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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is the county seat for James City County
Williamsburg is in James City County
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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
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
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
Spinster Mary Stith resided here until her death in 1816. She left the house, the lot, and most of her estate to three former slaves in gratitude for their past services. — — Map (db m227047) HM
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
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
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Never Forget Garden
This garden is a living tribute to all
Of America’s veterans and their
families. In silence and respect, this is
a place to remember why millions of . . . — — Map (db m226757) HM
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company constructed the Norge Depot 600 feet north of here in 1907-1908. Several years earlier, Norwegian-born railway agent Carl M. Bergh had recruited Scandinavian immigrants who lived in the American Midwest to . . . — — Map (db m194686) HM
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
This circa 1775 house is named for John Orrell, who acquired it in 1810. Earlier documentation is unknown, but the building appears on the “Frenchman’s Map” of Williamsburg in 1782. — — Map (db m228024) HM
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
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
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
Apothecary Peter Hay dispensed drugs and provided surgical, midwifery, and general medical services here. He also sold spices, cooking oils and teas. — — Map (db m227050) HM
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
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
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 the . . . — — Map (db m194910) HM
(panel 1)
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
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
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
Richard Crump owned this property from 1785-1794. The Rev. John Bracken purchased it from Crump and added it to the block of eight lots that he owned to the west. — — Map (db m227984) HM
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
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
Near this location in 1901, Samuel H. Yonge, 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 part . . . — — Map (db m194712) HM
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
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 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
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
. . . 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
Charles Taliaferro erected the right side of this building as a retail store in the 1770s. Businessman Jesse Cole expanded it into its present residential form in 1804. — — Map (db m227149) HM
Coachmaker Charles Taliaferro made riding chairs and harnesses in the 1770s. In 1804, Jesse Cole purchased the shop and used it as a post office and general store. — — Map (db m227150) HM
John Tayloe II, a wealthy and influential planter from the Northern Neck of Virginia purchased this house in 1759. He used it as his in-town residence while serving on the Governor’s Council. — — Map (db m227912) HM
The Ambler 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 m166340) HM
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
Originally constructed in 1890
at the east end of Duke of Gloucester Street
by Judge Cary Peyton Armistead
Moved here by Colonial Williamsburg in 1995
Includes bricks, timbers, sash windows and doors
from R. Charlton’s Colonial Era . . . — — Map (db m226925) HM
This interpretation of a "mud-and-stud" structure was made possible by a generous donation from The Jamestowne Society.
The gift was made in honor of archaeologist Dr. William M. Kelso, whose 25 years of leadership and perseverance led . . . — — Map (db m240209) HM
Builder Benjamin Powell owned this property from 1763 to 1782. He built or repaired several prominent buildings, including the public gaol. The tower at Bruton Church, and the public hospital. — — Map (db m228198) HM
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
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
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
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
Due to the loss of James City County records during the Civil War, little is known about this early 19th-century cottage. Actor Cary Grant resided here while starring in the Hollywood film The Howards of Virginia in 1940. — — Map (db m228019) HM
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
Just below the ground’s surface lie the original foundations of the first purpose-built statehouse at Jamestown. From the very beginning, the efforts at Jamestown were influenced by the laws and legal institutions of England. American . . . — — Map (db m17046) HM
The tombs before you mark the final resting places of The Reverend Dr. James Blair and his wife Sarah. Shortly after Dr. Blair was interred here, the church was abandoned in favor of a new building on the ‘mainland’. The church and the graveyard . . . — — Map (db m100108) HM
