A new and comprehensive gazetteer of Virginia, and the District of Columbia, Part 20

Author: Martin, Joseph. ed. cn; Brockenbrough, William Henry
Publication date: 1835
Publisher: Charlottesville, J. Martin
Number of Pages: 1278

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was created into a separate and distinct county ; and it was named after Lord Culpeper, the ancestor of the then present proprietor.

At the C. H. of the county a town was established by an act passed in 1759, which was called after the proprietor of the county himself, Fairfax, and has continued ever since to be the seat of justice for the county, by the same name. It was recently, by an act passed in 1834, incorporated; and at this time contains a C. II., jail, and clerk's office, on the public square, all handsome buildings, an episcopalian and a presbyterian church built of brick, and a masonic hall built of wood, with a large wooden meeting house in the immediate vicinity, belonging to the Baptist denomination :- its streets are broad and laid out in a rectangular form; andare well-sup- plied with pumps. There are 3 taverns, besides some boarding houses, 9 stores; 1 watch maker and jeweller's shop, 2 saddlers, 4 shoe makers, 4 tailors, and mantuamakers, 1 hatter, 3 blacksmiths, 2 carpenters and cabi- net makers, 1 considerable establishment for making wagons, &c. and another quite extensive for making coaches, carriages, &c. The Piedmont line of post coaches, passes through this place. It contains also 7 lawyer's offices, 3 doctor's shops, and a parsonage house, which the vestry of the Episcopal church have purchased, and the ladies have nearly paid for, by that ingenious method of making much out of little, which has been latterly practised with such general success-a fair. There are in the immediate vicinity of the town 3 schools, all on private foundations, and 1 market house, also on private foundation :- 2 respectable tanyards are kept up in sight of the town. There is a printing establishment, from which issues a weekly paper, under the title of the Culpeper Gazette; and another very recently established, that sends forth weekly, The Messenger. '

TOWNS, VILLAGES, POST OFFICE, &c.

AMISSVILLE, P. O. 121 ms. fromims. from Fairfax, and 10 from R., and 69 from W. :: Woodville, in Rappahannock. It COLVIN'S TAVERN, P. O. 90 ms. contains a tavern, store, and black- from R., and 80 from W.

smith shop.

FAIRFAX, P. O. and seat of Jus-

JEFFERSONTON, P. V. 109 m's tice, 88 ms. N. W. of Fredericks- from R., and 61 S. S. W. of W., situ- burg, 76 S: W. of W. and 94 from R., ated near the right branch of the Rap- in lat. 38° 26', long. 1. 04', W. of C. pahannock, in the N. E. angle of the

County Courts are held on the 2nd county, and on the Piedmont stage Monday in every month :- Quarterly in March, May, August ant Norem-

route from Washington to Milledge- ville, Georgia. The town is built on ber. JUDGE FIELD holds his Circuit one street, and contains 43 dwelling Superior Court of Law and Chancery on the 3rd of June and Ath of Norem- ber. [See above, on this page.]

GRANTLEY'S P. O. 116 ms. from istry, 1 Elementary school with 50 R., and 59 ms. S. of W.

houses, 1 Baptist house of worship, 1 Female association, for the purpose of educating young men for the min- scholars: also, 3 mercantile stores, 3

GRIFFINSBURG, P. O. 103 ms. from taverns, 1 tanyard, I hat manufactory, R., and 85 mns. S. W. of W., situated 3 boot and shoe factories, a wagon on the main road leading from Thorn- maker, carriage maker, and 3 house ton's Gap in the Blue Ridge, to carpenters. Population 300; of whom Fredericksburg, 18 ins. from there are physicians. Lee's Sulphur former, and 50 ms. from the latter, 8 Springs, a place of considerable resort

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in summer, are only 23 ms. from Jef- ( Rock MILLS, P. O. 113 ms. from fersonton.

LOCUST DALE, P. O. 86 ms. from

i. R., and 86 ms. S. S. W. of W.

R., and 75 S. W. of W. /. .

