On Old Union Road (Virginia Route 603) 0.1 miles east of Roxbury Road ( Route 106), on the right when traveling east.
Roxbury was named for a nearby plantation in New Kent County and reached by Longbridge over the Chickahominy. This community was the site of a colonial era tavern and the only railroad station in Charles City County . Roxbury post office (1883-1953) . . . — — Map (db m29158) HM
On Barnetts Road (Virginia Route 609) 0.2 miles south of Church Lane ( Route 607), on the right when traveling north.
This community acquired its name from the Barnett family and was once a major commercial center for the western end of the county. The area has been served by the post offices of Bradley's Store (1879-1911) and Barnett's (est. 1911). At the time of . . . — — Map (db m29154) HM
On The Glebe Lane at Liberty Church Road, on the left when traveling east on The Glebe Lane. Reported missing.
This community was named for the structure which housed the post office and dance hall, built in 1886 by O.P. Binns at the terminus of an old road that led to the Chickahominy River farms Cedar Forest, Cyprus Banks, the home of the Stubblefield . . . — — Map (db m308239) HM
On Sturgeon Point Road at The Glebe Lane, on the right when traveling south on Sturgeon Point Road.
This intersection of the Old Main Road, or Ridgepath, and the road from Soanes Bridge to Kennons, derives its name from an eighteenth-century tavern owned by the Blanks family. Blanks Tavern was one of a few licensed ordinaries in colonial Charles . . . — — Map (db m17575) HM
On John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) at Kimages Road, on the right when traveling east on John Tyler Memorial Highway.
The Herring Creek area was settled in 1619, as a portion of Westover, and a portion of Berkeley Hundred. The point where the James River Road, present-day Route 5, crossed Herring Creek was known as "The Wade." Landmarks have included Harrison's . . . — — Map (db m9288) HM
On The Glebe Lane at Horse Shoe Road, on the left when traveling east on The Glebe Lane.
The Chickahominy Indians resided near here along the river that bears their name. This area was part of Wilmington Parish and was part of James City County before 1720. In the 1800s the community acquired the name of the Holdcroft family. Mt. . . . — — Map (db m18657) HM
On Wilcox Neck Road (Virginia Route 623) 1.2 miles south of Eagles Nest Road ( Route 621), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
These communities were established on opposite banks of Morris Creek , earlier known as Tanks Pasbye hayes the Indian name, Moyses Creek after Theodore Moyses who patented land there, and as Moses Creek. Before 1720 this area was part of James City . . . — — Map (db m298739) HM
On John Tyler Memorial Highway (State Highway 5) 2.8 miles east of Wilcox Wharf Road (County Route 618), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Since the establishment of the Court House during the mid-eighteenth century, this area has served as a community center for the entire county. During the Revolution and Civil War the area was the site of military encampments. A tavern built in the . . . — — Map (db m9429) HM
On Lott Cary Road (Virginia Route 602) at Adkins Road ( Route 618) on Lott Cary Road.
This community was the site of a Quaker settlement in the eighteenth century and the Weyanoke Quaker Meeting House and graveyard. The meetinghouse was the Upper Quarter gathering place for the Yearly Meeting of Virginia Quaker. The area has since . . . — — Map (db m26328) HM
On The Glebe Lane (Virginia Route 615) 0.1 miles west of Ruthville Road ( Route 612), on the right when traveling west.
This area was one of the centers of Charles City's free black community before the Civil War and was named for Ruth Brown with the establishment of the post office in 1880. Abraham Brown, a major landowner of the area, founded Elam Church in 1810, . . . — — Map (db m26334) HM
On John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) 0.2 miles east of Sturgeon Point Road ( Route 614), on the right when traveling west.
Kennons originally took its name from the plantation of the Kennon family. Kennons Creek, earlier known as David Jones Creek, served as a boundary for the earlier Wallingford Parish. Kennons Landing was the terminus for the Meadow Road, as well as . . . — — Map (db m9525) HM
On John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) at Wilcox Wharf Road ( Route 618), on the right when traveling east on John Tyler Memorial Highway.
This area was settled before 1622 by George Shinehow. Tobacco warehouses and docks were located at Swineyards and Willcox Wharf. A post office was established at Swineyards in 1848 and later located at Willcox Wharf. Landmarks have included . . . — — Map (db m289016) HM
On John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) at Weyanoke Road ( Route 619), on the right when traveling south on John Tyler Memorial Highway.
The Weanoc Indians gave this area its name. The Minge family settled much of the Weyanoke peninsula during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Landmarks have included Weyanoke Parish Church, Tyler’s Mill, a steamboat landing, a post office at . . . — — Map (db m289015) HM
On John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) at Sandy Point Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling east on John Tyler Memorial Highway.
Originally home to the Paspahegh Indians, Sandy Point was settled in 1617 as Smith's Hundred and after 1619 known as Southampton Hundred. St. Mary's Church was established here prior to the Powhatan Uprising of 1622. During the Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m9467) HM
On John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) at Wayside Road (County Route 607), on the right when traveling east on John Tyler Memorial Highway. Reported damaged.
Wayside was settled after 1613 as part of West and Sherley Hundred. Landmarks have included St. John's Church, established in 1897 by the Rev. John Jones, a post office at Shirley and the Shirley Mill. In 1921 the Wayside Community Club assisted in . . . — — Map (db m299330) HM
On John Tyler Memorial Highway (State Highway 5) at Weyanoke Road (State Route 619), on the right when traveling east on John Tyler Memorial Highway.
