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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia and Vicinity
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Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The human history of Jamestown Island begins much earlier than 1607. The first native inhabitants walked this site 10,000 years ago. At that time, the James River was nearly 100 feet lower, a fast moving stream at the bottom of a narrow ravine. Sea . . . — — Map (db m17269) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
By 1624, William Peirce, a “beloved friend” of governor Francis Wyatt, built a house – “one of the fairest in Virginia” – on this lot. Peirce, captain of the governor’s guard and the colony’s cape merchant, also . . . — — Map (db m17356) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway west of 3.1 (Virginia Route 199).
The earliest African-American national radio and television minister and advisor of three American presidents, the Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux purchased the lands around you in 1936. His dream was to establish a farm and a national memorial to . . . — — Map (db m31084) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
That at last Christmas we had trading here ten ships from London, two from Bristoll, twelve Hollanders, and seven from New-England. A Perfect Description of Virginia, 1649 Jamestown’s waterfront property was prime real estate. Governor . . . — — Map (db m17203) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
This small structure played a part in the industrial activity along the Pitch and Tar Swamp, but the exact use of its three furnaces is unknown. Chemical analysis of the soil ruled out high-temperature industry, such as a forge. Perhaps the best . . . — — Map (db m17217) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Who discarded refuse into this ditch and why may never be known. The ditch was full or artifacts dating to about 1670-1700, including 10 “HH” wine bottle seals, over 1,000 clay pipe pieces, three window leads dated 1669, and the largest . . . — — Map (db m17311) HM
Near Island Drive 2.4 miles east of Colonial Parkway, on the right.
Thousands of years ago, when the island was larger and drier, Jamestown was more suitable for permanent habitation. In fact, archaeologists have excavated hearths from the 2,000-year-old campsites. Nearby, they found pottery and evidence of stone . . . — — Map (db m89337) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
From the 1630s to the end of the 17th century, this area along Backstreete boasted some of the finest dwellings in Jamestown. Governors, councilmen, burgesses, and lawyers all made this neighborhood home. Richard Kemp, an ardent supporter of . . . — — Map (db m17357) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 3.1 miles west of Virginia Route 199.
The great Indian massacre of March 22, 1622, during which a quarter of the population of Virginia was slain came nearest to Jamestown here in a community known as Archer's Hope. At the house of Ensign William Spence five persons were killed-- John . . . — — Map (db m31085) HM
Near Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31), on the left when traveling south.
At Jamestown began: the Expansion overseas of the English speaking peoples; the Commonwealth of Virginia; the United States of America; the British Commonwealth of Nations — — Map (db m17006) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 1.7 miles from Virginia Route 199.
A small group of Spanish Jesuits attempted a settlement in Virginia in September, 1570. They are said to have entered James river and landed along this creek and crossed the peninsula to establish a mission near York River. Six months later all were . . . — — Map (db m30732) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
As Jamestown expanded beyond the fort, the Virginia Company sent William Claiborne to survey lots in New Towne. There Ralph Hamor patented an acre and a half lot in 1624. Hamor’s deed made it clear that at least three streets already existed – . . . — — Map (db m17115) HM
Near Greensprings Road (Virginia Route 614) 1.5 miles north of Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31), on the right when traveling north.
In 1676 the colony became embroiled in the popular uprising known as Bacon's Rebellion. Frontier settlers
whose homesteads were attacked by hostile Indians, asked Governor Berkeley's government for protection. Fearful and frustrated by the lack of . . . — — Map (db m99078) HM
Like this experimental frame structure before you, most buildings found at James Fort were of earthfast or post-in-ground construction. Main structural posts were seated directly in the ground without the use of footings. Once the building . . . — — Map (db m100109) HM
On Greensprings Road (County Route 614) north of 4H Club Road, on the right when traveling north.
Nearby, late in the afternoon of 6 Julyl 1781, Gen. Charles Cornwallis and cavalry commander Col. Banastre Tarleton with 5,000 British and Hessian troops clashed with 800 American troops commanded by Brig. Gen. “Mad” Anthony Wayne and . . . — — Map (db m2440) HM
Near Greensprings Road (Virginia Route 614) 0.2 miles north of 4-H Club Road (Virginia Route 680), on the right when traveling north.
Hear the crack of flintlock muskets and smell the smoke from cannon fire! On this site, on July 6, 1781, 5,000 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis and Colonel Banastre Tarleton clashed with 900 American soldiers led by the Marquis de . . . — — Map (db m30651) HM
Near Sir Gilbert Loop near Prince Trevor Drive, on the right when traveling north.
