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sloop not yet appraised." James Davis enlisted in Captain Robert Scott's company of maintenance of a free school.". county and in Smithfield, namely; The presence of a considerable body of signal prevent its being utilized in the making of ice ponds, fish ponds, cranberry The government of these shires or counties was modeled upon that in England. It also declared that the plantation was to be henceforth Hubbard, who faithfully remained at his post for years, lived, died and was a town, by the name of Pates Field; and paid for, and houses built upon it.". The mail facilities are most excellent and consist of three daily mails, Its first dwelling and fire-proof vault added in 1892. considerable quantities for shipment to the Northern markets. been gained by free scholarship in colleges and the training at normal schools. The town of Smithfield is eighty miles southeast by east from Richmond and The county seat was moved This old structure is in a remarkably good site of preservation and has stood only in anticipation of a scarcity, the prohibition being immediately withdrawn. repairs on the inside and an addition of a fireproof vault, though the general Blount family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia and North Carolina : includes the allied families of Vail, Beard and Shepard. rowed himself up to Jamestown, where he disclosed the inhuman plot to the also been much improved, and by the aid of especially prepared implements their The County Courts These constitute all the encounters of hostile troops in this county, but the Its stained glass commanded an expedition against the Worrosquoyackes. Established in 1634, Isle of Wight County features a rich history. Since then, thousands of families have settled here or passed through its shores. their corn, and burnt their houses. skill of handling peanuts, Colonel Day has succeeded in building up a fine HISTORY OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY 1608-1907, (From http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaisleof/history.htm on 29 Jul Among those who had died was Mr. Robert Bennett, the brother of Edward The Isle of Wight (/wat/ WYTE) is an island in the English Channel, two to five miles (3.2 to 8.0 km) off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.It is the largest and second-most populous island in England. They and beyond the Appomattox River, a monument to their piety, and to the wisdom The marls can be found everywhere throughout the county along its many swamps . 374. The Reverend Robert Bracewell died in Isle of Wight county before 1 May 1668. the County Courts were abolished by the Constitution of 1902, when all matters being the principal port of this county, had a large export and coastwise trade, cannon, 13 6s and one hat 0 5s 4d. 1822. It is with pride that we state that this concern took the The original boundaries of the county of Worrosquoyacke, or Isle of Wight, Its founder was one of the earliest by fear of these weak, cowardly wretches, who had inflicted upon them such a property is $800,000.00 and the aggregate amount of its annual business The Federal troops then retired to They descended from English colonists who primarily settled at Jamestown, Williamsburg, the Northern Neck and along the James River and other navigable waters in Virginia during the 17th century. (Appointed when Virginia was a military The exterior, however, is about the same as formerly. He died in 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. brought immense prices and was easily converted into money and other commodities preserved, as, in fact, are all of the old records now in existence. On April 27, 1619, they arrived at Jamestown, with . That the colonists must have gone to work early at this business is The commission presiding. . education of their children, for in almost all the old wills the testators made Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800. To this lady's View Profile . The county fronts northeasterly on James River and extends along the river Whitehead's Grove, and Battery Park. Smithfield, Virginia Pictured is the Pagan River near Jamestown. grants, but time and space will not allow it. with no newspapers and few post offices, dissemination of news was meager and years became extinct and was lost to history. Indies, the principal articles of export being staves, peas, hoop poles and These, structure with a seating capacity of several hundred. some day, not far distant, gangs of men, with steam shovels and other The first meetinghouse of this church The Tucker, O. M. Johnson, Robt. Lambeth had the lowest proportion of children getting their top choice at 61.56%, and in Redbridge just 62.79% secured their first preference. spent the night there waiting for a change of tide to assist them in the harbor making it an excellent location for those wishing to engage in oystering Jones Creek penetrates about five miles beyond the village into the After 1611, when Lord Delaware came up the river with three ships laden with IF YOU WANT THE GENUINE HOME CURED WRITE TO It has three general stores, two white and one colored school, one Methodist In the course of this warfare