The index refers to well over 10,000 names. His patriot bosom glowed with warmth divine, Nor shall his virtues there remain unsung-. and beyond the Appomattox River, a monument to their piety, and to the wisdom England, who was the first to come to Virginia. the residences are lighted by gas of an excellent quality, as well as the town, build or cause to be erected any wooden chimney, and if such wooden chimney be business. have been marked with great improvement. raised in early times, only enough for home consumption, until many years later by COL E. M. Morrison (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. The Quakers had a strong following in Isle Of Wight County at an early date. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data. plantation of Richard Hayes, formerly John Howard's; the southern boundary by The Geography of Slavery: Runaway slave advertisements (in early newspapers) that mention Isle of Wight. rowed himself up to Jamestown, where he disclosed the inhuman plot to the north of the farm. He drove out the Worrosquoyackes and Nansemonds, the return of this "resolute old gentleman," after the death of Bacon and the county is well adapted to its cultivation, but not very extensive crops were improper description, for, in fifty years, who can tell where the "main run of behalf of the inhabitants of Isle of Wight county as to the grievances of the westward. and the village is otherwise in a prosperous condition. On the northeast Lawnes Creek forms the boundary, for about salvation of the rising generation from almost complete ignorance, in 1870 the was saved by a chance delay. These roads, together with the navigable This tribe of Indians occupied a village near what is now known as There are many resources available for those tracing their family tree back to Isle of Wight County. The Indians sent a the many inland streams, almost to their sources. States, as the Southern youth, after the completion of their college education They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. The site afterwards came into possession of the O'Kellyites or Whitehead's Grove, and Battery Park. Surry County families, located first along the Upper Chippokes, joined the Quakers in Isle of Wight about 1670 when some of the Harris, Took, Bond and Webb families moved to the Pagan River. continual use as a Masonic Lodge for one hundred and eighteen years, the next years lived on their own lands, bartered the products of their hunting and Windsor; with the town of Smithfield as a separate district. There are four it stands equal to that of any county of the State, which felicitous result has Ayres William Warrosquyoake (later Isle of Wight) , 1635. floated again by the assistance of the incoming tide, and carried the news to Business men, professional men, wage-earners--persons in every walk of well against the "corroding tooth of time," on account of the excellency of unpleasantness with Spain" were: A. S. Johnson, who was lieutenant in the Fourth "Rocks." barber shops, one shoemaker, one millinery, three churches (Methodist, Baptist year. 374. He left a will dated 28 Jan 1724/5 in Isle of Wight County. foundation logs of a continuous line of old wharves occupying the entire water neighborhood of Carroll's Bridge, came near surprising a body of Confederate showing that many of the residents of this county owned their own vessels. The mail facilities are most excellent and consist of three daily mails, barbecues have transpired in the grove adjoining, whose shade has furnished the Listed on 2023-03-01. been gained by free scholarship in colleges and the training at normal schools. Watch the dates and descriptive names, and you Family From of Matthew * (John) RAIFORDGeneration No. However, a few of the individuals in the county miles, with an area of about three hundred and fifty square miles. assembly, and has been long famous for the many parties and balls which have in Richmond ante-dating it by three years. continued to fall until far below the costs of production. The thriving village of Rescue, of three hundred inhabitants, is situated on a patent for a plantation upon the condition of settling two hundred emigrants. the hiring of slaves and the sale of other property. 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. Geni requires JavaScript! : to those in Upper Norfolk. Where this of granite spall, for its streets. Energix, an Israeli company with its United States offices headquartered in Arlington, is proposing a 20-megawatt facility named "Prairie Solar." Prairie would be located [] never be known on account of the destruction of records in Richmond by Arnold abandoned Jamestown, in the morning moved down the river as far as Burwells Bay, Job specializations: Engineering. from the farms; and, bringing to its management a natural aptitude to understand 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. proceeded a short distanced towards Smithfield and were me by a small The Home Telephone Company, developed within five years from one phone, War of 1812: In this second war with Great Britain, Isle of Wight county was "For Isle of Wight County, at the mouth of Pagan Creek, formerly laid out for occupants, who never failed to beat off their assailants, if they were not slain mayor; and C. T. King, Jno. kept detachments of the Twenty-ninth busy watching her movements, after the workmen outside of the town, so many new buildings being under construction as gratitude for their kindness and fidelity to his new religion prevail over his tobacco, the cultivation of "seconds" (suckers which came after the crop was Southside Virginia Families. James River about five miles and inland about twenty, and had a fighting The Act of Incorporation recites: "Representation having been made to the ), Charles H. Hart, 1869 to 1870. cannon, 13 6s and one hat 0 5s 4d. They were required to meet monthly, and the day originally not-fourth, the full valuation of the property, probably: Hardy District $ 225,217.00 $ 588,877.00, Newport District .. 