In memory of the 6 Virginia & 22 Pennsylvania Line Patriots who died in The Battle of Green Spring on July 6, 1781 & are buried near here.
By their sacrifices they made possible the establishment of a free United States of America. — — Map (db m99079) WM
On Pocahontas Trail (U.S. 60) at 5th Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Pocahontas Trail. Reported permanently removed.
To the east of the road here, centering at Fort Magruder, was fought the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862. The Union General McClellan was pursuing General Johnston’s retiring army, the rearguard of which was commanded by General Longstreet. . . . — — Map (db m130379) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
John Smith was born about 1580 the son of a yeoman farmer of modest means. As a young man he traveled throughout Europe and fought as a soldier in the Netherlands and in Hungary. There he was captured, taken to Turkey and sold into slavery in . . . — — Map (db m11367) HM
On Pocahontas Trail (Virginia Route 60), on the right when traveling west.
During the 17th century Carter's Grove was part of the Martin's Hundred Plantation. In the early 1720's, Robert "King" Carter purchased it and later named the tract Carter's Grove. Between 1730 and 1735 Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" . . . — — Map (db m9503) HM
On Greensprings Road (County Route 614) north of 4H Club Road, on the right when traveling north.
Less than one mile to the east is the site of the Church on the Main, a brick Anglican church built by the 1750s to serve James City Parish as replacement for the church on Jamestown Island, which had become difficult for communicants to reach. The . . . — — Map (db m2442) HM
Near Sir Gilbert Loop north of Prince Trevor Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The Church on the Main, which lies ahead, was built of brick in about 1750, along the main road connecting Jamestown and Williamsburg. It replaced the fifth church at Jamestown and was used by James City Parish, the community in this vicinity. . . . — — Map (db m99084) HM
Near Sir Gilbert Loop north of Prince Trevor Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This 30 x60' brick church, marked by the remnants of a builder’s trench, was constructed in a simple rectangular plan with doors on the west and the south. Holes marking the location of scaffolding employed during construction flank the perimeter of . . . — — Map (db m99085) HM
Near Sir Gilbert Loop north of Prince Trevor Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This archaeological site consists of the remains of the church, the cemetery, and the surrounding fences. All that remains to indicate the location and size of the church below grade is a small remnant of the foundation builder's trench. The 30' x . . . — — Map (db m99086) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 1.7 miles south of Virginia Route 199.
On May 12, 1607 the colonists who were the next day to establish Jamestown, landed at the mouth of this creek. Captain Gabriel Archer, one of the councilors, liked the spot and would have settled here but was outvoted. For more than a century the . . . — — Map (db m30730) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The James River was a lifeline. Ships from England brought tools, seeds, cloth, food, more settlers – and hope. The colonists sent back timber, tobacco, pitch, potash, furs, iron ore – and stories. By 1650, wharves reached out to the . . . — — Map (db m17119) HM
In 1930, Congress established Colonial National Monument (designated Colonial National Historical Park in 1936) to preserve and interpret the beginning and end of the British colonial experience in North America. The park included Jamestown, the . . . — — Map (db m89336) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 1 mile east of Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31).
Early in the 17th century, colonists began settling beyond Jamestown Island. In 1619, for example, Reverend Richard Buck received a patent of land here at Neck of Land, between Mill and Powhatan creeks.
When Buck and his wife died, their . . . — — Map (db m31058) HM
On Pocahontas Trail (U.S. 60) at Magruder Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Pocahontas Trail.
After the Civil War, in the area that later became known as the Community of Grove, the Freedmen’s Bureau confiscated land for displaced newly freed slaves and free blacks. In 1867, the government restored the land to its previous owners. Some . . . — — Map (db m66911) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
These earthworks were erected by Confederate troops in 1861 as part of the defense system to block Union penetration of the James River. — — Map (db m17052) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Dozens of open ditches crisscrossed Jamestown. A ditch and its mound could mark a property boundary, line the edge of a road, or drain swampy soil. Ditches also served as handy trash dumps. Two major ditches, several feet wide and hundreds of feet . . . — — Map (db m17316) HM
On Galt Drive (Virginia Route 322) at Foster Road, on the right when traveling west on Galt Drive.