STEVENSBURG, P. V. in the south- ern' part of the county, 95 ms. from R. MIDWAY, P. O. 95 ms, from R., and 68 S. S. W. of W. and 83 ms. S. W. of W .- beautifully situated between the Rapid Ann, and RICHARDSVILLE, formerly Smith's Rappahannock river, on the stage Tavern, P. O. 95 ms. from R., and road from Fairfax to Fredericksburg, 71 S. W. of W., situated on the stage 7 ms. distant from the former, and 30 road from Fredericksburg to Fairfax, from the latter. It contains 20 dwel- 18 ms. distant from each; in the gold ling houses, 2 mercantile stores, and region and near some of the best mines 1 house of worship, free for all de- yet discovered. in Virginia.

nominations. Population 150 per- . RACOON FORD, P. O., situated im- sons; of whom 2 are physicians. This mediately on the banks of Rapid Ann,

place was formerly much resorted to 15 ms. by water above its confluence by inhabitants of the lower counties with the Rappahannock, 30 W. of during the sickly seasons.

Fredericksburg, 15 N. E. of Orange & THORNTON's GAP, P. O. 120 ms. C. H., and 10 S. E. of Fairfax. It N. W. of R., and 102 ms. N. W. by W. of W., situated in the western part Ridge. Mit contains 8 dwelling houses, a mer- cantile store, house of entertainment, of the county in the gap of the Blue merchant mill, grist mill, saw and shingle mill, wool carding machine THOMPSONVILLE, P. O. 104 ms. from R., and 75 S. W. by W. of W. It contains 7 dwelling houses, 2 houses and cotton gin, boot and shoe factory, a tailor, blacksmith, wagon maker, and carriage maker. Population 35 of worship, 1 Baptist, and 1 free for whites, and 45 blacks. Total 80

all denominations, 3 mercantile stores,

society, which holds its meetings at this place.

REXEVILLE, P. O. 101 ms. from R. and 2 blacksmith's shops ; there are and 79 S. W. by W. of W., situated 3 merchant mills in the vicinity. Pop- handsomely on a healthy, and high ulation 70. There is a benevolent position, in the midst of a fertile coun- try, on 1 of the north branches of the Rappahannock, and immediately on the stage road, which leads from

WAYLANDSBURG, P. V. 102 ms. from R. and 84 S. W. of W., situated Washington to. Charlottesville, 60 on Crooked Run, which separates ms. from the latter. It contains 12 Madison from Culpeper, near the dwelling houses, a mercantile store, road between Fairfax and Orange C. new house of entertainment, tanyard, H., 8 ms. W. of the former, 74 from shoe factory, cooper's shop, wheel- the latter, and 8 N. E. of Madison C. wright, blacksmith; and has a school H. It contains 18 houses, [ of which in the neighbourhood. This little is a merchant mill with 4 pair of stones, village Istapaly improving, the vi-land 1 a saw mill. Population 13. cinity being occupied by wealthy and industrious farmers.

CUMBERLAND.

CUMBERLAND was created by the House of Burgess's in' 1748, from a part of Goochland. It is bounded N. by James river, which separates it from Fluvanna, and Goochland, E. by Powhatan, S. E. and S. by the Appomat-

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tox which separates it from Amelia, and Prince Edward, and W. by Buck- ingham. Length 32 ms., mean breadth 10, and area 323 sq. ms. extending- in lat. from 37° 12' to 37º 39' N. and long. from 1º 13' to 1º 40' W. of W. C. The slope of this county is N. E., and the central part is drained by Willis's river, which empties into the James, a few miles above Carters- ville. This stream is navigable by boats to Curdsville, a small town in Buckingham: (See Buckingham.) 'This county is also watered by 4 creeks, which rise in the upper part within 3 or 4 miles of each other, near Rains' tavern. Bear branch empties into Willis's river. Great Guinea after running about 20 miles in the county empties into the Appomattox. Angle creek about 12 miles long, and Green creek, about 3; both of which afford much fertile bottom lands ;- and Little Gunea, all flow into the Ap- pomattox. The Appomattox waters, and bounds the southern part of the county from Powhatan to Buckingham, about 30 miles, and the James river on the north, by making a considerable bend, bounds and waters about the same distance.

The surface is undulating, and the soil productive. The staples are in- · dian corn, wheat and tobacco. The latter has been considered the princi- pal article, but of late the farmers have turned their attention more to the cultivation of wheat; by which the lands have much improved, and the im- provement is still progressing.

