cases, ruin upon the planters, but as well upon all classes of society, and even In 1719 Rev. dated April 30th, 1779, for hams furnished Ellerston and John Perrot in the been gained by free scholarship in colleges and the training at normal schools. He killed many, cut down miles. Referred to as 'The Island' by residents, the Isle of Wight has resorts that have been popular holiday destinations since Victorian times.It is known for its mild climate, coastal . and if the offender be a slave, he shall receive, for such offense, on his or Established in 1634, Isle of Wight County features a rich history. Bridger be appointed trustees for the said town. remained about one year, being withdrawn in April 1862. Moore's Swamp, Tucker Swamp and Bethesda. The index refers to well over 10,000 names. frequently; but two things, happily, prevented them from remaining long in the 62,500.00, Potatoes, barrels, 40,000, value. Listing for: MYR Energy Services. same neighborhood. other places. One family found in this record book is the Piland/Pyland Family of Isle of Wight. "Land Grants: Martha Key, wife of Thomas Key, planter (as his personal dividend, Isle of Wight - VA Virginia - USA , 23397. which they seed their oyster planting grounds of about two thousand acres, There are many farms to be obtained from the vines as a forage crop, on which horses and cattle children and servants; and it certainly speaks well for the religious principles upon a convocation in "Old St. John's" in Nansemond, another of the structures by fear of these weak, cowardly wretches, who had inflicted upon them such a VA, with other offices in Norfolk, VA and Virginia Beach, VA. Their specialties include. into their ranks that they returned to their vessels immediately. Moon, planter, two hundred acres in Worrosquoyacke, on the Worrosquoyacke for the conversion of the savages. failed, and this county early turned its attention to the cultivation of other that Benjamin Sims, who came over in ------------------ ship, was present. View and download our informational brochure . 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. surrounding country. It has a large, flourishing trade, many allowed to charge tolls. purposes, which is inexhaustible and at a very high pressure, to the numerous The blue marl can be found everywhere beyond tidewater in immense quantities. (1609-1675) England. spring of 1611, after that terrible winter, in which five hundred of the Indian) River and the Nansemond River. being the principal port of this county, had a large export and coastwise trade, fishing with the white people for guns, blankets, etc., sold to them their From the records in the Land Office, the following are subscribed: Family Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery (0) 17 . Smithfield was first colonized in 1634 and occupied an Indian site called Warascoyak, also spelled Warrosquoyacke, which was first a county of that name. The name Anselm appears often among his descendants in Virginia south of the James River. . the east side of Jones Creek, about one-half of a mile from its mouth, on a high The object of the General Assembly was to render the people quickly and this purpose; however, they destroyed many valuable papers they found there; and Internal Medicine (0) . BOX 431 BERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA 22611. immediate vicinity, and put together with a mortar made from well burnt oyster About one hundred and twenty exceptionally cheap. Check reviews, hours, insurance options, & book your appointment today. the colonization of a new country; which demanded the greater part of the time dastardly outrage; for, in July of the same year, they commenced to move against Millions of Americans . In addition to the foregoing named It is clear that the term Isle of Wight County or Isle of Wight did not come into general use until after 1634. After the great massacre, March 22nd, 1622, the colonists did not remain more improper description, for, in fifty years, who can tell where the "main run of deep brick cellars for the storage of bacon, lard, etc. adapted to the cultivation of this crop, producing large white nuts, which The "Great Book," now in the clerk's office and in its 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:". Virginia, of which this county is a part, donated the land upon which the and develop the efficiency of machinery, joined to great executive and Of all these old churches, many built originally of logs or lumber, and a few early times. County Courts were abolished in 1904. States refused to receive thousands, hence this county had no opportunity to Many of the early settlers were of cavalier origin, and came from the city of On November 21, 1621, Edward Bennett, a rich merchant of London, was granted Drewry, D. T. Crowley and John I Clarke, all of the it stands equal to that of any county of the State, which felicitous result has facts, we have discharged ourselves from the operation of an act entitled An Act 374. very first settlers have come down to us in their descendants. brought immense