Eastern State Hospital is the oldest psychiatric hospital in the United States. It was established on 12 Oct. 1773, when Virginia was still a British colony, with the mission of treating and discharging the curable mentally ill. In 1841, under the . . . — — Map (db m58354) HM
On Foster Road 0.2 miles north of Galt Drive, on the left when traveling north.
This hospital is the oldest institution of its kind in America. Francis Fauquier was Governor in 1768. In November, 1769, the tenth year of the reign of George the Third an act was passed by the House of Burgesses confirming the establishment of . . . — — Map (db m66918) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The early English settlers came to Virginia looking for gold, silver, and precious gems, but never found them. Some of the artifacts they left behind, however, are highly valuable to the archaeologists who excavated Jamestown centuries later. . . . — — Map (db m17204) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The foundations of the multi-dwelling structure that stood here match the dimensions called for in legislation passed by the General Assembly in September 1662. This row rouse was standing by September 1668 when the justices of James City . . . — — Map (db m17320) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Jamestown had a large number of four-footed and feathered residents. A chronicler wrote of “two hundred … cattle, as many goats, infinite hogs in herds all over the woods.” The government required fences to keep the free-roaming . . . — — Map (db m17200) HM
On Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31) near Colonial National Historical Parkway, on the left when traveling east.
The first documented Africans in English America arrived at Jamestown in August 1619. A Dutch man-of-war captured them from the Spanish, who had enslaved them, and sold them to the Virginia colonists. The “twenty and odd” Africans, some . . . — — Map (db m97319) HM
On Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31) near Colonial National Historical Parkway.
The first Germans to land in Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in Virginia, arrived aboard the vessel Mary and Margaret about 1 October 1608. These Germans were glassmakers and carpenters. In 1620, German mineral specialists . . . — — Map (db m2445) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The remains of Jamestown now lie buried beneath the ground. Archeologists have unearthed some of the known town site, but the original foundations of structures would erode quickly if left exposed to wind, weather, and acid rain. The foundations . . . — — Map (db m17220) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Tobacco, sassafras – the Jamestown gardener was distracted by quick-money crops for export to Europe. Tobacco was even grown in the streets. In 1624 the General Assembly tried to aid the struggling silk and wine industries by ordering each . . . — — Map (db m17317) HM
On Colonial National Historic Parkway 2.7 miles east of Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31).
After 1619 these 100 acres of land were set aside for the benefit of the Jamestown parish church and minister. Richard Buck was the first clergyman to have use of it. Later on Francis Bolton became minister at "James Citty" and he, too, had "leave . . . — — Map (db m31079) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
John Harvey served as a member of a royal commission investigating conditions in Virginia in 1624. As a reward, he received land at the east end of New Towne. There he probably built a residence and a wharf. A temperamental sea captain, Harvey . . . — — Map (db m17215) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
George Yeardley arrived in Jamestown in 1610, was appointed captain of the guard, and eventually lieutenant governor. Later knighted and appointed governor of Virginia in 1618, he issued the Great Charter in 1619, establishing the first . . . — — Map (db m17027) HM
On Greensprings Road (County Route 614) north of 4H Club Road, on the right when traveling north.
Situated near Jamestown, Governor’s Land originally was a 3,000-acre tract encompassing open fields between the James River and Powhatan Creek. The Virginia Company of London set the parcel aside in 1618 to seat tenants who worked the land, giving . . . — — Map (db m2438) HM
Near Greensprings Road (Virginia Route 614) 1.4 miles north of Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31), on the right when traveling north.
In November 1618, The Virginia Company instructed Governor George Yeardley to set aside 3,000 acres of land “in the best and most convenient place of the territory of Jamestown” to be “the seat and land of the Governor of . . . — — Map (db m99077) HM
On Richmond Road (U.S. 60) at Lightfoot Road (County Route 646), on the right when traveling south on Richmond Road.
On this road, five miles south, is Green Spring, home of Governor Sir William Berkeley. Bacon the Rebel occupied it in 1676. Cornwallis, after moving from Williamsburg by this road on July 4, 1781, was attacked by Lafayette near Green Spring on July . . . — — Map (db m20810) HM
On Greensprings Road (County Route 614) north of 4h Club Road, on the right when traveling north.