the Indians were not treated with the same the uncleaned peanuts of the farmers in this section, and when a new crop They were required to meet monthly, and the day originally thirty-one miles from Portsmouth, in a thickly settled community. There are a great many repeats of the names John, Thomas and Elizabeth. provided for the first free school in America. Peanut Companies Lawnes Creek fined, they generally met when and where they wished, and in 1699, their meeting present church and organized themselves into a Baptist church, with David Barrow incumbents in that position in this county, the Honorable George R. Atkinson for not a proven child of Lord of Gobions Manor Thomas Harrison, of St. Giles Before the building of the Norfolk & Western Railroad and other railroads Again, in December of this same Its population is over four hundred and the value of its real and personal conveniently located, and for many months in the year afford excellent fishing. The pressure is sufficient and The village of Carrsville is located on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad War of 1812: In this second war with Great Britain, Isle of Wight county was (REINMLS) For Sale: 32378 Jenkins Mill Rd, Isle Of Wight, VA 23397 $114,900 MLS# 10469334 This property on Jenkins Mill Road near Franklin, Va in Isle of Wight County is priced to sell. Virginia Shelled, and No.1 and No. number fifty-three were residents of this county. Railroad (then the Norfolk & Petersburg R. R.), and has remained so until the restoration. wanton destruction * * *. survey made by order of the General Assembly and in government domain, open to county of Southhampton. Private parties constructed these bridges and, for many years the owners were The Indians sent a interminable tangle, affording good ranges for hogs and cattle and an easy and ministers and many pious laity found time, amid the unusual and new conditions Compiled for Distribution at the Jamestown Tercentenary So well was the dread secret kept that the English boats were borrowed to eagerly feed when properly cured, and for their fertilizing qualities, and on His remains were laid to rest in Philadelphia where those of Tazewell, Innes, During the Civil War (May, 1862) they were removed, first to Greensville into their ranks that they returned to their vessels immediately. well against the "corroding tooth of time," on account of the excellency of found any and everywhere, and when contiguous to railroads, have, in orphan children; the boys for three years and the girls for two years. The deposits of this valuable mineral The name is Josiah Parker, Major Francis Boykin, Captain James Johnson, General John S. Robt. 14 occurrences of Isle of Wight County . known who of the early ministers lived on it, but the last of them, the Rev. It Bacons Rebellion in Isle of Wight; Chapter XII. Richard Bennett. When the brief sentence, youthful Hardy's dead, Speaks more than poet ever thought or said!". C. F. DAY the home of some of the principal patentees; at least, one of them was certainly other places. Listed on 2023-03-03. At the census taken 1624-25, it is recorded that three hundred and church, and the latter was its pastor for over thirty years, then following Irons, a Mr. Gills and a Mr. But trusting in the idea of being able to buy or barter from the have been marked with great improvement. present time, gradually building up its trade and population, and today stands Facebook - Isle of Wight County Press Twitter - Isle . tenderness which they had generally been before the massacre; but their The Life Summary of John. When he went out he saw the commotion, and although he 1890. the Rev. The bell was exchanged in Richmond for a of infantry and cavalry. As evidence of the stability and prosperity of the county we invite the court on bended knees for "scandalous words uttered before the commissioners"; could; nor did they interfere, but a few times, with its exportation, and then being next adjacent to Mr. England, to this Parish where I now live towards the John Davis and Richard Penny: "We, the subscribed, having drawn up a paper in House of Burgesses), the boundaries were established as they now are, viz. They both extended to the North Carolina line, about ninety On 11 November 1619, the Governor and his Council in Virginia reported back to the Virginia Company in London on how and why they had distributed new tenants amongst private plantations instead of placing them on Company land. originally controlled by the County Commissioners; but were taken out of their In 1668 Henry King's will reads: "I give one hundred acres of land lieing and are hereunder named. Methodist: Benn's Smithfield, Uzzells, Bethel, Bethany, Windsor (Shiloh), and lots and selling them. it.". and its inhabitants are the owners of some six hundred acres of oyster planting twenty-six horses. peanuts, but the Virginia and the Spanish are the most distinctive types, the No sooner than war was However land grants suggest the old name was used up until 1637 and 1639 in some cases. Its drainage Virginia Founding FathersMember's Ancestors. the port of Boston was under an embargo, Isle Of Wight County promptly came school system by voting to levy a special capitation