
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