The 17th century road to Green Spring, home of Governor Sir William Berkeley, was the eastern part of the Great Road, the earliest-developed English thoroughfare in Virginia. The Great Road ran from Jamestown Island toward the falls of the James . . . — — Map (db m2441) HM
Near Pocahontas Trail (U.S. 60) north of Avon Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
On May 4th, 1862 Union Division’s of Generals Hooker, Hancock, and “Baldy” Smith encountered units of the Southern Army east of Williamsburg. When the Confederate Army Commander General Joseph E. Johnston became aware of the engagement, . . . — — Map (db m15716) HM
On Centerville Road (Virginia Route 614) at Longhill Road (Virginia Route 612), on the right when traveling south on Centerville Road.
Royal Governor William Berkeley, owner of nearby Green Spring Plantation, purchased the land here by 1652, then known as Hot Water. After Berkeley's death, the Hot Water tract passed to the Ludwell and Lee families. William Ludwell Lee inherited the . . . — — Map (db m23614) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
To the glory of God and in grateful memory of those early settlers, the founders of this Nation who died at Jamestown during the first perilous years of the colony. Their bodies lie along the ridge beyond this cross, in the earliest known burial . . . — — Map (db m11377) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
All that was left of this home was the foundation of a fireplace and two rows of stains in the soil. The house was built on wood posts sunk directly into the ground. Changes in the color of the soil show where the holes were dug to sink the posts. . . . — — Map (db m17358) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
In 1934, the National Park Service acquired 1,500 acres of Jamestown Island, including New Towne. Since then, the NPS has used different methods to tell visitors about the town. After archaeologists unearthed numerous structures with brick . . . — — Map (db m17211) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The raw materials for the smelting of iron were all found here: lime from oyster shells, bog ore from the swamp, charcoal from burned trees. A circular kiln, 10 feet across and lined with baked clay, sat over a pit with an air vent to the surface. . . . — — Map (db m17218) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Jackson the smith was at work in his shop . . . Minutes of the General Court, 1623 Protection was of the utmost importance in the early years of Virginia. Gunsmiths like Jamestown resident, assemblyman, and churchwarden John Jackson, were . . . — — Map (db m17212) HM
On Rochambeau Drive (Virginia Route 755) 1.3 miles west of Lightfoot Road (Virginia Route 646), on the right when traveling west.
Marker Front: One of the original shires formed in 1634, and named for Jamestown, the first settlement in Virginia, 1607. Williamsburg is in this county.
Marker Reverse: One of the eight original shires formed in 1634. First . . . — — Map (db m73950) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
You are about to enter the site of 1607 James Fort, the heart of the first, permanent English settlement in North America. The sections of log walls stand above archaeological remains of the original palisades. The walls enclosed about one acre, in . . . — — Map (db m11470) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 2.2 miles west of Virginia Route 199.
Indians knew this as the Powhatan River, the colonists renamed it in honor of their sovereign, James I. It is one of Virginia's longest and broadest rivers. Rising in the Appalachians it flows eastward, often soil laden, 340 miles to the Chesapeake . . . — — Map (db m31087) HM
On Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31) near Colonial National Historical Parkway, on the left when traveling south.
Nearby to the east is Jamestown, the original site of the first permanent English colony in North America. On 14 May 1607, a group of just over 100 men and boys recruited by the Virginia Company of London came ashore and estblished a settlement at . . . — — Map (db m2443) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
This part of old “James Towne” has been owned and preserved since 1893 by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Founded May 13, 1607, “James Towne” was the first permanent English settlement in . . . — — Map (db m10262) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 0.5 miles south of Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31).
Across the swamp lies Jamestown Island. Powhatan Creek below you, takes its name from the Indian Chief. To the right is Glasshouse Point, place of early glassmaking and later a part of the suburb of "James Cittie". — — Map (db m30733) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 2.7 miles east of Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31).
The woodland and marsh beyond the water is Jamestown Island, a pear-shape area of some 1,500 acres, being about 2½ miles in length. It is separated from the mainland by Back Creek. In more recent times the wide mouth of this creek, which you . . . — — Map (db m31077) HM
On Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31) near Colonial National Historical Parkway.
The ancient road that linked Jamestown, the original colonial capital, with Middle Plantation(later Williamsburg) followed a meandering course. It departed from Jamestown Island and then turned northeast, crossing Powhatan and Mill Creeks. As it . . . — — Map (db m2446) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
East Side of Monument:
Virginia Company of London Chartered April 10, 1606 Founded Jamestown and sustained Virginia 1607 – 1624
North Side of Monument:
Jamestown The first permanent colony of the English people. The birthplace . . . — — Map (db m11467) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The First and Second Churches Captain John Smith reported that the first church services were held outdoors “under an awning (which was an old sail)” fastened to three or four trees. Shortly thereafter the colonists built the first . . . — — Map (db m17053) HM
On Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31) 0.1 miles north of Virginia Route 199, on the right when traveling north.
