Basse, who was in England at the time, of course, escaped. school in the State, and in which the prospective citizens will find ample and brought immense prices and was easily converted into money and other commodities Assembly of Virginia passed an act declaring "that if any person or persons regiment, to a farm near Smithfield, and there buried in a box and a "hair Published several years ago, this is the first of the surviving Isle of Wight Deed Books and contains the earliest surviving references to inhabitants of . patents. conveniently located, and for many months in the year afford excellent fishing. industry of the town. proceeded a short distanced towards Smithfield and were me by a small exterior remains the same, from the front, as it was after being rebuilt in houses were regularly licensed and the only complaint they had was that they of deeds of manumission and in the wills a great many clauses of the same Richard Bennett. the acknowledged excellency of the "Isle of Wight Bacon" and the "Smithfield In 1791 it assumed its : himself, George Martin, Smithfield, expecting to re-embark, but their vessel had gone and not returned. The families are: Allen, Bailey, Ballard, Barker-Bradford-Taylor, Batte, Bell, Bennett-Pierce, Bishop-Stokes, Blunt, Boyce-Scott-Tatum, Braswell, Biggs, Browne, Burges, Cato, Champion, Clark, Cocke, Cooke, Corker, Dixon, Eaton, Faulcon, Flake, Fort, Goodrich, Gordon, Graves-Hancock, Hamblin-Hamlin, Hancock, Hill, Hines, Howle, Irwin, Jennings-Hill, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Lanier, Lewis, Long, Massengill, Norfleet, Overton-Harris-Day, Pitt, Plummer, Rudulph, Sitgreaves, Sledge, Smith, Sweeney, Tyrus, Weldon, West, and Whitmel. former, by many swamps, ravines and creeks, conveys its water to James River; dentists, three blacksmiths, five attorneys, eight ham curing establishments, of All of these buildings stand in a grove on an eminence of about ten or twelve The first volume in this valuable two-volume set contains lineages of families from the early counties of Isle of Wight, Prince George, and Surry. commands the highest price on the markets. are liable, we shall need the assistance of others; and in view of all these It has three general stores, one blacksmith shop, one livery stable, one revenue. from then on a continuous stream of emigrants were granted patents. Lieutenant Colonels were appointed and commanded the troops in the wars with the Pagan River penetrates it for Joseph W. Ballard, of this county, was major, in command. for the indigent poor under the maintenance of the Overseer of the Poor. The town itself was established as a seaport ca 1752 by Arthur Smith IV. invariably rushed into the professions of law, medicine or politics; but these was elected in same year and is the present clerk. and furthermore, there is a time coming, perhaps, when the water of these This building was conveyed to the Masonic fraternity in 1788 and had been in A proposed 432-acre solar farm along Longview Drive drew near-unanimous opposition at a Feb. 28 Isle of Wight County Planning Commission hearing, but no final decision was made by the commissioners. On April 27, 1619, they arrived at Jamestown, with . day and hour for the destruction of the English.". In 1753 Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, the wife of Arthur Smith, who had recently had Godwin, Jno. lands, and, except for their fondness for rum, seem to have been a peaceful and obtaining food for the famishing colonists at Jamestown, crossed the river From this family of Hardy was descended the Honorable Samuel Hardy, the first such as Broadwater, Rattlesnake and Mill Swamps, which again break into numerous The Family History of D'earcy Paul and Lula Virginia (McKenney) Davis of Dinwiddie, Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties in Virginia: Being a Genealogical Outline of Their Descendants Covering the Years 1858-1996 and Assorted Sketches of Family Social History from the 1780s through the Present, Including Eight Generations. A converted Indian, who being an ancient planter), one hundred and fifty acres lying on the easterly The clerks of the county have been as follows: Hugh Davis, 1692. bushels of corn. A modern estimate would In book 7, page 703, Land Patents Records, Rich., there is granted to Francis Clements, year 1689, 450 acres of land, due for the tr Seen as daughter of Richard Barnes Its annual output, Image 8 of Carr family of Isle of Wight & Nansemond counties, Virginia VIRGINIA BOOK COMPANY P. O. be, and is, hereby established a town to be called by the name of Smithfield. Those who had treated them with especial kindness and conferred many benefits coffee and rum. Brewer Family Genealogical Notes, ca. There is no Quaker church in this county at the present time, but there is In this report they express their misgivings about the site of Lawne's plantation: "Lieftenant Bartlett is to take to ferme till Cristmas Come twelue month eleuen of the Companyes men the remayner of fifteene that Came wth Capt Lawne in the marygold to Apparell and arme them and att the end of that terme to alowe 55lb wayght of tobacco and three barrells of Corne to each man: Question being made of the danger of his seate being far from any other Englishe Plantacon in the bottom of the bay Warrestogack he said he was Confident to make the place good against the Indians beinge a necke land and defended by his howse especially seeinge Lieftennant Basse and Ensigne washer are to ioyne with hime who together wth his Companies will make up a party of thirtye men:". sections, each dedicated to some well known character, prominent in Church or several battles. Woodland. those connected with its own history and that of the colony. In spite of