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Historical Markers and War Memorials in King William County, Virginia
Adjacent to King William County, Virginia
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| On Richmond Highway (U.S. 360) 0.2 miles east of West River Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Kilpatrick, coming from the east, burned Confederate stores here, May 5, 1863. Dahlgren, coming from Richmond, crossed the Mattapony here March 2, 1864. Sheridan, returning from his Richmond raid, was here, May 22-23, 1864, and on his Trevilian raid . . . — — Map (db m17803) HM |
| On Richmond Tappahannock Highway (U.S. 360) 0.6 miles east of Mill Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This property was home of Philip Aylett (1791-1848), for whom the village is named and who served in both the Virginia House and Senate. His son, William Roane Aylett (1833-1900), who rose to colonel in the Confederate army and later served as . . . — — Map (db m57712) HM |
| On Richmond Tappahannock Highway (U.S. 360) at King William Road (Virginia Route 30), on the right when traveling west on Richmond Tappahannock Highway. |
| | Two miles east was Rumford Academy, established in 1804. It was one of the most noted Virginia schools of its time. — — Map (db m25256) HM |
| On Nelson Bridge Road (County Route 615) 0.9 miles north of River Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Federal infantry left the camps around Mangohick Church on the morning of May 28, 1864, and pressed southward toward the Pamunkey River. In order to speed up the pace of the march, the army followed parallel routes. The Second and Sixth Corps moved . . . — — Map (db m120819) HM |
| On Acquinton Church Road (Virginia Route 618) at Jacks Creek Road (Route 629), on the left when traveling south on Acquinton Church Road. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m47166) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) at Powhatan Trail (Virginia Route 633), on the right when traveling east on King William Road. |
| | Cockacoeske became the Queen of the Pamunkey after her husband Totopotomoy’s death in 1656 fighting as an ally of the English at what became known as the Battle of Bloody Run. She signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation in 1677 in the wake of settler . . . — — Map (db m25841) HM |
| Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 1301) at Horse Landing Road (Virginia Route 619). |
| | To our soldiers
of the
Confederacy.
King William Co. Va. — — Map (db m25850) HM |
| On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 1301) at Horse Landing Road (Virginia Route 619), on the right when traveling west on Courthouse Road. |
| | The King William County courthouse, erected early in the second quarter of the 18th century, is one of the older courthouses still in use in the United States. This T-shaped building was constructed of brick laid in Flemish bond, with an arcade . . . — — Map (db m25847) HM |
| On King William Road (Route 30) south of Walkerton Road (Virginia Route 629), on the left when traveling south. |
| | King William Training School was erected here in 1922-23 on the site of the King William Academy (1903-22). The Rosenwald Foundation, which built more than 5,300 black schools in the South, the African American community, and the county funded the . . . — — Map (db m47168) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) at Powhatan Trail (Virginia Route 633), on the right when traveling east on King William Road. |
| | Eight miles south is the reservation on which the Pamunkey Indians live. The land has never been in non-Indian ownership and the Pamunkey live on it under a treaty made in 1677. In the early seventeenth century the Pamunkey were a chiefdom ruled by . . . — — Map (db m25840) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) 0.1 miles east of Indian Church Road (Virginia Route 658), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Sharon Indian School served as a center of education for the Upper Mattaponi Tribe. In 1919, the King William County School Board built a one-room frame building and the students' families provided the furniture. The county replaced the original . . . — — Map (db m25839) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) at Mangohick Church Road, on the left when traveling east on King William Road. |
| | Referred to by William Byrd in 1732 as the New Brick Church, Mangohick Church was built circa 1730 as a chapel of ease for those who lived in remote areas of St. Margaret's Parish. Distinguished by its fine Flemish bond brickwork, Mangohick became . . . — — Map (db m17790) HM |
| On North Carolina Road (Virginia Route 604) at Richmond-Tappahannock Highway (U.S. 360), on the left when traveling south on North Carolina Road. |
| | This early 1800's bank barn is of post and beam construction. Most of the timber was hand hewed. Livestock were confined to the ground level and grain and feed were stored on the main level. The property was part of The Upper College Tract, a grant . . . — — Map (db m103586) HM |
| On North Carolina Road (Virginia Route 604) at Richmond-Tappahannock Highway (U.S. 360), on the left when traveling south on North Carolina Road. |
| | James L. Townsend Sr. was a pioneer in the dairy industry in King William County, Virginia. His son, Guy O. Townsend built the barn which has been a landmark on the Richmond-Tappahannock Highway for almost 90 years. A later addition at the end of . . . — — Map (db m103585) HM |