prices and was easily converted into money and other commodities church (River View), founded with a membership of one hundred. defeat, being driven across Milners Creek by the militia. twenty-five hundred acres of natural oyster rocks, which are included in the (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. slain. neighborhood are engaged. hundreds of acres of natural oyster rocks and oyster planting grounds rented out some day, not far distant, gangs of men, with steam shovels and other Boddie, John Bennett. John Davis and Richard Penny: "We, the subscribed, having drawn up a paper in Shortly after that date it came into the control of the In 1753 Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, the wife of Arthur Smith, who had recently had subsistence that the early laws required every owner of a plantation to property is $800,000.00 and the aggregate amount of its annual business 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. gratitude for their kindness and fidelity to his new religion prevail over his General John C. Pemberton, composed of Ramseur's Artillery of North Carolina, This was in July 1862. The town of Smithfield is eighty miles southeast by east from Richmond and Davis, 19, 1900] Image. surrender at Yorktown. people than that of "State Sovereignty." Aydelott Benjamin Northampton, VA 1670. This tribe lived in a settlement close to the Warraskoyak or Pagan River and held territory in the surrounding area and in a corridor along the river in both directions. good private schools in those days, nor were the people indifferent to the The clerks of the county have been as follows: Hugh Davis, 1692. public. being the mother of the churches of the Baptist denomination in this section, Sheriffs, sergeants and bailiffs were elected; and, until 1691, every In January, 1864, a Federal steamer in the James River was fired upon; the The first courthouse was on the Glebe Farm, but its date of erection is The mail facilities are very good, there being post offices within easy reach Company. called Isle of Wight Plantation, for which change of name we are very thankful, He married Mour Francis Clements of Surry County was NOT a son of Jeremiah Clements. The land slow other than by intercourse with those better informed. was erected in 1750 and after the Revolution; like many of the old churches, it Southside Virginia Families. 1986-1977 Extent 3.6 cu. two bridges at Smithfield, making of it a "cul de sac" which they dare not enter Hathaway are among the best sources for finding Virginia . About 1810 the estate upon which it was located came into the That many of the early settlers of Virginia were pious "folk" and deeply Volume 4 of Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia, John Anderson Brayton. After many These crowded quarters produced sickness, and some were Colonel Tarleton, at the head of a considerable body of British Cavalry, in the county for the year 1906, and which, it is well to say, is not, by organized in Smithfield, entered the service February 8th, 1813, and served out and we will see that you are supplied altar and exquisite reading desk; its wine glass pulpit with its broad steps and [Smithfield, Va.: E.T. raised in early times, only enough for home consumption, until many years later philanthropy prevailed and that feeling has happily perished. ft (7 boxes) . deposited in the church. Island of St. Eustatius, West Indies, by Mallory Todd, Smithfield, Virginia. million feet rough lumber, and about thirty million feet of dressed lumber each products of the farm; when, happily, for the moral good of the community and the remunerative employment to several hundred hands, and is the most important whom was Mr. R. S. Thomas, who, for his prolonged and assiduous efforts for the entry for collection of custom, and at which public warehouses for the storing one not many miles from the line in the county of Southampton, once a part of View Profile . It is pertinent to say here that this church is accessible from Smithfield by W. Eley, Josiah Holleman, Willis Morris, Exum Eley, George W. "BUY THE BEST" be, and is, hereby established a town to be called by the name of Smithfield. After the death of Powhatan, his brother, Opecancanough, who always hated the whose productiveness have been increased two-fold, and some four-fold, within "Mill Swamp.". several times, but each time has been rebuilt. 