In the second quarter of the 17th-century, merchant George Menefie developed a 1,200-acre plantation just east of here he called Littletown. In March 1633, Dutch trader David DeVies observed that his two-acre garden was "full of Provence roses, . . . — — Map (db m9505) HM
On Pocahontas Trail (U.S. 60), on the left when traveling east.
Here is a redoubt in the line of Confederate defenses, built across the James-York Peninsula in 1861-62 by General John B. Magruder. — — Map (db m10540) HM
On Pocahontas Trail (Virginia Route 60) 0.1 miles east of Plantation Road, on the right when traveling east.
This plantation was allocated to the London-based Society of Martin's Hundred by 1618 and was later assigned 21,500 acres. It was initially settled in 1620 around Wolstenholme Town, its administrative center, located near the James River. . . . — — Map (db m9495) HM
On Pocahontas Trail (Virginia Route 60) 0.1 miles east of Plantation Road, on the right.
The first Martin's Hundred Parish church was probably built at Wolstenholme Town, an early 17th-century settlement that was located a mile southeast of here. None of the structures excavated there have been identified as a church; it may have been . . . — — Map (db m9497) 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
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 1.8 miles east of Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31).
This area, like a peninsula and bounded on three sides by a marsh, is just across Back River from Jamestown Island. In 1625 there were a number of houses and 25 people living here. The settlement had close community ties to “James Citty” . . . — — Map (db m31073) HM
On Richmond Road (U.S. 60) at Cokes Lane, on the right when traveling east on Richmond Road.
In 1833 the founders of Olive Branch Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) met for worship at Hill Pleasant Farm. By 1835, the congregation had built a brick church on land donated by Dr. Charles M. Hubbard and Mary Henley. During the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m23598) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Brick, lime, and pottery kilns operated throughout Jamestown. A small paved pit here, filled with oyster shells and moistened lime, marked a kiln where mortar or plaster was made. Different pits produced varying qualities of mortar and plaster. . . . — — Map (db m17314) HM
“our extreme toil in bearing and planting palisades so strained and bruised us, and our continual labor in the extremity of heat had so weakened us” – John Smith
These replicated sections of James Fort’s palisades are . . . — — Map (db m100110) HM
Near John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) 0.4 miles west of Barretts Ferry Drive, on the right when traveling west.
When the English colonists arrived in 1607, they landed in Paspahegh Country, which extended westward along the shore of the James River to the Chickahominy River and beyond.
The Native Americans who lived here were Algonquin speakers that fished, . . . — — Map (db m90951) HM
On Pocahontas Trail (U.S. 60) at Avon Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Pocahontas Trail.
During the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, both Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan had their armies west toward Richmond on this road. Johnston evacuated Yorktown on 3-4 May and withdrew up the Peninsula, with . . . — — Map (db m10118) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
To the north, Jamestown Island is ringed with slow moving water and a marsh of reeds, cypress, and pine. One of the first industries attempted at Jamestown was the extraction of pitch and tar from the pine trees in this swampy area. Pitch, tar, and . . . — — Map (db m17219) HM
On Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31) near Colonial National Historical Parkway.
Matoaka, nicknamed Pocahontas (“mischievous one”), the daughter of Powhatan, was born about 1597. She served as an emissary for her father and came to Jamestown often in 1608. In 1613, Samuel Argall kidnapped Pocahontas while she visited . . . — — Map (db m2448) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Erected in 1922, this statue by William Ordway Partridge, honors Pocahontas, the favorite daughter of Paramount Chief Wahunsenacawh (better known as Powhatan), ruler of the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom. Pocahontas was born around 1595, probably at . . . — — Map (db m11371) HM
Near York River Park Road (County Route 696) 2.1 miles north of Riverview Road (County Route 606), on the right when traveling north.
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Powhatan's Headquarters
At the time Captain John Smith traveled the York River, several Eastern Virginia Algonquian tribes paid tribute to a spiritual and political leader named Powhatan. In return, he provided . . . — — Map (db m97289) HM
On Pocahontas Trail (U.S. 60) at Avon Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Pocahontas Trail.