Iron and coal have recently been discovered, on the Appomattox, near Farmville. The prevailing religious sects, are Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists :- there are 10 houses of public worship, and 4 resident min- isters :- there are 4 flour manufacturing, and a number of grist mills in the county. Population 1820, 11,023-1830, 11,690. Cumberland belongs to the 8th judicial circuit, and 4th district. 'Taxes paid in 1833, $2,881 80, in "34, on lots, $59 13-land, $1,458 19-3850 slaves, $962 50-2,161 horses, $129 66-7 studs, $134-50 coaches, $123 15-34 carryalls, $46 55- 107 gigs, $68 70. Total $2,985 88. Expended in educating poor chil- dren in 1832, $376 73-in 1834, $196 38.

TOWNS, VILLAGES, POST-OFFICES, &c.

CA IRA, P. V. in the W, part offare annually received, a house of wor- the county, 72 ms. S. W. of R., and ship free for all denominations, 2 ta- 148 from W., situated 45 ms. E. N. E. of Lynchburg, on the N. side of

verns, and a masonic hall :- there are also among the mechanics, 2 tailors, Willis's river, 5 ms. W. of Cumberland 2 wheelwrights, 2 blacksmiths, and 2 C. IL., 16 N. E. of Farmville, and 18 plough manufacturers. ms.from Buckingham C. II. surround- This village was until lately un- healthy, and nearly dopulated upon two different occasion: this was attri- buted to the pond attached to the man- ufacturing mill, which covered 200 acres of ground, and nearly sur- rounded the village, and produced very severe bilious attacks. The dam has now been removed 2 ms. up the stream, and the water brought down by a navigable canal: the old pond has been filled up, and its sito ed by a fertile country. Willis's ri- ver is navigable to Curdsville, in Buckingham, 12 ms. above this place, and 60 ms. from its mouth. Ca Ira contains about 40 dwelling houses, 3 mercantile stores-selling $40 000 worth of goods annually, a merchant mill, which grinds from 28 to 30,000 bushels of wheat in the grinding sea- son, a tobacco warehouse, at which from 3 to 500 hogsheads of tobacco

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cultivated, which yields immense|vicinity, free for all denominations. crops to the owners ; and health is re- stored to the village. Population 210. fertile, producing corn, wheat, oats, Three mails a week are received.

CARTERSVILLE, P. V. on the right and 60 blacks. Total 90.

bank of James river, 47 ms. W. of R. and 122 from W., situated in a fertile and healthy country. It contains 50 in February, May, July, and October. dwelling houses, 1 house of worship free for all denominations, a common JUDGE DANIEL, holds his Circuit Su- perior Court of Law and Chancery, school, a merchant mill, which grinds on the 1st of April and September. from 20 to 30,000 bushels of wheat LANGHORN'S TAVERN, P. O. 61 ms. W. of R., and 146 from W. annually, 5 mercantile stores, 3 gro- ceries, 2 builders of thrashing ma- RAINES', P. O. 69 ms. W. of R., chines, 2 tanyards, 1 saddler and and 154 from W.

many other mechanics, such as wheel- wrights, plough makers, blacksmiths, shoe makers, &c. Considerable trade is carried on in wheat and other pro- duce of the surrounding country .- Population 300 souls; of whom 1 is an attorney, and 2 physicians.

CUMBERLAND, C. H. P. V. 55 ms. from R., and 140 from W. situated on a high and healthy ridge cooper, and tailor Tobacco of as between Willis's river and the Appo- mattox; commanding a beautiful view of the Blue Ridge. It contains be- sides the county buildings, 5 dwelling

good quality as any in Virginia, is raised in this neighbourhood. The soil is susceptible of high improve- ment. The water power is sufficient houses, 1 mercantile store, 2 taverns, for machinery of any extent. Popu- lation 90 persons; I of whom is a

a saddler, boot and shoe factory, tai- lor, and various other mechanics. physician. There is a house of worship in the

The surrounding county is tolerably tobacco, &c. Population 30 whites

County Courts are held on the 4th Monday in every month ;- Quarterly

STONEY POINT MILLS, P. O. in the southern part of the county, 61 ms. S. W. by W. of R., and 146 from W., situated on the Appomattox river, 60 ms. above Petersburg, 16 ms. below Farmville. and 5 ms. S. of Cumber- land C. H. It contains 20 houses, 1 large manufacturing mill, 2 mercan- tile stores, a wheelwright, blacksmith,

DINWIDDIE.