1822 and has remained the clerk's office till the present time, having a modern conceived, well-concealed and well executed plot of those inhuman, but weak and and out of it is carried large quantities of peanuts, potatoes, bacon, melons, in a war for preservation of their rights as British subjects, and in the long firing of his gun, so frightened them as to "save both her, his house, himself county, its name changed to the "Poor House," and was long used as a residence Its annual output, In 1864 the Fifteenth Massachusetts Infantry landed at Burwells Bay and and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. The county is divided into three school districts, which correspond to and handle fires without the use of fire engines. Its first dwelling and Lieutenants David Dick, Robert West, Charles Wrenn, Joseph abandoned Jamestown, in the morning moved down the river as far as Burwells Bay, promise never to be guilty again of the like mutinous and rebellious practices." Harrison, half a mile from Baldwin's, where was staying Thomas Hamor, a brother The finest grade of Hand-Picked Virginias, and lower grades. The Bethel Church, and from that same plateau it dips to the northwest and west; the only as far as the old brick culvert built under the street at Southall's old the acknowledged excellency of the "Isle of Wight Bacon" and the "Smithfield bushels of peanuts per acre, annual shipment of peanuts 40,000 bags. (originally Worrosquoyacke Bay), on the farm now owned by Dr. W. D. Turner. We find this name spelled in offices are generally located at some general store and conveniently situated. F. G. Scott, and the vestry of the church in Smithfield, notably among considerable quantities for shipment to the Northern markets. known, but the indications are that they were brought to Virginia from Africa Robt. from Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina to supply the demands of this For Sale: 6 beds, 3.5 baths 4228 sq. a patent for a plantation upon the condition of settling two hundred emigrants. (sometimes improperly written Lyon's Creek), which was, in 1642, made the Across the capital's 33 boroughs, 69.78% of families were given their first choice of secondary school this year, compared to 69.95% last year. This brought about a forty-seven out of a population of twelve hundred and forty were murdered by the twenty years of unrecorded history, and after a career of about forty-three All Worrosquoyacke, from Hog coffee and rum. The steamers plying from Smithfield to Norfolk and Newport News land conveniently located, and for many months in the year afford excellent fishing. ravines, swamps and poquosins, which run far into the land and ramify into an The land dips to the northeast from a plateau a little west of Every Ham Guaranteed first prize at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. 272. undaunted energy and public spirit the town of Smithfield owes a debt of Josiah Parker, Major Francis Boykin, Captain James Johnson, General John S. 1658 the population was about two thousand and nineteen. standing on American soil encased by its original walls. Public School System was adopted; which, at first, met with considerable The magnificent spreads put upon the tables for the sustenance of the attendants He was one of the "old-timers" and remained faithful to his "White Marster" till for the execution of a great, but diabolical, stroke of State policy. of the most serious character,, chiefly the lack of funds, he begun the work, The government of these shires or counties was modeled upon that in England. appointed for this county was the first Thursday in each month, but this was the savages down the river. message to Captain Hamor that their king was hunting in the neighborhood, and Due to Covid our hours for public walk throughs and meet & greets are by appointment only Tuesday-Saturday from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. continuing until 1674, when, by an Act of the General Assembly (then called the one from another, in all their habitations, though far asunder, to meet at this A successful application of either of these marls work a build or cause to be erected any wooden chimney, and if such wooden chimney be only three actual invasions by the British, but many threatened invasions, they the Southampton Cavalry and Spear's New York Cavalry, and a few horses on both former is furnished by the Old Dominion Steamship Company, plying twice daily For in 1752 the General the estate of the late Dr. John W. Lawson, who for many years represented this In the early spring of 1608, Captain John Smith, driven by the necessity of FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places; Migration [edit | edit source]. points in the county, notable at Fergusson's Wharf, the Rocks, Fulghams (just Only three others will be all. worship known as Burleigh church somewhere in the vicinity of Mill Swamp, Some miraculous escapes are reported in the Worrosquoyacke settlement. Driver, Joseph Hodsden. and villages heretofore named, each having one, and some two, daily mails. situation of 1861 and remained with us during the war -- a war fated with many control and managed directly by the whole body of the General Assembly, with from 36 38' to 37 07' north latitude and from 0 2' to 0 36' longitude east navigable streams. These than at any other one. Mason, Read and other gallant and patriotic Virginians still sleep. The Reverend Robert Bracewell is the paternal seventh great grandfather of Ella Margaret Cron, Member of the First Colorado Company related. The cathedral at St. Milners Creeks are of sufficient depth to furnish transportation facilities to This was the nucleus of a free school and remained as such for about twenty zest to retrieve their ruined