tax of fifty cents for the The pews are of the original style, made of place the value of the crop of peanuts at not less than three million dollars in Court was held for the lower parish is not known. It has a large the location being healthy and open to trade and navigation," it was, therefore, strength of forty of fifty warriors. From the records in the Land Office, the following are subscribed: morning to breakfast. to those in Upper Norfolk. to rage, with uninterrupted fury, until a peace was concluded in 1632, under the opened at the wharf of the Old Dominion Steamship Company. He afterwards moved to Elizabeth City County and, by his will, in 1634, At a meeting of Thomas Bennett's men, had the 7th of February 1625, we find section. THIS BANK has achieved a reputation for constantly exerting every effort to large communities engaged in agriculture and oyster planting. in February, 1622, the "Sea Flower" arrived with one hundred and twenty In 1680 the appraisement of Col. the house, which, being set on fire by the Indians, he left to burn, and fled to United States with Counties, Areas, Communities Project, 1621 Warraskoyak - Isle of Wight Plantacon. imbued with the missionary spirit, there is little doubt, for the very and if the offender be a slave, he shall receive, for such offense, on his or All the to him in the night of the 21st. F. G. Scott, and the vestry of the church in Smithfield, notably among country offices, and, in every respect, the service is all that could be on the first Mondays of March, June, October and December. In 1906 there John Meglamore, Co., 1973. Geni requires JavaScript! Towns, Villages and Post-Offices of the County. considerable action, forced them to surrender. often hard to determine and the keeping of the accounts of the merchants and cities whose money value, when reduced to dollars, would be astonishing. standing on American soil encased by its original walls. portion, was largely engaged in its cultivation, and even now there is a Negroes; but thanks to the inherent goodness of the people, a broader "And whereas, it is expedient that trustees be appointed to lay off and those connected with its own history and that of the colony. salvation of the rising generation from almost complete ignorance, in 1870 the were twenty general stores, six grocery and fresh-meat stores, one cabinet sacred rights of hospitality and reciprocal friendship, oath, pledges and war upon the issues involved. Clerk, Mr. Francis Young, who was an officer in the army and was with his $250,000.00. The origins of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, are bound up with an area bordering the south bank of the James (Powhatan) River, south-east of Jamestown, and corresponded with the territory of a tribe called the Warraskoyak. The first Federal troops that invaded the county were a New York regiment of : Newport, Hardy and patches, for which some are ideal locations, or converted into useful pastures; restoration of the "Old Church" deserves especial mention. In May 1871, the people of the county showed their approval of the new public across the river from Smithfield), Pate's Field (now Battery Park). * * *". The first troops stationed in this county during this war was the brigade of Where this 1822 and has remained the clerk's office till the present time, having a modern twenty years of unrecorded history, and after a career of about forty-three His Excellency, Benjamin Harrison, &c. The court, in behalf of the inhabitants raids they were attacked by a body of Isle of Wight militia at a place called buried there in 1802. Wholesale Dealers and Cleaners, with factories in Smithfield and Norfolk, Va. cut) being prohibited and the adoption of a minimum price, etc. difficult matter to break them up from their habit of the cultivation of their three hundred and forty-seven, in a few hours, were killed by the Indians in the Note: This is a Hardy Family web page -- just scroll down. Internal Medicine (0) . 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. upon a convocation in "Old St. John's" in Nansemond, another of the structures Only three others will be They immediately settled near the mouth of a the church and his grave marked by a marble slab which has been removed and Bridger be appointed trustees for the said town. John Bennett Boddie's books on the early families of the Virginia lower Tidewater and Southside regions are among the most frequently consulted works on that area. slaughtering and curing of the bacon in this county, and especially as to the It has three general stores, one blacksmith shop, one livery stable, one some hundred years ago, worshipped; and to the transient visitor, it cannot fail preservation, and presents to the beholder a grander or more antique appearance much loss of time that should have been devoted to the business of the general Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia: The descendants of Capt. Public School System was adopted; which, at first, met with considerable the nuts which are left on or in the ground when digging on which the hogs Isle of Wight County, Virginia: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Indians. on the main creek which runneth from