Two miles south is Kittiewan, mid-eighteenth century manor house. Here lived Doctor William Rickman. From 1776 to 1780 he was director and Chief Physician of the Continental Hospitals of Virginia. — — Map (db m9434) HM
In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale founded the Citie of Henricus, the second settlement in the Colony of Virginia which later became Henrico County. Henrico, named for Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales and son of King James I, became one of the original eight . . . — — Map (db m39688) HM
On Outpost Road 0.6 miles south of Rockahock Road, on the right when traveling south.
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Sustaining Courage for Exploration
In December 1607 John Smith set out from Jamestown to continue his exploration of the Chickahominy River, which had begun with a series of trading voyages in November. He visited . . . — — Map (db m83910) HM
Near Lot Cary Road (Virginia Route 602) at Samaria Lane, on the left when traveling south.
John Smith explored the upper Chickahominy River in December 1607. He left his boat and seven of his crew at Apocant, the highest town on the river in the upper part of what is today the lake. Two crew members departed with Smith and two . . . — — Map (db m61883) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Evidence from wills, deeds, land plats, patents, and court cases helps to identify structures excavated by archaeologists. When historians digitalized two 17th-century land plats and superimposed them on a modern map of Jamestown, they matched a . . . — — Map (db m17310) HM
"The busiest place in Dixie" City Point, Virginia, played a significant role in the final year of the Civil War. General-in-Chief of the Union Army Ulysses S. Grant established his headquarters here on June 15, 1864. Union ships sailed . . . — — Map (db m131786) HM WM
On Wilcox Wharf Road 1 mile John Tyler Memorial Highway ( Route 5), on the right when traveling south.
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Gateways to Exploration
Four centuries ago, English eyes searched this landscape for a place to build a fort. Three English ships: the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery had crossed the Atlantic and . . . — — Map (db m89565) HM
On Wilcox Wharf Road 1 mile south of John Tyler Memorial Highway ( Route 5), on the right when traveling south.
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Gateways to Conflict
As the English began to establish settlements up river from Jamestown, they chose prime agricultural spots known as Indian fields that had been cleared and were still in use by the Natives. . . . — — Map (db m89566) HM
Near Wilcox Neck Road (Virginia Route 623) 0.5 miles north of The Glebe Lane ( Route 615).
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Sustaining a Credible Illusion
The Jamestown settlement was facing a severe food shortage in November of 1607. Captain John
Smith set out to trade for corn with the Indians living along this river. He traveled from . . . — — Map (db m46511) HM
On Courthouse Road (Route 644) at John Tyler Memorial Highway ( Route 5), on the right when traveling north on Courthouse Road.
Charles City County, named for King Charles I, was one of Virginia's eight original shires formed by 1634. It encompassed land south of the James River until 1702, when Prince George County was established. The courthouse was completed here in 1757. . . . — — Map (db m175947) HM
On Courthouse Road (Route 644) at Courthouse Green Way (Route 628), on the right when traveling east on Courthouse Road.
A mob of about 75 masked men dragged Isaac Brandon from a cell in the old Charles City County jail and hanged him from a tree on this hillside on the night of 6 April 1892. Brandon, a 43-year-old black man, had been held in jail on a charge of . . . — — Map (db m244424) HM
Near The Glebe Lane (Virginia Route 615) at Southall Plantation Lane, on the right when traveling west.
In Virginia, the “Home Front” and the “Front Line” were often just miles apart during the Civil War. In places such as Charles City County families provided their men for troops and also lost the income from their plantations and other businesses . . . — — Map (db m18589) HM
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 155) at Watermelon Fields Road.
During most of the Civil War (1861-1865), Charles City County lay between two armies: the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia safeguarding the Confederate capital of Richmond and the Union Army of the Potomac occupying the Lower Peninsula. As a . . . — — Map (db m17756) HM
On Adkins Road (Virginia Route 618) at Church Lane, on the right when traveling south on Adkins Road.
In May 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan led the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula to the gates of Richmond. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in June and began planning a counterattack. On June . . . — — Map (db m61881) HM
On Anderson Drive west of Jordan Point Road, on the left when traveling west.
Dedicated in memory of
Edmund A. Saunders, III
Class of 1906
1886-1944
through the generosity of his daughters
Ann Lee Saunders Brown and Jane Quinn Saunders.
While maintaining a high academic standing in his class, Mr. . . . — — Map (db m254450) HM
On Jordan Point Road west of Moses Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated in memory of
Edmund A. Saunders, III
Class of 1906
1886-1944
through the generosity of his daughters
Ann Lee Saunders Brown and Jane Quinn Saunders.
While maintaining a high academic standing in his class, Mr. . . . — — Map (db m254556) HM
On Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling east.
This plot is reserved in perpetuity for the Gregory family, who owned a working plantation here between 1797 and 1866.
This site was settled in 1610 by the Thomas Sheffield family under a royal patent of 2,300 acres from the Crown of England. The . . . — — Map (db m143045) HM
Near Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50) east of 19th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
In Congress, July 4, 1776.Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.And for the support of this Declaration,
with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,
we . . . — — Map (db m137039) 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.