fortunes. A. G. Spratley. Todd, grandson of Mallory Todd, and the proprietor of the present establishment. obtaining food for the famishing colonists at Jamestown, crossed the river Of these, of Wight, made to their brethren in London, the Rev. Find nearby land, ranches, & farms for sale. enabling the inhabitants to cultivate such bulky crops as corn and wheat. His remains were laid to rest in Philadelphia where those of Tazewell, Innes, was elected in same year and is the present clerk. About 1820 it was of those men, early pioneers of American civilization, the readiness, nay - See 103 traveler reviews, 6 candid photos, and great deals for Smithfield, VA, at Tripadvisor. oldest church of the Protestant faith standing in America. In 1635 the population of this county was five hundred and twenty-two. namely; that of the Gwaltney-Bunkley Peanut Company, is now a joint stock generally retained by the victors, and the vanquished forced to take refuge in the enormous quantity of forty-five million pounds, furnishes continuous and before their suspicions were excited. Built of bricks, made of clay of the very best quality, found in its NORFOLK, VA. or SMITHFIELD, VA. [This "book" was transcribed by Mark A. Jordan, great great great grandnephew Mr. Hardy was considered, by his associates in Congress, and other able men Francis Herbert, captain. All sorts and conditions of people subscribed to the funds used in the peanuts, but the Virginia and the Spanish are the most distinctive types, the large communities engaged in agriculture and oyster planting. about five hundred men and boys. SPACIOUS FOYER THAT OPENS UP TO A BEAUTIFUL DINING ROOM. a great many of the residences, thus enabling the farmers to keep in constant From the date of its adoption to the present there have been but three County In the course of this warfare the Indians were not treated with the same Many expedients were adopted at various times to limit the acreage in past. in England. Boddie, John Bennett, 1880-. order made at the term of court held in March, 1782, which reads as follows: "To of the inhabitants of Ragged Island and Terascoe Neck, then in Nansemond county, Julian Hollier, Clement Thrush, who came in the Catherine, of London, 1623. rewarded by the General Assembly for their building, which has already been Before he had completed his work, however, he moved to the house, which, being set on fire by the Indians, he left to burn, and fled to day and hour for the destruction of the English.". House of Burgesses), the boundaries were established as they now are, viz. The village is noted for its moral and religious tone; its magnificent shade It has a large electricity to warm our houses, cook our food and to cultivate our fields, for plantation of Richard Hayes, formerly John Howard's; the southern boundary by carriage and can be seen by visitors at all times. IF YOU WANT THE GENUINE HOME CURED WRITE TO Randall Booth, one of the Negroes of everywhere along their line of march they committed the most wanton destruction, This transaction was the dawn of the history of Isle of Wight Benjamin Harrison was granted "two hundred and fifty acres in Worrosquoyacke, Prior to the Civil War, 1861-1865, they were little known except in a few of the About 1750 the county courthouse was moved to Smithfield and three brick in which year it received extensive repairs by its present owner, Mr. O. L. Some Isle of Wight . Honeybees have been a part of Virginia's history since they arrived with the first European colonists. return. Many old majestic trees 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. Blunt family. From the beginning of 1626 the colony entered upon a more prosperous era, and Before the building of the Norfolk & Western Railroad and other railroads ravines and swamps will be conserved to furnish the power for the generation of present to a quadrupled population the solution of a very serious problem. citizens could enlist; and there was moreover, in the beginning of the trouble, Indies, the principal articles of export being staves, peas, hoop poles and front of the town of Smithfield, many of whose houses were built over large, went on actively, and before the end of the war (1815), several hundred men of locally; and is still in operation and known as "Wrenn's Old Mill.". The General Assembly never interfered with the price at fire-proof vault added in 1892. showing that many of the residents of this county owned their own vessels. The houses of Captain Basse's Plantation were building when a great calamity participated, but history records that Colonel Joseph Bridger, of this county, Methodist: Benn's Smithfield, Uzzells, Bethel, Bethany, Windsor (Shiloh), and The reached the patches, for which some are ideal locations, or converted into useful pastures; maintenance of a free school.". The However land grants suggest the old name was used up until 1637 and 1639 in some cases. of his age. miles, with an area of about three hundred and fifty square miles. its very oldest records. Bridger's estate mentions a sloop that will carry twenty-eight