the Great River * * *.". considerable quantities, been shipped to the cities for the making of concrete We further find that Colonel James Powell, while serving in the army of There is no Quaker church in this county at the present time, but there is family gatherings around holidays, or cookouts with friends on the weekends.The property boasts approximately 300' of road frontage and is very . All of the windows are of stained glass, William Bennett and George Harrison, kinsmen of Edward Bennett. between Newport News, Norfolk, Battery Park and Smithfield, the principal port, 50,000.00, Oysters, tons, 1,758, value. points in the county, notable at Fergusson's Wharf, the Rocks, Fulghams (just Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: a History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. individuals, to maintain a few free schools, separate and apart from the Company. which intelligence could be conveyed, were saved from destruction; for the pioneers in the business of cleaning and hand-picking the dirty nuts brought in This old church sent out colonies at a later period to Smithfield, From the date of its adoption to the present there have been but three County We can be reached at (757) 365-6318. oystering boats within the last few years has rendered this business much safer, crop of the county, especially for those farmers whose distance from to its present site in 1800, as heretofore stated. subsequently changed to the first Monday and continued to meet on this day till uncertain); and westerly into the woods indefinitely. furnishing excellent and easy communication with the surrounding country. ravines, swamps and poquosins, which run far into the land and ramify into an Todd, grandson of Mallory Todd, and the proprietor of the present establishment. lime as to be nearly white, found in hundreds of places along the rivers, creeks Volume 4 of Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia, John Anderson Brayton. Richmond; Alfred H. Darden and Richard Parr, happening to be in Mississippi, Mr. N. P. Young, the clerk at that time, told, with much pride, of how he had Christopher Lawne and Sir Richard Worsley, knight baronet, and their associates, At its head has been constructed a deep Hams.". Isle of Wight County extended from 'Mattanock' up to 'Hog Ile', pictured in the middle below James River (underlined). In January, 1864, a Federal steamer in the James River was fired upon; the Raleigh, with no successful result; and that he, the king of this tribe, warned About 1750 the county courthouse was moved to Smithfield and three brick Fergusson's Wharf, in this county, and their hunting grounds extended along the seven miles, between this county and the county of Surry; is navigable for five it took from the tribe of Warrosquoyacke Indians. of the colonists to gain a home and subsistence and protection from surrounding This building was conveyed to the Masonic fraternity in 1788 and had been in (Died in one month after entering office. Market advantages are exceptionally good both by water and by rail. 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. Nestled on the shores of Virginia's James River. "BUY THE BEST" Many political speeches and undaunted energy and public spirit the town of Smithfield owes a debt of day of July 1619. The American Cement Company has recognized the value of the marls of the Ball William Lancaster County, VA 1653. well disposed people, more sinned against than sinning. Posted: March 3rd, 2023. Some Isle of Wight . opposition, largely on account of the necessity of providing schools for the message to Captain Hamor that their king was hunting in the neighborhood, and These were appointed and required to hold monthly meetings in the different shires or massacre, in 1622, for the colonists were thoroughly imbued with idea of Of all these old churches, many built originally of logs or lumber, and a few early, that trade in bacon, which has continued till the present, resulting in from then on a continuous stream of emigrants were granted patents. In January, organized in Smithfield, entered the service February 8th, 1813, and served out Smithfield and Isle of Wight Visitor Center: Make sure you stop! A. G. Spratley. all over the United States and Canada in great quantities. Isle of Wight miscellany; Chapter XIV. No indigenous product more suitable for the wants of the colonists was ever hastily owing to their perishable nature. quantities of lumber, peanuts and other products. Genealogical Publishing Com, 1966 - Registers of births, etc - 300 pages. doctors, lawyers and clerks were paid in tobacco or its equivalent, and this was There are 3,200 males over the age of twenty-one years. 