DINWIDDIE was created by the Legislature in 1752, from a part of Prince George. It is bounded E. by Prince George,-S. E. by Sussex,- S. by Nottoway river, which separates it from Brunswick,-W. by Notto- way,-and N. W. by Amelia. Dinwiddie is in form a hexagon, with a diameter of about 28 miles ;- area about 616 sq. miles. It is divided near- ly into equal parts by the parallel of 37º N. lat .- its long. lies between 0° 33' and 1º 3' W. of W. C. The northern part of the county, about one- fourth of the whole, slopes north and is drained by the Appomattox. The remainder inclines S. E. is drained by Monks Creek, Stoney, Sapony, and other tributaries of Nottoway river .- The surface is undulating .- Popu- lation in 1820, 13,792-in 1830, 21,801. Dinwiddie belongs to the second judicial circuit, and first district. Taxes paid in 1833, 86538, 50-in 1834, on lots, 82736 59-land, $1863 68-5962 slaves, $1496 50-2673 horses, $160 38-7 studs, $258 00-134 coaches, #348 25-49 carryalls,

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849 55-233 gigs, $135 83. Total, 87042 78 Expended in educating poor children in 1832, $412 94 ; in 1833, $217 68.

TOWNS, VILLAGES, POST OFFICES, &c.

DINWIDDIE C. H. & P. O. sit-[with neat and substantial brick houses uated on Stoney Creek, 15 ms. S. W. and, in value as well as appearance, of Peterburg, 40 from R. and 162 is very much improved. The num- from W. County courts are held on ber of houses besides the county the third Monday in every month. buildings, which are handsome, may Quarterly, March, May, August and be estimated at about 800. There November. JUDGE MAY holds his Superior Court of Law and Chan- cery on 1st April and September.

are 7 houses of public worship, be- longing to Episcopalians, Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians,-a Ma- GOODWYNSVILLE, P. O. 47 m's. sonic Hall, female orphan asylum, se- S. S. W. of R. and 169 from W.

veral common schools and one free

HARRISVILLE, or Wyoming, 54 school; the latter is on the Lancaste- m's S. of R. and 176 from W., situat- rian plan and was endowed principal- ly by a legacy left to the town, for that purpose by a benevolent indivi- dual, (DAVID ANDERSON,) and is called the "Anderson Seminary." There are six tobacco factories, six manufacturing flour mills, 1 brass and cast-iron foundry, 2 earthen-ware pot- teries, 2 cotton-seed-oil mills, numer- ed in the S. E. corner of the county, near Nottoway river, on the main southern stage road. It contains a mercantile store, blacksmith shop, and wheelwright. In the vicinity there are 2 extensive manufacturing mills; and the surrounding country is very thickly settled.

PETERSBURG, Port of Entry, ous mercantile stores, and 4 druggist and P. O. 22 miles S. of R. and 144 S. S. W. of W. lat. 37º 13' and long. 24° W. of W. C .: situated on the right or southern bank of Appo- mattox river-12 ms. above its junc- tion with James river in the northern

shops. The principal mechanical pursuits arc-2 printing offices, by which 2 weekly papers are issued, and considerable book-work-printing done, 4 carriage manufacturies, 5 wheelwrights, 4 cabinet makers, 3 angle of the county, where it joins jersey wagon makers, 3 brick mold- Prince George and Chesterfield ; solers, 1 stone cutter and mill stone that a part of the town is in each of maker, 2 tanneries, 5 saddlers, 15 those counties. This depot is well blacksmiths, 4 coppersmiths and tin- situated to sustain a high commercial rank amongst the ports of Virginia. The harbor admits vessels of consi- derable draught, and the adjacent country is well peopled and cultivated. The falls of Appomattox near which the city stands, affords an illimitable water power, whilst a canal obviates the impediment to navigation. Pre- vious to the year 1815 the buildings

plate workers, 3 jewellers and watch makers, and many house carpenters, tailors, hatters, milleners, and mantua makers. Petersburg is now rapidly increasing in business in consequence of its Rail Road, to the Roanoke river, which is about sixty miles long, and affords an opening by which large quantities of produce are brought to this market from the upper Roan- were nearly all of wood, but in the oke and from the interior of North summer of that year nearly all those situated on the most commercial

