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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «accomack county» AND «virginia»

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By Beverly Pfingsten, April 20, 2008
Accomack County Courthouse
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Virginia, Accomack County, Accomac — Accomack County Virginia World War I —
Near Alt. US 13 Front Street at Courthouse Ave., on the left when traveling north.
In honor of the men of Accomack County, Virginia who died in the service of our country in the World War 1917-1918. — — Map (db m7825) WM
2 ► Virginia, Accomack County, Accomac — Accomack County Virginia World War II, Korea & Vietnam —
Near Alt. US 13 Front Street at Courthouse Ave., on the left when traveling north.
In honor of the men of Accomack County, Virginia who died in the service of our country in World War II, The Korean war and the Vietnam War. — — Map (db m7826) WM

3 ► Virginia, Accomack County, Temperanceville — Francis Makemie Monument —
Near Saxis Road near VA 699.
Erected in Gratitude to God And in grateful, remembrance of his servant and minister Francis Makemie, who was born in Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, A.D. 1658(?) was educated at Glasgow University, Scotland, and came as an ordained Evangelist to . . . — — Map (db m7838) HM

4 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 2 — Polegreen Church — Cradle of Religious Freedom in America —
Near Rural Point Road (County Route 643) at Heatherwood Drive (Virginia Route 1750).
From Virginia’s founding until the American Revolution 170 years later, the Anglican Church was the only state recognized religion. The government built the churches and the parsonages and paid the clergy with tax money. All other religious groups . . . — — Map (db m32679) HM

5 ► Maryland, Somerset County, Smith Island, Ewell — Smith Island —
On Caleb Jones Road near Katies Alley, on the right when traveling east.
Maryland's only remaining inhabited offshore island group. Named for early land owner Henry Smith. Chartered by Captain John Smith in 1608 as "The Russell Isles." English farmers John Evans and John Tyler came via Accomack County Virginia to become . . . — — Map (db m8285) HM
6 ► Virginia, Accomack County, Onancock — Site of the Home of Francis Makemie —
On Market Street 0.1 miles west of West Street, on the right when traveling west.
Hard by this spot is the site of the home of Francis Makemie the founder of organized Presbyterianism in America who married Naomie Anderson of Accomack County Virginia and established one of his first licensed preaching places here in his Onancock . . . — — Map (db m165101) HM
7 ► Virginia, Accomack County, Saxis — While Visiting —
On Starling Creek Road.
There are so many ways to enjoy your time in Saxis!
• Enjoy a delicious meal at a local restaurant! Try the oysters! • Picnic at the pavilion near the harbor. • Stroll along the beach. Look for sea glass! • . . . — — Map (db m286156) HM
8 ► Virginia, Northampton County, Eastville — Confederate Monument - Eastville, VA —
On Alt. US 13 at Willow Oak Road, on the left when traveling north on Alt. US 13.
Erected by the Harmanson-West Camp Confederate Veterans, The Daughters of the Confederacy and the citizens of the Eastern Shore of Virginia; to the soldiers of the Confederacy from Northampton and Accomack Counties. They died bravely in war, or in . . . — — Map (db m7590) WM

9 ► Virginia, Accomack County, Parksley — Freedom Is Never Free —
On Dunne Avenue (Route 316) just north of Catherine Street, on the right when traveling north.
Jerry Clark Burkhead Corporal ACO, 1st BN, 9th, 3rd MARDIV United States Marine Corps 19 Oct 1946 - 08 Feb 1968 Lee Mont, Virginia Corporal Jerry . . . — — Map (db m165082) WM
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10 ► Virginia, Northampton County, Cape Charles — WY 26 — Elijah Baker — (1742-1798) —
On Lankford Highway (U.S. 13) 0.1 miles south of Jacobia Lane.
Elijah Baker, Baptist preacher, began his ministry in Lunenburg County. As an itinerant in the 1770s, he helped found several churches in the counties along the James and York Rivers. He arrived in this area on Easter Sunday 1776 and traveled to . . . — — Map (db m154163) HM
11 ► Virginia, Northampton County, Eastville — WY-10 — Old Courthouse —
On Courthouse Road (Business U.S. 13) north of Willow Oak Road (County Road 631), on the left when traveling north.
Northampton County was one of Virginia's eight original shires formed by 1634. It encompassed the entire peninsula south of Maryland and was known as Accomac until the General Assembly changed its name in 1643. Present-day Accomack County broke . . . — — Map (db m302136) HM

12 ► Virginia, Northampton County, Machipongo — Gristmill Grindstones
Near Young Street west of Lankford Highway (U.S. 13), on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
Numerous water-powered gristmills existed on the Eastern Shore of Virginia from the 1600's until as late as the 1930's. Water from streams or tides turned undershot waterwheels operating the sometimes very dangerous machinery used to rotate heavy . . . — — Map (db m107029) HM

13 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes-Rehoboth Hundred — Tower Hill —
On New Road at Lynn Road, on the right when traveling west on New Road.
Tower Hill was a 400-acre land grant made to Daniel Browne in 1676 from the English Duke of York, James II. The tract moniker was most likely to honor Tower Hill, a garden square of the same name, and located northwest of the Tower of London.
— — Map (db m301078) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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