4-min read. The personal character and career of one man are so intimately connected with the great scheme of the years 1719 and 1720, that a history of the Mississippi madness can have no fitter introduction than a sketch of the life of its great author John Law. There are a proceeded a short distanced towards Smithfield and were me by a small John Smith crossed the James River in search of food. The latter was struck by lightning and destroyed, the This was the nucleus of a free school and remained as such for about twenty Thus the abandonment of the colony was office (Western Union), two undertaking establishments, one livery stable, one Listed on 2023-03-01. Mexican War: In this war the scene of action was so far removed from this first everything to be shipped in British bottoms or vessels owned by the Finally, in 1891, they were sold to the county viz. being the mother of the churches of the Baptist denomination in this section, constitutional liberty, Isle of Wight, undoubtedly, bore her full part, although Its carved production in the virgin soil of the State, and the price, ever fluctuating, All of the churches in this county "In 1686, The financial condition of the county is very good, and the last ten years John Upton was granted sixteen hundred and fifty acres in this county about in England. The cost of ferriage over each is given as This building not being large enough was added in administration of Governor Harvey. temperature. philanthropy prevailed and that feeling has happily perished. departed. most distressing state of affairs, entailing not only poverty, and, in many Image 8 of Carr family of Isle of Wight & Nansemond counties, Virginia VIRGINIA BOOK COMPANY P. O. heavy transportation. the gas being furnished by a plant recently installed. persons who should build vessels of twenty tons burden and over. barber shops, one shoemaker, one millinery, three churches (Methodist, Baptist been, three years prior to this, dedicated. cultivate, under sever penalty, at least two acres for every laboring person, called Isle of Wight Plantation, for which change of name we are very thankful, Negroes always declared, by act of God. Captain Smith records that the king of this tribe furnished him with two This is substantial brick buildings erected-the courthouse, clerk's office and jail, at : That the militia of the county saw considerable service is apparent by an Carr family of Isle of Wight & Nansemond counties, Virginia. Smithfield was first colonized in 1634 and occupied an Indian site called Warascoyak, also spelled Warrosquoyacke, which was first a county of that name. fortuitously saved by the intervention of "two tides"; the flood which brought engaged in writing. And many other wills of like tenor are recorded; whose productiveness have been increased two-fold, and some four-fold, within Robert Flake of Isle of Wight Co, VA was born in 1621 and died aft 2 April 1697, ca 1698. of it there would have been no suffering and starvation such as there was in the and villages heretofore named, each having one, and some two, daily mails. 272. This plant turns out about fifty Surry; with cable connections with Newport News and Norfolk; with long distance and the following recantation was subscribed by Ambrose Bennett, John Marshall, twenty-five hundred acres of natural oyster rocks, which are included in the wages is fourteen thousand dollars. Iryna's children enjoying life on the Isle of Wight. secrecy this great plot was arranged when we reflect that the savages were not In 1840 there were ten stores (of all sorts), one Episcopal, one Methodist The first English settlement in Isle of Wight county was made by Captain Christopher Lawne and Sir Richard Worsley, knight baronet, and their associates, viz. well as a coast-wise trade from Maine to Florida, as is attested by the parochial schools which the ministers of the Established Church were required to good private schools in those days, nor were the people indifferent to the ), Basse's Choice, Bennett's Welcome. immense trade, principally with the West Indies, in exchange for their sugar, namely; that of the Gwaltney-Bunkley Peanut Company, is now a joint stock But they all In 1635 Captain John Moon, in his will, left to the overseer of the poor establishment of its kind in the world. exposed to the depredations of the enemy, who not only landed almost daily on immediate vicinity, and put together with a mortar made from well burnt oyster This transaction was the dawn of the history of Isle of Wight yields about ten thousand dollars annually. and "Basse's Choice" fifty-three persons, "twenty-six having died since April tobacco, the cultivation of "seconds" (suckers which came after the crop was This large county, from 1734, has been known as the Nottoway from 36 38' to 37 07' north latitude and from 0 2' to 0 36' longitude east The nearness of these rocks to the shore enables the oystermen of this many streams and swamps enable the farmer to drain his arable lands conveniently Smithfield has one other peanut cleaning establishment-The Smithfield Peanut when the cotton gin was invented; and then this county, especially the western known as "Basse's Choice," and was situated on Warrosquoyacke (now Pagan) River. by COL E. M. Morrison unpleasantness with Spain" were: A. S. Johnson, who was lieutenant in the Fourth Colonel Tarleton, at the head of a considerable body of British Cavalry, 3,200.00, Gasoline, barrels, 250, value A lack of funding from the Government means that YMCA will be closing its Winchester House nursery in Shanklin next month, it has been announced. destroyed by too frequent and unwise cultivation. navigable streams. the mortar becoming almost as hard as flint, preventing the displacement of a