Carolina, and by which goods are with much facility returned in ex- streets were consumed by fire. Since change, as the cars run daily to the that event the town has been rebuilt Roanoke and back again. The grade

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twenty-seven or thirty feet per mile, is very favorable to the use of the locomotive engine; and their success with this kind of power has not been surpassed in the country. They have now three engines upon the road, a part of which have been at work up- wards of nine months, and made their trips with as much regularity as could have been expected from horse pow- er. One of those, the "Liverpool," is probably, for her weight, the most effective engine of the country. This, and one of the other engines on this road, were constructed by M. Burry, of Liverpool, who has also furnished two engines for one of the Schuylkill rail roads, which weare informed work equally well. The proprietors of this road consider it as part of the great line of communication from north to south, and look to its ultimate connexion with the Charleston rail road, by similar works through North Carolina. Another channel by which much produce is brought to .this market, is the Upper Appo- mottox Canal,-through which there is a constantly increasing trade. 'To this market there have been brought in one year 40,000 bales of cotton, 5,000 hogsheads of tobacco, and more than 100,000 bushels of wheat, besides many other articles.

of the road, with the exception of two facture; some part of it is woven at or three planes, with an ascent of the factory into a heavy cotton cloth called "oznaburgs," and is stamped "Virginia cloth," in consequence of the likeness between this and the cot- ton cloth formerly so well known in this state by that name. This facto- ry gives employment to none but white persons, and- has constantly employed about 110 operatives, who are mostly young girls, of good char- acter and industrious habits, who re- ceive in weekly wages about thirteen thousand dollars per annum .- The Merchants' Manufacturing Compa- ny has two factories, one of which is on a small scale, and has for some years been in operation, the other re- cently erected, has but lately begun to spin ; it has a commodious house well planned, and runs 3500 spindles and a number of looms capable of weaving from 1500 to 2000 yards of cotton cloth per day and employs about 200 operatives. It is in con- templation to erect, ere long, two other cotton factories, on a large scale, and as the water power here is great, the raw material plenty, and operatives readily procured, it is probable that at no distant day, Petersburg will be a considerable manufacturing town. -From the town, a considerable for- eign trade is carried on with Eng- land, France, Holland, and Germany, and goods of all descriptions are here plenty and cheap. Large ships load at City Point. The navigation from City Point to this place until lately was bad, affording not more than four feet water-but within a few years works have been completed on the river, which have deepened it to about seven feet .- At one time this town was considered unhealthy, but by draining and filling up marshes, and by other improvements, it has now become as salubrious as any part of lower Virginia ; and has the char- acter of being hospitable and patri- otic ; and a very delightful place of

Petersburg is also much indebted for her prosperity to her cotton fac- tories ; of which at present, there are three :- 'The first established. was that of the Petersburg Manufacturing Company, in the year 1828. This factory commenced spinning in the fall of that year with 500 spindles, and the number was gradually in- creased, until it now runs 2500, which daily spin about 1200 pounds of yarn, or three hundred and sixty thousand pounds per annum, This yarn is made of the best cotton brought to the market, and the most of it is sold in yarn itself without further manu- residence, The Bank of Virginia

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and Farmers' Bank of Virginia have POPLAR GROVE, P. O. 39 ms. S. of R. and 161 from W. each a branch at this place. It pos- sesses also an insurance office, and RICHIEVILLE, P.O. 62 ms. S. of R. and 164 from W. custom house. Population 1830, 8,322. Corporation courts are held SAPPONY CREEK, Cross Roads, and P. O. 44 ms. from R. and 166 from W. In the southern part of the county, 22 ms. S. S. W. of Peters- burg. The creek is a branch of Sto- on the third Monday in every month ; Quarterly in March, May, August and November. JUDGE MAY holds his Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery on the first of Aprillney Creek, and the latter of Notto- and September.

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ELIZABETH CITY.

