On Courthouse Lane, on the right when traveling east.
(front of marker) The first African-American slaves were brought to Caroline County around 1700. Few records were kept of their existence, except for their status and value as property and the occasional brush with the law. Many slaves of . . . — — Map (db m34350) HM
On East Broad Street at North 11th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Broad Street.
Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, defined under Virginia’s 1924 Racial Integrity Act as an interracial couple, married in June 1958 in Washington, D.C. and returned home to Caroline County. Arrested in July for violating Virginia’s laws against . . . — — Map (db m108166) HM
On Dawn Boulevard (Virginia Route 30) 0.8 miles west of Calno Road, on the right when traveling east.
Caroline County. Area 529 Square Miles. Formed in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William. Named for Queen Caroline, wife of King George II. George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest, passed his youth in this . . . — — Map (db m17789) HM
On Richmond Turnpike (U.S. 301) at Mt Gideon Road, on the left when traveling north on Richmond Turnpike.
Caroline County. Area 529 Square Miles. Formed in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William. Named for Queen Caroline, wife of King George II. George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest, passed his youth in this . . . — — Map (db m22269) HM
On North 10th Street at Capitol Street, on the right when traveling south on North 10th Street.
Slavery denied African Americans the education and skills required to exercise the freedoms won by the Civil War. To redress this, Congress created the Freedman Bureau and Freedman’s Bank in March 1865. In Richmond, the Bureau and its Bank first . . . — — Map (db m25307) HM
On Richmond turnpike (U.S. 301) 0.2 miles north of Sparta Road, on the right when traveling north.
Six miles southeast is the site of Edmundsbury, home of Edmund Pendleton. Pendleton, born September 9, 1721, was in the House of Burgesses; a delegate to the Continental Congress; chairman of the Virginia Committee of Safety, 1775-6; president of . . . — — Map (db m22259) HM
On Richmond Turnpike (U.S. 301) at Sparta Road ( Route 721), on the right when traveling north on Richmond Turnpike.
Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, of different racial backgrounds, grew up near Central Point, 11 miles east of here. They fell in love and in June 1958 were married in Washington, D.C. After returning to Central Point, they were arrested for . . . — — Map (db m119182) HM
On Boonesboro Road (Kentucky Route 388) south of Boonesborough Road ( Route 627), on the right when traveling north.
Col. Richard Callaway. Born in Caroline County, Virginia, in June 1722, Richard Callaway served in French and Indian wars and as a colonel in Revolutionary War. He was a member of Virginia House of Burgesses and one of the first settlers of . . . — — Map (db m72632) HM
Near Boonesboro Road (Kentucky Route 388), on the right when traveling north.
First Ferry in Kentucky. License for first ferry established in state, Oct. 1779, was granted to Col. Richard Callaway by the Virginia legislature. The fare for a man or a horse was three shillings (50 cents). The ferry operated until 1931, . . . — — Map (db m165367) HM
On this site stood colonial Mount Church, built about 1750. In 1808 the parish glebe was sold and the proceeds were used to establish a school; the church building was turned into Rappahannock Academy, one of the most noted schools in Virginia. — — Map (db m22578) HM
Near Alexandria Pike (U.S. 27) at the Evergreen Cemetery entrance, on the right when traveling south.
This large monument at the top of the hill is the memorial to James
Taylor, Jr. He arrived in Newport in 1792 and laid out the town of
Newport. He was the executor of his friend David Leitch’s estate
and he later married Leitch’s widow, Keturah. . . . — — Map (db m279835) HM
On Stony Point Road at Winding River Lane, on the right when traveling north on Stony Point Road.
George Rogers Clark was born a mile northeast of here on 19 Nov. 1752. He grew up on a farm in Caroline County. Clark explored the Ohio River Valley, fought in Dunmore's War in 1774, and helped convince the General Assembly to organize Kentucky as a . . . — — Map (db m165405) HM
On Tidewater Trail (U.S. 17), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Here was the home of John Taylor of Caroline, Jefferson’s chief political lieutenant and leading advocate of states rights. He died here in 1824. — — Map (db m22582) HM
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208) south of Crestar Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Once owned by renowned builder Samuel Alsop Jr., this site is the final resting place for many of his family members, as well as members and friends of Berea Christian Church. Among those buried here are:
Samuel Alsop Jr.
March 1776 - Oct. . . . — — Map (db m294088) HM
On Court Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Court Street.
North Carolina signer Declaration of Independence. Born Caroline County, Virginia 1741. Died Granville County, North Carolina 1787. — — Map (db m181038) HM
On North Main Street north of Chase Street, on the right when traveling north.
The majority opinion by Chief Justice Earl Warren, June 12, 1967, declared that marriage represents "one of the basic civil rights of man," describing it as "fundamental to our very existence and survival."
On Cokesbury Road (State Highway 254), on the left when traveling east.
[Original Marker]
Site of Old Tabernacle Methodist Church. Buried here are Confederate Generals Martin Witherspoon Gary, Nathan George Evans and other Confederate officers and soldiers.