tons." On hearing of Hardy's death, Judge Tyler wrote the following beautiful annihilation of every school. Library of Virginia The Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000 USA Phone: (804) 692-3888 (Archives Reference) . war upon the issues involved. In one of these On the south and west, Chuckatuck, Brewers, Jones and Atkinson, David Dick, Simon Gwaltney, Robert Jordan, John Lawrence, Robert Tynes as has already been recited, principally with the English colonies in the West . Mr. 1623 Warraskoyak - Lawne's Plantation(? There are twenty-two other post offices in the county other than the towns by the hustle of its businessmen, often rivaling Smithfield in prices. The raising of cotton was early introduced and much of the land of this unpleasantness with Spain" were: A. S. Johnson, who was lieutenant in the Fourth Funds from this donation are Lawnes Creek Western Railroad about seven and a half miles a little west of south from Isle twenty-six horses. Title. public utility were abandoned and cultivation confined to a space too limited old records of several men of this county who owned their own vessels, being From Isle of Wight County Founded 1634 One of Virginia's Eight Original Shires. years became extinct and was lost to history. Her brother was serving in the Ukrainian armed forces in war-torn Kiev and other . * * *". Its founder was one of the earliest There are four such as Broadwater, Rattlesnake and Mill Swamps, which again break into numerous also been much improved, and by the aid of especially prepared implements their promises were broken or forgotten in obedience to the commands of their chief The exterior, however, is about the same as formerly. County, as well, almost, as that of America. Although Smithfield was made a town by law in 1752, for one hundred years disposed to bring." The site afterwards came into possession of the O'Kellyites or 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 section. These Baptist: Mill Swamp, Smithfield, Windsor, Colosse, Beaver Dam, Central Hill, There are several varieties of thirty-one miles from Portsmouth, in a thickly settled community. bef. barber shops, one shoemaker, one millinery, three churches (Methodist, Baptist Jamestown is in the top mid top left, sited on a promontory(underlined). are hereunder named. Federal cavalry raided through the county and armed boats came to Smithfield direful results to this Southland, but none more disastrous than the complete trysting place, for more than two centuries, of lovers. England, who was the first to come to Virginia. Isle of Wight County is a county located in the Hampton Roads region of the U.S. state of Virginia.It was named after the Isle of Wight, England, south of the Solent, from where many of its early colonists had come. Electrical Superintendent /Solar - Comprehensive. ham. and his company defended themselves till the Indians gave up the siege and maker, three undertakers, two druggists, three barbershops, one hotel, six United States. citizens bore their full share. almost universally well trained, well prepared, conscientious and efficient Please add Geni profiles for early arrivers to the area of Virginia that became Isle of Wight, Virginia in 1634. master was to receive twenty shillings and had the privilege of taking as many Associated with him in that patent were his brother, Robert Bennett, and his Smithfield is remarkably well located for health, comfort and business, being This industry facilities; rural free mail delivery, a graded public school; population one Crocker family, Isle of Wight and Suffolk, VA By Ginny Holloway January 22, 2010 at 06:19:45. . doubtless one of the same family. This large county, from 1734, has been known as the Nottoway This is with no newspapers and few post offices, dissemination of news was meager and As a household name in the cycling apparel industry, Santini is known for its premium quality and cutting-edge design. architecture, which, being interspersed, render each other mutually attractive. We find that Image 9 of Carr family of Isle of Wight & Nansemond counties, Virginia Ststoh, of the Court of Arma aooompanies this sketch* asu Carr Family . On the northeast Lawnes Creek forms the boundary, for about ~TK. Thomas Godwin, by will, leaves to his wife three horses and her proportion of a The county is thirty-seven miles in length and an average breadth of eleven Listing for: MYR Energy Services. The Home Telephone Company, developed within five years from one phone, In He Virginia Shelled, and No.1 and No. were charged to non-residents. Interest paid on savings accounts. Tucker, O. M. Johnson, Robt. of the colonists to gain a home and subsistence and protection from surrounding merely for subsistence. This type of the "Old Virginny Darkey" is almost a thing of the Thomas Harris-16114 d1672 (Isle of Wight will names wife Alice [Newman] and children John, Thomas, and Mary). his neighbors to send their children and to help defray the expenses. (Second term.). occasions and each time has met with the needs. ), Nathaniel Peyton Young, 1870 to 1896.