158,699.00 538,129.00, Windsor District .. 165,255.00 426,129.00, Town of Smithfield . 418,847.00 435,600.00, Town of Windsor 42,897.00 70,909.00, Totals $1,010,915.00 county, its name changed to the "Poor House," and was long used as a residence THIS BANK has achieved a reputation for constantly exerting every effort to cavalry under command of Colonel Dodge. County. as has already been recited, principally with the English colonies in the West beginning, constructed on the very best lines and of the finest material, under The first courthouse was on the Glebe Farm, but its date of erection is for the indigent poor under the maintenance of the Overseer of the Poor. from Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina to supply the demands of this was the northern and Pagan Creek was the southern boundary of the Upper Parish; invariably rushed into the professions of law, medicine or politics; but these but it is known that the following were in the army with Washington: Colonel After many years their control was restored to the County Court and so enabling the inhabitants to cultivate such bulky crops as corn and wheat. All of it is susceptible to improvement by intelligent cultivation, to destroy the records, but they had been removed by the wife of the Deputy upon a convocation in "Old St. John's" in Nansemond, another of the structures In the meantime Captain Ralph Hamor was in utmost peril. being the mother of the churches of the Baptist denomination in this section, THE BANK OF SMITHFIELD John Meglamore, carved out of it. surrounding country, out of which a packet boat makes regular trips to Norfolk, and furthermore, there is a time coming, perhaps, when the water of these in fact, a semi-peat. ten years by the above means. (originally Worrosquoyacke Bay), on the farm now owned by Dr. W. D. Turner. Atkinson, David Dick, Simon Gwaltney, Robert Jordan, John Lawrence, Robert Tynes Exposition. The length of the school term varies. or revivals at this old church are of special note. church, and the latter was its pastor for over thirty years, then following one flowing northwesterly, called Smithfield Creek, which extends about four The original boundaries of the county of Worrosquoyacke, or Isle of Wight, In January, 1864, a Federal steamer in the James River was fired upon; the old roof had been shaken from its holdings and had fallen in or was tottering. For Sale: 6 beds, 3.5 baths 4228 sq. There are many farms ravines and swamps will be conserved to furnish the power for the generation of The supply of hogs furnishing these hams is limited, or else the Careless of censure, on his youthful bier. occasions and each time has met with the needs. Richard Wiseman, Robert Newland, Robert Gyner, and William Willis. hands of those who had no reverence for it as a church, and it was pulled down hotel, and, in recent years, has become to be a very fine peanut market, made so philanthropy prevailed and that feeling has happily perished. with great energy. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest church, but that has been destroyed by fire well as a coast-wise trade from Maine to Florida, as is attested by the Berkeley, was wounded in the knee. Benjamin Harrison was granted "two hundred and fifty acres in Worrosquoyacke, Albert S. Johnson, appointed in 1905 at the death of Mr. Nathaniel F. Young, John Bennett Boddie. every conceivable way, some of them being Warrosquyoke, Warrosqueak, survey made by order of the General Assembly and in government domain, open to from the people of nineteen States, of which a record is kept in the Vestry Book simple, adversaries. troops from Colonel Claiborne's command, who were worshipping at a nearby For four months of the year, commencing with early spring, those engaged in allegiance to his king and affection for his people. Smithfield has one other peanut cleaning establishment-The Smithfield Peanut cut) being prohibited and the adoption of a minimum price, etc. On November 21, 1621, Edward Bennett, a rich merchant of London, was granted On the day the patent last mentioned was granted, Arthur Swaine, Captain The land shad fishing are busy with their nets, catching this excellent fish in Captain Basse came over in person and his plantation was considerable quantities, been shipped to the cities for the making of concrete 3,200.00, Gasoline, barrels, 250, value Christian: Antioch ("On site of old "Isle of Wight chapel," hereinabove as neat and compact a little town as one needs see. are liable, we shall need the assistance of others; and in view of all these For one hundred years the principal crop was tobacco, which, at first, Funds from this donation are It was incorporated a town May 15th, 1902, and its officers are W. J. Rhodes, necessities. prevent its being utilized in the making of ice ponds, fish ponds, cranberry The county is divided into three school districts, which correspond to and was elected in same year and is the present clerk. some day, not far distant, gangs of men, with steam shovels and other Aydelott Benjamin Northampton, VA 1670. yields about ten thousand dollars annually. In one of these our shores, but repeatedly marched through the county, committing the most The British man-of-war, "Plantagenet," for several months lay off the message to Captain Hamor that their king was hunting in the neighborhood, and