[Second Marker]
1000 feet east is . . . — — Map (db m11095) HM
Near Watson Road at North Battlefield Boulevard ( Route 168), on the left when traveling south.
(side 1)
This monument honors
Patriots who assembled
at this site in the Cause of
American Freedom in 1775
American Patriots
at the Battle
Second Virginia Regiment
Commanded by
Colonel William Woodford,
of . . . — — Map (db m211239) HM
Near Constitution Highway (Virginia Route 20) when traveling south.
In 1716 Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, led an expedition of twelve members of the gentry and about 30 enslaved servants, Native American guides, and soldiers up the Rappahannock River, through the Virginia Piedmont, and into . . . — — Map (db m298142) HM
On South 4th Street (Business U.S. 641) just north of Maple Street, on the left when traveling north.
For Col. Richard Callaway. Came to Ky. With Daniel Boone, 1776. One of the founders of Boonesboro, he instilled confidence in success among other settlers. In one year, 1777, appointed Col. Of Militia; Justice of the Peace; elected a representative . . . — — Map (db m151224) HM
On 4th Avenue North just north of North Margin Street, on the right when traveling north.
The two-acre city cemetery was deeded by Joel Parrish in 1811 to the town commissioners for $100. Among the early settlers buried here are Ewan Cameron who built Franklin’s first house, and Thomas Stuart, who served as judge of the Fourth Circuit . . . — — Map (db m141592) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 301) at Virginia Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
The famous Thoroughbred racehorse Fearnought, a dominating racer in Great Britain and the foremost colonial-era sire in America, was foaled in England in 1755. In 1764, John Baylor brought him to Newmarket in Caroline County, where he stood at stud . . . — — Map (db m18958) HM
Near Courtland Farm Road (Virginia Route 820) 0.2 miles east of Hanover Courthouse Road (U.S. 301), on the right when traveling east.
(side 1)
The Colonial River Road
After centuries of use by native people and the colonists of New Kent County, the road along the Pamunkey River was extended past the tobacco ports of Newcastle and Page’s Warehouse (later . . . — — Map (db m53801) HM
Caroline County. Area 529 Square Miles. Formed in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William. Named for Queen Caroline, wife of King George II. George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest, passed his youth in this . . . — — Map (db m22585) HM
On King Street, on the right when traveling north.
Until the coming of the railroads in the 19th century, the Rappahannock River town of Port Royal was the commercial center of what is now Caroline County, Virginia. Like many ports, it was a raucous place and boasted a disproportionate number of . . . — — Map (db m57543) HM
On Carmel Church Loop north of Rogers Clark Boulevard ( Route 207), on the right when traveling south.
Secretariat's Legacy
The greatest Triple Crown Champion of all time is a Virginia-bred horse from Caroline County, Virginia. Secretariat was born in Caroline County in the early morning of March 30, 1970 at Meadow Farm. Secretariat was . . . — — Map (db m272238) HM
On Fredericksburg Turnpike (State Highway 2), on the right when traveling north.
Spotsylvania County. Area 413 Square Miles. Formed in 1720 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William, and named for Alexander Spotswood, governor of Virginia, 1710-1722. The battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the . . . — — Map (db m21586) HM
Spotsylvania County. Straddling the fall line, Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties in 1720. It was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. The Civil War . . . — — Map (db m3319) HM
On James Madison Parkway (U.S. 301) at Roseland road, on the left when traveling north on James Madison Parkway.
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, and his accomplice David E. Herold, fled Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865, for Southern Maryland, a hotbed of Confederate sympathizers skilled at evading Union surveillance. On April . . . — — Map (db m267329) HM
Near Detour Road east of Harmony Road (Maryland Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
Once the Native American population was annihilated, dislocated, or marginalized by the public s well as private efforts, the type of crop grown had a great impact on the new residents of Edmondson's Reserve.
The first successful crop . . . — — Map (db m199272) HM
On North Main Street (Virginia Route 2) at Courthouse Lane (Local Route 1204), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
On May 21, 1864, Gen. Winfield S. Hancock’s Second Corps passed through Bowling Green. Union soldiers broke into stores, looted homes and freed prisoners from the jail. Documents from the ransacked courthouse littered the streets.
A few bold . . . — — Map (db m207703) HM
On Courthouse Lane west of Ernie Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Caroline County Circuit Courthouse
was officially designated as
"The Honorable J. Peyton Farmer Circuit Courthouse"
by the Caroline County Board of Supervisors on
September 9, 2014
James Peyton Farmer was a distinguished jurist . . . — — Map (db m133745) HM
On West Belle Street at North Maryland Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Belle Street.
1867 - 1887
The railroad was completed to Ridgely in 1867. At that time there were two houses in the place — the Vernon property and the Ridgely Hotel. One of the factors getting the railroad to come. Mr. Thomas Bell had to give an area of . . . — — Map (db m205474) HM
On Piney Branch Road (Virginia Route 624) 0.3 miles south of Catharpin Road (County Route 612), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
“How well do l remember the night before my first day in school. I remember the night before because my mother washed my little white coat and today l can see it hanging on the line in the kitchen. I had been told that I was . . . — — Map (db m84595) 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.