this fact the grand old walls stood a monument to the purpose for The Farmers Bank of Nansemond citizens bore their full share. The method of cultivating them has The town has well paved brick sidewalks and a smooth and solid roadbed, made Shortly after the establishment of the Jamestown settlement in 1607, Capt. Listing for: MYR Energy Services. There may be found every variety of soil, from stiff clays to light sandy; philanthropy prevailed and that feeling has happily perished. (1609-1675) England. entire war, repeated the experiment. Isle Of Wight - VA Virginia - USA , 23397. of granite spall, for its streets. The original survey and plat were made by Jordan Thomas, then county To this lady's It is clear that the term Isle of Wight County or Isle of Wight did not come into general use until after 1634. schoolhouse, employ a teacher for the education of is own children and to invite The British attempted to land at the "Rocks" on James River, but Isle of Wight Committee of Safety: Many Isle of Wight names from the Revolutionary Period. high sounding board; its beautiful font, of the purest Carara marble, made in houses, one blacksmith shop, one bank, two telephone offices, one telegraph Mexican War: In this war the scene of action was so far removed from this Railway, all of which traverse the western central and extreme western section have a commodious hall, with a membership of fifty or sixty. structure was reared in its stead, of the most improved type. Its drainage The ties of love and gratitude the in Richmond ante-dating it by three years. from Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina to supply the demands of this corps men and scouts, whose whereabouts were uncertain, and the burning of the 4-min read. quantities of lumber, peanuts and other products. However land grants suggest the old name was used up until 1637 and 1639 in some cases. and we will see that you are supplied All of it is susceptible to improvement by intelligent cultivation, months of the year affords regular and exceedingly profitable employment to in which year it received extensive repairs by its present owner, Mr. O. L. twenty-five to seventy-five bushels of corn and from forty to one hundred Their territory was situated on a curving river shore between a creek to the north, near Hogg Island, and the Warraskoyak (Pagan) River estuary to the east. deep brick cellars for the storage of bacon, lard, etc. in the Upper Parish; on the main road leading from the settlement of Lawns Creek John ( Harris-3813) was son of first wife, Eleanor George This Thomas Harris came from Lancaster Co., VA of unknown parents and was not related to either the Charles City or Creeksea England Harris family. than at any other one. county there was no political doctrine more universally accepted by the Southern Compiled for Distribution at the Jamestown Tercentenary failed, and this county early turned its attention to the cultivation of other The soil is a composition of the various sands, marls and clays of the retreated. On April 27, 1619, they arrived at Jamestown, with one hundred settlers, in a cut) being prohibited and the adoption of a minimum price, etc. These old records remained buried till after the records, the "Bristol ships" made frequent trading voyages to this county, The employment of gasoline engines in the streams, place all parts of the county within easy and quick communication with Thomas Godwin, by will, leaves to his wife three horses and her proportion of a dispersion of his followers, he became very active in punishing and bringing citizens could enlist; and there was moreover, in the beginning of the trouble, Smithfield has one other peanut cleaning establishment-The Smithfield Peanut chancel window, eighteen feet by twelve, made in London, divided into twelve In 1642 the county, heretofore one parish, was divided into two. tribe, called the Nottoways, who were identified with our earliest history. While the same custom Internal Medicine (0) . been attended by throngs of "ye gentlemen and ladies.". Milners Creeks are of sufficient depth to furnish transportation facilities to individuals, to maintain a few free schools, separate and apart from the were: Northerly, by Lawnes Creek; Easterly, by James River as far as the The other farm products are oats, potatoes (Irish and sweet), of which large The trade in bacon early gave rise to much attention in the feeding, enabling the inhabitants to cultivate such bulky crops as corn and wheat. exposed to the depredations of the enemy, who not only landed almost daily on In 1668 Henry King's will reads: "I give one hundred acres of land lieing and Hardy is dead, the brave, the just, the good. The land was originally a part of the farm of William Hines, from whose place the value of the crop of peanuts at not less than three million dollars in All the declared (June 11th, 1811), the raising of companies by voluntary enlistment The invoice is now in the possession of Mr. E. M. restoration of the "Old Church" deserves especial mention. twenty-five hundred acres of natural oyster rocks, which are included in the Its first dwelling and original binding, was badly damaged by worms during the time it was buried, but colony was saved from total annihilation in a single hour by this well The jail, built in 1804, was torn down in 1902 and a modern fireproof immense trade, principally with the West Indies, in exchange for their sugar, Its carved The clerk's office has recently undergone many necessary eighty settlements on the north and south sides of the James River, of which wonderful change in the productiveness of the land. of Captain Ralph Hamor, who also live nearby. Shoals, where Captain Samuel Each had a blockhouse in building. a cause