| On Richmond Tappahannock Highway (U.S. 360) 0.2 miles east of Acquinton Church Road (Virginia Route 618), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Near here stood the town of Menmend, home of the paramount chief Opechancanough. During Powhatan's reign, Opechancanough was a king of the Pamunkey and a war chief of the Powhatans. He became paramount chief about 1629 when his brother Opitchipam . . . — — Map (db m25245) HM |
| On Richmond Tappahannock Highway (U.S. 360) 0.2 miles east of Acquinton Church Road (Virginia Route 618), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Residents of the Pamunkey Reservation, 12 miles southeast of here, aided Union troops during the Civil War. About a dozen Pamunkey men enlisted as guides, scouts, gunboat pilots, and spies for Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac . . . — — Map (db m145380) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) at Sweet Hall Road (Virginia Route 634), on the right when traveling west on King William Road. |
| | On 13 August 1781, the Marquis de Lafayette encamped his army in King William County. He placed his militia four miles east between the Pamunkey and Mattaponi Rivers and stationed his light infantry - commanded by Gen. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenburg . . . — — Map (db m25845) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) at Chelsea Road (Virginia Route 635), on the right when traveling west on King William Road. |
| | About a mile to the east, August 13, 1781, Lafayette, then commanding American forces in Virginia, placed in camp his militia, consisting of Campbell's, Stevens' and Lawson's brigades. Wayne was at Westover; Muhlenberg and Febiger were in camp on . . . — — Map (db m25846) HM |
| On 14th Street (Virginia Route 33) 0.1 miles east of Kirby Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived at West Point 1777-1786 after fire destroyed his plantation Chericoke, upriver on the Pamunkey. The town house no longer stands. From West Point Braxton channeled war goods to Patriot . . . — — Map (db m17602) HM |
| On 14th Street (Virginia Route 33) at Chelsea Road, on the right when traveling east on 14th Street. |
| | Shortly after paramount chief Opechancanough’s 1644 attacks on English settlers in response to the settlers’ encroachment on Indian lands, he was captured and put to death at Jamestown. His successor Necotowance signed a treaty, ratified by the . . . — — Map (db m17611) HM |
| On 14th Street (Virginia Route 33) at Chelsea Road, on the right when traveling east on 14th Street. |
| | In May 1623, Capt. William Tucker led English soldiers from Jamestown to meet with Indian leaders here in Pamunkey territory. The Indians were returning English prisoners taken in March 1622 during war leader Opechancanough’s orchestrated attacks on . . . — — Map (db m17612) HM |
| On 14th Street (Virginia Route 33) at Chelsea Road, on the right when traveling east on 14th Street. |
| | (Obverse)
King William County
Area 263 Square Miles
Formed in 1701 from King and Queen, and named for King William III. Here lived Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
(Reverse)
King and Queen . . . — — Map (db m30140) HM |
| On 1st Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on 1st Street. |
| | Lt. General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller, the most decorated Marine in the history of this country, was born on June 26, 1898 and grew up only a few houses away from where are standing. He joined the Marines in 1918 and did not retire . . . — — Map (db m60948) HM |
| On 14th Street (Virginia Route 33) 0.1 miles east of Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller was born on 26 June 1898 in West Point and lived here until entering Virginia Military Institute in 1917. He withdrew a year later and enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving more than 37 years. One of the . . . — — Map (db m17540) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) at Wakema Road (Virginia Route 640), on the left when traveling east on King William Road. |
| | Two miles east is the Mattaponi Indian reservation, home of descendants of the great chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. The reservation is situated on the Mattaponi River and is one of the oldest Indian reservations in the United States, existing . . . — — Map (db m25843) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) 0.1 miles east of Churchville Road (Virginia Route 630), on the right when traveling east. |
| | This was the parish church of St. John's Parish, formed in 1680. It was built in 1734. Earlier churches stood at West Point and about one mile north of this site. Carter Braxton, Revolutionary Statesman, was a vestryman Preserved by joint effort. — — Map (db m25844) HM |
| On King William Road (Virginia Route 30) 0.2 miles east of VFW Road (Virginia Route 636), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Nearby on the Pamunkey River was the location of paramount chief Powhatan's primary temple site, Uttamusack, the spiritual center of the Powhatan Indians. On the site stood a holy house for Powhatan, and two additional temples also used for . . . — — Map (db m25848) HM |
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