The marker is made up of two panels Since there is little natural stone in tidewater Virginia, tombstones were rare in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Almost all had to be imported, usually from England. Many of the people buried . . . — — Map (db m100102) HM
These foundations were discovered & identified in 1903 by Samuel H. Yonge, Designer of the sea-wall & author of “The Site of “Olde Jamestowne,” 1607-1698.” ----- • ----- Placed by the Association for the Preservation of . . . — — Map (db m17041) HM
When the English arrived in 1607, Paramount Chief Powhatan controlled much of Tidewater Virginia. His sphere of influence included over 30 tribes and 160 towns located from the coast to the James River fall line. The colonists built Jamestown in the . . . — — Map (db m31057) HM
Despite the success of tobacco, the crown instructed Virginia’s governors to diversify and encourage trades in the colony. Governor Sir John Harvey supported this endeavor. During the 1630s, he employed a variety of tradesmen on this property . . . — — Map (db m17359) HM
At Trebell's Landing on the James River a mile southwest of here, the artillery and stores of the American and French Armies were located in September 1781. They were then conveyed overland some six miles to the siege lines at Yorktown. The troops . . . — — Map (db m9501) HM
Vietnam
1961 • 1975
To Those Who Made
The Ultimate Sacrifice
SSGT Talmadge Horton Alphin, Jr.,
PFC Kernell P. Bradsby, USA
MAJ Herbert P. Hambly, USA
SSGT John R. Chapman, USA
SP 4 Raymond P. De Luca, USA
1/LT Arthur Lee . . . — — Map (db m226753) WM
Original freight wagon built circa 1810 for the Minnick family of New Market, Virginia. Used to haul freight between New Market and Baltimore until 1856. Placed in storage from 1882 until 1939. Used in the Virginia exhibition at the 1939 New York . . . — — Map (db m226928) HM
“ … not at all replenished with springs of fresh water … their wells brackish, ill-scented … and not grateful to the stomach.” If a well at Jamestown was sunk to the right depth, it could yield “sweet water.” Too deep a well . . . — — Map (db m17202) HM
You are walking on historic ground! This 601-acre park includes a 17th-century James City County homesite, an 18th-century graveyard, and America's earliest known free black settlement, dating to 1803. In addition Continental, French and British . . . — — Map (db m231288) HM
A 1735 deed describes this building as “ one house then letten for lodgins to William Randolph, Esq., situate at the back of the garden…” Randolph a wealthy planter and politician was the uncle of Patriot Peyton Randolph — — Map (db m227897) HM
Wowinchapuncke was the chief of the Paspahegh
Indians when the English established Jamestown
in the tribe’s territory in 1607. He consistently
resisted the English intrusion, earning both
respect and hostility from Jamestown leaders.
Captured . . . — — Map (db m26343) HM
Physician Phillip Barraud owned this property from 1782 to 1801. He worked with Apothecary James Galt as visiting physicians at the public hospital until 1799. The Barraud House retains much of its original woodwork and is one of the best preserved . . . — — Map (db m228032) HM
Baker Peter Moyer owned this house until 1792. Scottish merchant Ebenezer Ewing and his heirs owned it from about 1795 until 1840. — — Map (db m228124) HM
Used by several merchants as a store in the 1770s and 1780s, this building and the adjacent tavern were acquired by Phillip Moody in 1796. His documents term this building a barber shop. — — Map (db m227035) HM
Blacksmith Josias Moody and his heirs owned this house from 1794 until 1845. Little is known about Moody, but noted Lawyer St. George Tucker paid him £10 for blacksmithing work in 1794. — — Map (db m228117) HM
Successful saddler Alexander Craig acquired this house in 1755. He lived in the left portion and operated his business on the right until his death in 1776. — — Map (db m227152) HM
Emigrant printer Purdie bought this house in 1767. He launched the Virginia Gazette in 1774. One of three local newspapers of the same name. — — Map (db m227155) HM
Richard Bland, student in 1725, the first to announce in a formal pamphlet that England and the American colonies were co-ordinate kingdoms under a common crown, 1764.
Dabney Carr, student in 1762, patron of the resolutions in 1775 . . . — — Map (db m66922) HM
Art Matsu, renowned football player, was the first Asian American student to graduate from William & Mary. A four-year starter at quarterback (1923–1926), he earned a national reputation while guiding William & Mary’s powerful offense. As team . . . — — Map (db m238116) HM
As the May 5, 1862, Battle of Williamsburg raged along the Bloody Ravine and in front of Fort Magruder, the Union commander sought to turn the flank of the Confederate defenses. Gen. Joseph Hooker was convinced that the right flank was unoccupied . . . — — Map (db m77991) HM
A critical part of the Battle of Williamsburg took place here on May 5, 1862. Union troops occupied the ridge to your right across present-day U.S. Route 60. The Confederate line of redoubts stood to your left on the ridge to the west. Felled timber . . . — — Map (db m164872) HM
(Preface) In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James Rivers toward the Confederate capital. A . . . — — Map (db m184908) HM
Lawyer Benjamin Waller acquired this property about 1746. It remained in his family for over 130 years. Waller held a variety of posts including Burgess, Clerk of the General Court, and Vestry of Bruton Parish. — — Map (db m227763) HM
