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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Quinton
Quinton, Virginia and Vicinity
▶ New Kent County (45) ▶ Charles City County (65) ▶ Hanover County (273) ▶ Henrico County (307) ▶ James City County (197) ▶ King and Queen County (21) ▶ King William County (27)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On East Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60) 0.1 miles east of White Oak Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In Dec. 1607, while exploring the headwaters of the nearby Chickahominy River, Capt. John Smith and his party were captured by a hunting party consisting of members of the Paspaheghs, Chickahominies, Youghtanunds, Pamunkeys, Mattaponis, and . . . — — Map (db m15678) HM |
| On New Kent Highway 0.1 miles west of George W Watkins Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the 1968 Green v. County School Board of New Kent County decision, the Supreme Court of the United States abandoned the “all deliberate speed” mandate of Brown II (1955) and demanded immediate integration of schools. . . . — — Map (db m17735) HM |
| On East Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60) 0.1 miles east of White Oak Road, on the right when traveling east. |
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Henrico County
Area 280 Square Miles
An original shire formed in 1634. Named for Henrico Town, founded in 1611, which was named for Henry, Prince of Wales. The battles of Seven Pines, Savage's Station, Glendale, and . . . — — Map (db m15677) HM |
| On Pocahontas Trail (U.S. 60) at Roxbury Road, on the right when traveling east on Pocahontas Trail. |
| | Letitia Christian Tyler, wife of President John Tyler, is buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery a mile northeast. Born on 12 November 1790, a daughter of Robert and Mary Browne Christian, she married John Tyler at her home, Cedar Grove, on 29 March 1813. . . . — — Map (db m16849) HM |
| On PocahontasTrail (U.S. 60) at Roxbury Road, on the right when traveling east on PocahontasTrail. |
| | One mile south is Long Bridge over the Chickahominy River. Benedict Arnold sent Simcoe there in the British invasion of 1781. Longstreet crossed there in the Peninsular Campaign, May, 1862. Grant's Fifth and Second Corps crossed there, in June, . . . — — Map (db m16807) HM |
| On East Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60) 0.1 miles from White Oak Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | Here a part of McClellan's army crossed the Chickahominy on May 23, 1862, advancing on Richmond. It was attacked by the Confederates at Seven Pines. — — Map (db m15676) HM |
| On East Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60) 0.1 miles east of White Oak Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established in 1654 from York and named for County Kent, England. In it are Chestnut Grove, Birthplace of Martha (Dandridge) Custis; White House, home of Martha Custis; Poplar Grove, where Martha Custis met George Washington; St. Peter's church, . . . — — Map (db m15680) HM |
| On East Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60) 0.1 miles east of White Ooak Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This was the main road to Williamsburg in early days. Cornwallis, retiring eastward, used this road in June, 1781. The Confederates, retreating westward, passed over it in May, 1862. — — Map (db m15679) HM |
| On East Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60) 0.2 miles east of White Oak Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Powhatan, the paramount chief of many Virginia Algonquian tribes when the English first landed at Jamestown, lived near here at the town of Orapax, having moved from Werowocomoco in 1609 following conflicts with the English. The English boy Henry . . . — — Map (db m30860) HM |
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