ELIZABETH CITY was one of the eight original shires into which Vir- ginia was divided in 1634 .- It is bounded E. by the Chesapeake, S. by Hampton Roads, N. by Back river, which separates it from York, and W. by Warwick .- Its form is nearly that of a square, about 18 miles on each side ;- area 64 square miles. It extends from 37° 02' to 37° 08' N. lat. and from 0° 37' to 0° 47' E. of W. C. Population, 1820, 3,789-1830, 5,053 .- It belongs to the 3d judicial circuit, and 2nd district. Taxes paid in 1833, 8794 24-in 1834, on lots, 8184 62-on land, $316 63-912 slaves, 8228 00-408 horses, 824 43-3 studs, 871 00-7 coaches, $16 00-49 carryalls, 849 55-233 gigs, 8135 83. Total, $7042 78. Ex- pended in educating poor children in 1832, $45 39-in 1834, no report.

TOWNS, VILLAGES, POST OFFICES, &c.

HAMPTON, P. V. and county of their labor in their own town; but seat, 96 ms. from R. and 199 S. E. of the Fortifications at Old Point Com- W. Hampton is a sea port, situated fort, and the Rip Raps, have been for some time past the principal source of revenue to the inhabitants both of the town and county, by the wages given for negro laborers. Hampton is as healthy as any town in lower Virgi- There are 2 attorneys, and 4 physi- cians. on Hampton Roads, 2} miles from Fortress Monroe, 18 from Norfolk, 24 from York Town, and 36 from Wil- liamsburg .--- It contains about 130 houses; 2 Methodist, 1 Baptist, and 1 Episcopalian meeting house, 1 Aca- nia. Population in 1830, 1120 .- demy and 1 private school, 6 dry good stores, 10 grocery stores, 2 taverns, 3 castor oil manufactories, (2 in town County Courts are held on the' 4th Thursday in every month ;- Quar- terly in March, June, August and November. and 1 adjacent.) The principal me- chanical pursuits are, shoe making, blacksmiths' work, house-carpentry, and ship-building. Hampton has for JUDGE UPSHUR holds his Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery some time been declining :- There is no commerce or inland trade to sup- on the 24th of April and 19th of Sep- tember.

port it. Hampton is the place of re- sidence for nearly all the pilots for OLD POINT COMFORT, OR FOR- James river, and the neighborhood of TRESS MONROE, cape and P. O. 12 Norfolk; and when trade was brisk, they circulated nearly all the proceeds

ms. in a direct line a little W. of N. Norfolk, 3 ms. S. E. of Hampton, the

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county seat, and 202 ms. S. S. E. of bought however dearly, in the lessons W. C. The promontory, particular- ly called Old Point Comfort, is almost exactly on lat. 37°, and with the op- posing point, Willioughby, on the right shore, forms the real mouth of James river, the intervening strait se- parating Lynhaven bay from Hamp- ton Roads.

of the late war. These waters were then the resort of the British fleets, and while all American vessels were either driven from their own harbors, or captured, the enemy made himself at home here-sent detachments to Baltimore and Washington-ravaged the shores of the Chesapeake-burnt The channel which leads in from the Capes of Virginia to Hampton Roads, is, at Old Point Comfort, re- duced to a very narrow line. The shoal water, which, under the action of the sea, and reacted upon by the bar, is kept in an unremitting ripple, has given the name of Rip Raps to this place. When the bar is passed, Hamp- ton Roads, which extend to Norfolk, our Capitol and Navy Yards, and laid the whole country under contri- bution : The erection of the two Forts at this central point of our sea- board, gives us a refuge to our naval force, if driven in by superior num- bers, and will, in effect, not only oc- clude Hampton Roads to the enemy, and shut him out from James river and Norfolk, our naval depot, but about eighteen miles distant, into must deter him ever venturing up the which James river, Elizabeth river, and Nansemond Mouth empty, afford the finest anchorange in the world, and in them its navies might ride with perfect safety. With a view of mak- ing this a secure retreat for ships of war and for our commerce, in any fu- ture contest with a naval power, Fort Monroe was built on the point, on the right side of the channel at the en-

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A new and comprehensive gazetteer of Virginia, and the District of Columbia, Part 20

Author: Martin, Joseph. ed. cn; Brockenbrough, William Henry Publication date: 1835 Publisher: Charlottesville, J. Martin Number of Pages: 1278

Author: Martin, Joseph. ed. cn; Brockenbrough, William Henry
Publication date: 1835
Publisher: Charlottesville, J. Martin
Number of Pages: 1278