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VIRGINIA MARKER HISTORY • VOLUME IV
©2009 Marker Histor y LLC • All Rights Reser ved • ISBN: 978-0-9843179-3-6
Virginia
Marker History VOLUME IV
Tidewater Region
At Markerhistory.com, we are dedicated to increasing
the number of people exposed to the unique narrative provided by historical road markers. To do this we have created the Historical Marker Collection – a lavishly-photographed series of pictorial guidebooks, posters and postcards. We are also committed to helping sustain historical road marker programs and historic preservation. We help sustain historical road marker programs by giving back a portion of our retail sales to fund historical road marker programs. We promote historic preservation by acting as a partner with historical societies and schools, providing wholesale pricing in connection with fundraising activities. The Historical Marker Collection guidebook series consists of eleven (11) planned volumes. Each guide contains a full page color image of the markers relating to a specific geographic region or subject, as well as convenient marker title, marker number, gps coordinate, and geographic location indexes for easy reference. The marker images are grouped by key historic periods and arranged chronologically within each, providing a unique regional/subject overview of the significant places, events and people that define our past and have shaped who we are today. Virginia Marker History – Volume IV is a guide to the Virginia historical road markers located in the Tidewater Region.
New Kent
Charles City
James City
Hopewell
Prince George
Williamsburg
Surry
York
Newport News
Poquoson Hampton
Isle of Wight Norfolk Portsmouth
Southampton
Suffolk Franklin
Chesapeake
Virginia Beach
Contents CHAPTER 1 / PAGE 9
Settlements and Jurisdictions CHAPTER 2 / PAGE 55
Colonial Period
CHAPTER 3 / PAGE 147
Revolutionary and Young America CHAPTER 4 / PAGE 219
Civil War
CHAPTER 5 / PAGE 261
Post Civil War And 20Th Century APPENDIX I / PAGE 272
Marker Title Index
APPENDIX II / PAGE 277
Marker Number Index
APPENDIX III / PAGE 282
Geographic Location Index APPENDIX IV / PAGE 287
Omitted Marker Index
CHAPteR 1
Settlements and Jurisdictions
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