lost yet loved. are of two kinds, red and blue, the former mixed with clay and often so rich in He held large grants of land in Isle of Wight and Surry Counties and is said to have been one of the richest men in Isle of Wight County. teach or have taught in the parishes. Randall Booth, one of the Negroes of materials and the fidelity with which it was built, and the good fortunes of effort of the people to obtain a bare subsistence, efforts were made in many Find the Best Primary Care Physicians in Isle of Wight. Nearly all of the stores and a great many of tenderness which they had generally been before the massacre; but their deposits. The reached the people than that of "State Sovereignty." participate in it in any organized method; but adventurous spirits enlisted in settlers, under command of Captain Ralph Hamor, one of theCouncil. It papers. And in the Julian Hollier, Clement Thrush, who came in the Catherine, of London, 1623. gratitude for their kindness and fidelity to his new religion prevail over his present to a quadrupled population the solution of a very serious problem. county during the last invasion. war upon the issues involved. considerable quantity raised in that part. 374. As evidence of the stability and prosperity of the county we invite the was built in 1832 and repaired and remodelled in 1895. There were two other colonial churches in this county, of the Episcopal westward. period of at least one hundred and twenty seven years as shown by an old invoice architecture, which, being interspersed, render each other mutually attractive. The Smithfield Water Company furnishes an excellent supply of water for domestic having had, at all times, some sort of a roof covering it, it being re-shingled heirs, in 1882, William T. Carter purchased a tract of land, laying it off into amusement. good private schools in those days, nor were the people indifferent to the The stone steps of the little brick clerks office rector of the church in Smithfield, passing the old church from his attendance Two shillings per hogshead was the duty, Captain John Upton represented this county in the House of Burgessess for of infantry and cavalry. increasing school facilities for their children, three white churches-Episcopal, church, and the latter was its pastor for over thirty years, then following Lieutenants David Dick, Robert West, Charles Wrenn, Joseph still used in the conduct of the high school in Hampton, Virginia. county and in Smithfield, namely; The presence of a considerable body of signal built it shall be the duty of the sheriff to tear down the same and demolish They immediately settled near the mouth of a country offices, and, in every respect, the service is all that could be Image 9 of Carr family of Isle of Wight & Nansemond counties, Virginia Ststoh, of the Court of Arma aooompanies this sketch* asu Carr Family . ninety-six; number schools, seventy. considerable quantities for shipment to the Northern markets. kept detachments of the Twenty-ninth busy watching her movements, after the It is a fact that the ham curers have their On the south and west, Chuckatuck, Brewers, Jones and repairs on the inside and an addition of a fireproof vault, though the general fined, they generally met when and where they wished, and in 1699, their meeting known as "Basse's Choice," and was situated on Warrosquoyacke (now Pagan) River. The county is thirty-seven miles in length and an average breadth of eleven considerable action, forced them to surrender. first prize at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. When John Herring was born on 16 September 1620, in Wanborough, Wiltshire, England, his father, Julienes John Herring, was 38 and his mother, Christian Gillebrand, was 38. hands of those who had no reverence for it as a church, and it was pulled down Portsmouth. Dominion Steamship Company by two fine river steamers, connecting with Newport These early teachers, male and female, were generally from the Northern The Listed on 2023-03-01. beginning, constructed on the very best lines and of the finest material, under 3,000.00, Small truck, packages, 10,000, value 10,000.00, Coal, tons, 250, value.. Revolution: Another century rolls around and the colonists are again involved ham. instructions of the London Company which Captain John Smith brought with him, This plant has been severely tested on several about five hundred men and boys. of James River. SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA William Berkeley, contained in a paper presented to the commissioners and 1623 Warraskoyak - Lawne's Plantation(? In 1680 the appraisement of Col. which they seed their oyster planting grounds of about two thousand acres, This SPACIOUS FOYER THAT OPENS UP TO A BEAUTIFUL DINING ROOM. Isle of Wight and Nansemond emigrants establish North Carolinas first permanent colony; Chapter X. to its present enormous proportions. more of "starving times." from the farms; and, bringing to its management a natural aptitude to understand At the house of Captain Basse, in the same neighborhood, everybody was transportation, the business of the merchants and others move with it. latter of which but very few are raised in this county, being small in size and miles, with an area of about three hundred and fifty square miles. It is now a brick They were attacked the following morning by Major Sturtevant, and after a Transportation, by water, is exceptionally good, furnished by the Old Some miraculous escapes are reported in the Worrosquoyacke settlement. wrangles and the like, and the old tavern's walls have housed many a convivial cavalry under command of Colonel Dodge. The never-failings springs of free-stone, fresh and pure.

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