Historical Markers and War Memorials in West Point, Virginia
King William is the county seat for King William County
West Point is in King William County
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KIA - Killed In Action
MIA - Missing In Action
POW - Prisoner Of War
Post 8356, organized September 18, 1946
Land donated by . . . — — Map (db m175965) WM
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
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
Col. John West II (1633-1689) inherited 6,000 acres of this land from his father, John West I. Land-grant ca. 1650. John West II was taken prisoner during Bacon's Rebellion. He later sat on court martial for those "Rebels". He was Colonel of Militia . . . — — Map (db m218258) HM
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
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
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
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.
King and Queen County. Area 320 . . . — — Map (db m30140) HM
The building now occupied by the Historical Museum of West Point was originally the L. E. Mumford Bank. A Mumford Bank branch was originally located in West Point in 1901 in the old Masonic Lodge building which was on the corner of 5th and Main . . . — — Map (db m218255) HM
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 until 1955 . . . — — Map (db m60948) HM
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 Corps’ most . . . — — Map (db m17540) HM
Named for his "barrel chest," and having a bulldog face and gruff voice, West Point's native son remains the most decorated United States Marine in American history, known as "the Marine's Marine." He received five Navy Crosses for Valor, and was a . . . — — Map (db m218260) HM
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
African Americans held worship services in a nearby railroad toolshed during the Civil War. Jesse Dungee, later a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, organized the congregation (now known as Mt. Nebo) in 1866. The Gothic-Revival style . . . — — Map (db m167830) HM
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 these grounds in the mid-1770s stood a Georgian-style house located in a "grove" of locust and aspen trees. For more than one hundred and forty-five years it would serve the West Point community in multiple capacities.
Carter Braxton, a . . . — — Map (db m218256) HM
On this spot with majestic views of the Mattaponi, Pamunkey and York Rivers stood The Terminal Hotel. It was a massive five-story Victorian building with pointed towers on each corner, 200 guest rooms and hundreds of windows. It was 40 X 126 with a . . . — — Map (db m218259) HM
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