James Bray owned land nearby in Middle Plantation by the 1650s, and Quarterpath Road probably began as a horse path to one of Bray’s quarters or farm units. Over the years, the road was improved; it extended to Col. Lewis Burwell’s landing on the . . . — — Map (db m130380) HM
Near Colonial National Historic Parkway 2.3 miles east of Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31).
Early records tell of a land sale in 1636 being these 500 acres with “all howses...gardens, orchards, tenements.” The property passed from Thomas Crompe “of the Neck of Land” to Gershon Buck son of the Reverend Richard Buck . . . — — Map (db m31075) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
To the glory of God and in memory of the Reverend Robert Hunt, Presbyter. appointed by the Church of England, minister of the colony which established the English Church and English civilization at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, his people, members of . . . — — Map (db m17023) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Several Jamestown families lived in row houses. This row of three houses was occupied at least from 1560 through 1720. Elaborate ironwork found here suggested that the row was handsomely furnished. Perhaps the row was home to the government . . . — — Map (db m17114) HM
On Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31), on the right when traveling east.
Near this location in 1901, Samuel H. Yongee, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spearheaded the design and construction of a seawall/revetment that halted the rapid erosion and loss into the James River of the most-historic . . . — — Map (db m11445) HM
On Greensprings Road (Virginia Route 614) at John Tyler Highway (Virginia Route 5), on the right when traveling south on Greensprings Road.
Oxford-educated, Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) was governor of Virginia from 1641 to 1652 and from 1660 to 1677, holding office longer than any other governor of Virginia, colonial or modern. Under his leadership, Virginia changed from a colonial . . . — — Map (db m23613) HM
On Richmond Road (U.S. 60) at Lightfoot Road (County Route 646), on the right when traveling south on Richmond Road.
Six-Mile Ordinary, a popular 18th-century tavern also known as Allen's for its proprietor Isham Allen, stood six miles from Williamsburg. On 1 July 1774, a group of free holders congregated there and drafted the James City Resolves not to import . . . — — Map (db m20805) HM
On Richmond Road (U.S. 60) at Lightfoot Road (County Route 646), on the right when traveling south on Richmond Road.
On this road, four miles south, the action of Spencer's Ordinary was fought, June 24, 1781, between detachments from Lafayette's and Cornwallis's armies. — — Map (db m20807) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The Virginia General Assembly is the oldest representative legislature in the Western Hemisphere. Meeting for the first time in July 1619, it gathered in the “most convenient place we could finde to sitt in … the Quire of the churche.” . . . — — Map (db m128481) HM
“We digged a faire Well of fresh water in the Fort of excellent, sweet water which till then was wanting.” - John Smith
Here, at the center of the triangular James Fort, archaeologists found remains of a storehouse and the . . . — — Map (db m100119) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
. . . in ye sd Col Swanns Ordinary at James City. Minutes of the General Court, 1677 Although councilman Colonel Thomas Swann resided across the James River at his Swann Point plantation, he also leased a Jamestown tavern that provided . . . — — Map (db m17213) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The Amber House was built by the Ambler family in the 1750s as the centerpiece of a fine plantation estate. A refined Georgian-style home, it was comparable to the elegant George Wythe House in Williamsburg. The house was burned in two wars, and . . . — — Map (db m17308) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
In front of you is the “Archaearium,” an archaeological museum of early Jamestown history. Its exhibits explore both the James Fort excavations and those of the site above which it sits – the Statehouse, the first building built . . . — — Map (db m17044) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Presented by The English Inns of Court to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the founding of the Colony at Jamestown in 1607 April 2007 — — Map (db m17049) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
In honour of The First General Assembly of Virginia, here on the thirtieth day of July A.D. 1916. Summoned by Sir George Yeardley, Governor General of Virginia, under authority from the London Company, pursuant to the charter granted by King . . . — — Map (db m15727) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
A few days after he arrived at Jamestown in May 1607, George Percy wrote that he and his party “espied a pathway” and were “desirous to knowe whither it would bring us.” Most likely they discovered a trail used by Paspahegh . . . — — Map (db m17117) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Jamestown provided the colonists with a deep-water port in a defensible location. Because shoreline settlements and camps allowed for easier transportation and a ready source of food, the colonists and Virginia Indians both lived on or near major . . . — — Map (db m17198) HM
Near Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
The site of the first landing is directly ahead of you in the river. During the years since 1607, the river has eroded about 25 acres of this part of Jamestown Island. The original shoreline was close to the present edge of the river channel, . . . — — Map (db m11374) HM
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