Lawyer Benjamin was George Wythes law teacher. Waller likely used this building as his law office and as a clerk’s office for his many government positions. — — Map (db m227802) HM
By Avard T. Fairbanks, Ph. D. (1897-1987)
Created for the nation's bicentennial in 1976, this striking likeness has won national acclaim for portraying the spirit and indomitable will of the "Father of Our Country"
The first bronze . . . — — Map (db m190388) HM WM
In 1770, Mary Davis advertised lodgings for ladies and gentlemen, noting “Any ladies that may choose to spend a few weeks, whether for pleasure or education, may do it here both reasonably and conveniently.” — — Map (db m227037) HM
William Bryan and his heirs owned this property from the 1700s until 1818. After early residential use the building, served. as a grocery store and a school. — — Map (db m227734) HM
Mrs. Blaikley lived here from 1736-1771. Her obituary called her An eminent midwife…Who … brought upwards of three thousand children into the world.” — — Map (db m227159) HM
Acquired in 1769 by wigmaker Edward Charlton and his wife, Milliner Jane Hunter Charlton. Edward Charlton’s clients included Thomas Jefferson, George Wythe, Payton Randolph, and Patrick Henry. — — Map (db m227033) HM
Constructed as a store and residence in 1750, the building was converted into a coffeehouse and operated by Richard Charlton in the mid 1760s. In October 1765, the coffeehouse was the scene of resistance to the British Parliament's Stamp Act. — — Map (db m60299) HM
Mrs. Campbell opened her well resorted tavern in 1771, offering “Genteel accommodations, and the very best entertainment.” George Washington frequently dined and lodged here in the 1770s. — — Map (db m227774) HM
On this site in September 1775 Colonel Patrick Henry established camp grounds for Virginia troops who were to rendezvous and train at Williamsburg. Several Virginia regiments left here in 1776 and 1777 to join General George Washington’s army in the . . . — — Map (db m18179) HM
John Curtis IV built a rental property here in 1717. His daughter-in-law, Martha Curtis, and her second husband George Washington, managed it from 1759 to 1778. — — Map (db m226951) HM
Tailor David Morton operated a tailor shop here beginning in 1776. In June of that year he advertised that “journeymen tailors will meet with good encouragement by applying to David Morton.” — — Map (db m227753) HM
When Virginia seceded on April 17, 1861, Union and Confederate leaders alike saw the Peninsula as an avenue of attack against Richmond. Federal ships on the James and York rivers could guard an army’s flanks and escort supply vessels upstream. Fort . . . — — Map (db m77989) HM
John Burkett kept a tavern here “at the sign of Edinburgh Castle.” His daughter, later Christina Campbell, was also a well-known tavernkeeper. — — Map (db m227740) HM
On May 7, 1801, J. S. Watson, a student at William and Mary, wrote a letter detailing attempts at flying hot air balloons on the Court House Green. The third balloon, decorated with sixteen stars, one for each of the existing states, and fueled with . . . — — Map (db m16852) HM
This church, home to one of the oldest continuous congregations organized by African Americans, traces its origins to brush arbor meetings held by 1776 at a nearby plantation. The congregation moved to a Williamsburg carriage house and in 1856 . . . — — Map (db m167815) HM
This large redoubt was the center of a defensive line crossing the Peninsula. These earthworks, constructed by the command of General John B. Magruder, were a part of the system of fortifications designed to protect Richmond. Here on May 5, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m10572) HM
Here lie the remains of those members
of the
Galt Family
Who died between 1773 and 1866,
during which time five generations
served with great dedication and
skill as Chief Medical and Custodial
Officers the Institution . . . — — Map (db m226475) HM
After attorney George Davenport’s death in 1766, his widow, Catherine, took in lodgers until her death in 1771. The family owned the house until 1779, renting it to upholster Joseph Kidd just before the revolution. — — Map (db m227786) HM
Merchant Jackson purchased this property about 1773, likely living in the left side and using the right as a store. He sold a wide array of goods, including stockings, gloves, hats, knives, shoes, buckles, china and glass. — — Map (db m227750) HM
Apothecary and surgeon George Pitt inherited this property in 1757. He operated an apothecary shop, “The Sign of the Rhinoceros,” here until the mid-1770s. — — Map (db m227668) HM
This mid-eighteenth century building was the home of George Wythe, tutor and friend of Jefferson. Wythe was the first professor of law at an American college, and first Virginian signer of the Declaration of Independence. Washington used the house . . . — — Map (db m60248) HM
Gowan Pamphlet, ordained Baptist preacher, led clandestine religious gatherings of enslaved and free African Americans by the late 1770s. To avoid patrollers, they met in wooded areas outside Williamsburg. An enslaved worker at the Kings Arms Tavern . . . — — Map (db m189142) HM
In the eighteenth century, nearly all Virginians lived on rural farmsteads. When people traveled to Williamsburg, the journey took them past many such small plantations. Those they met along the way-whites of modest means, free blacks, and . . . — — Map (db m189455) HM
