Things To Do in Elberon, Virginia

Inscription. Four miles north is Pleasant Point on James River. William Edwards patented land there in 1657, the house is ancient. Edwards was clerk of the General Court and a member of The House of Burgesses. , Erected 1947 by Virginia ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In memory of, Capt. Jacob Faulcon, C. S. A. of this village, who was shot and instantly killed, by a party of Federal raiders at a, point one hundred and fifty yards, S. E. of this building, Nov. 11, 1864, , Location. ... More on HMDB

Home � About Surry � History History When the first English settlers sailed up the James River in 1607, they first landed on the south side of the river near the present Town of Claremont in Surry ... More on Surrycountyva.gov

Inscription. English settlement along Grays Creek began by 1609 when Capt. John Smith ordered a defensive fortification built on the tidal creek opposite Jamestown. Though the English did not finis... More on HMDB

Inscription. Southwark Parish was established in 1647. To the northeast stood the second Southwark church built by 1673 and abandoned shortly after the American Revolution. To the east, near Bacons Castle, Southwark Parish vestry ... More on HMDB

Inscription. At “Old Lebanon Church” here, the Christian Church was established under the leadership of James OKelly, August, 1794. OKelly had withdrawn from the Methodist Church, 1792. , Erected 1935 by Conservation ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Nearby stands the glebe house of the formerly Anglican Southwark Parish that was built soon after 1724. A glebe was a parcel of land owned by a colonial church and farmed to pay the ministers expenses. This glebe house ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Originally called Tappahannock Creek by the English, Crouchs Creek flowed through a number of early English settlements. By 1625 George Sandys had holdings in Surry County, known as Treasurers Plantation, east of the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Nearby to the north, Richard Pace and his family received a land patent in Dec. 1620 establishing Paces Paines plantation. In response to English expansion into Indian lands, such as occurred at Pace's Paines and elsewhere. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Ten miles Northeast is Swanns Point on James River. In 1635 William Swann patented land there. The English Commissioners investigating Bacons Rebellion met at Swanns point in 1677 William Swanns Tomb, dated 1680 is there. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Located five miles to the north is Wakefield. Benjamin Harrison patented this land about 1637. His descendents became major landowners and were influential in Virginia and United States politics. Governor Benjamin Harrison ... More on HMDB