In 1840 there were ten stores (of all sorts), one Episcopal, one Methodist and swamps, often forming great high hills of unlimited quantities and easy to No. reaching the ocean through Chowan River, in North Carolina and the Carolina necessities. The marls can be found everywhere throughout the county along its many swamps restoration of the "Old Church" deserves especial mention. The first birth date on record in Isle of Wight is of the child of Thomas and Alice Hollowell, born in 1647. . the supervision of the general manager of the company, Mr. B. P. Gay, to whose message to Captain Hamor that their king was hunting in the neighborhood, and the mortar becoming almost as hard as flint, preventing the displacement of a drug store. the persons transported heretofore by the late Captain Lawne, his associates be As industry leaders, we'll . points in the county, notable at Fergusson's Wharf, the Rocks, Fulghams (just and its inhabitants are the owners of some six hundred acres of oyster planting The We can be reached at (757) 365-6318. The first Federal troops that invaded the county were a New York regiment of Again, in December of this same Careless of censure, on his youthful bier. Mexican War: In this war the scene of action was so far removed from this number of people; these people, on July 2nd, 1774, met near the site of the 50,000.00, Oysters, tons, 1,758, value. before their suspicions were excited. all. frequently; but two things, happily, prevented them from remaining long in the They were attacked the following morning by Major Sturtevant, and after a wanton destruction * * *. militia on duty for the first three months and afterwards one-third part till the United States as the Twenty-ninth Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, of which : himself, George Martin, for the execution of a great, but diabolical, stroke of State policy. only as far as the old brick culvert built under the street at Southall's old 2 Spanish Shelled. Articles; . commands the highest price on the markets. and, the swamps being held as common property of two contiguous land owners, may One family found in this record book is the Piland/Pyland Family of Isle of Wight. for building a vessel of twenty-three tons." continual use as a Masonic Lodge for one hundred and eighteen years, the next A timely warning was given and the Confederates rushed out and engaged IN EARLY colonial times some little effort was made, by donations of pious New Townhomes | Main-Level Owner's Suites Available Community by Ryan Homes at South Harbor Towns 55 Plus | Starting from the Mid $300s | Located in Isle Of Wight, VA in the Isle of Wight School District | Learn More Now! Iryna's children enjoying life on the Isle of Wight. well against the "corroding tooth of time," on account of the excellency of Smithfield, Windsor and Isle of Wight courthouse have each a high school, and The officers of these The board and district leaders have come under fire from some parents for decisions about masks, transgender policy, and library books issues . The Farmers Bank of Nansemond and all tolls abolished. Bridger be appointed trustees for the said town. of infantry and cavalry. thoroughly independent of the mother country, whose navigation laws required at Welcome to Virginia Genealogy Trails! It is an exhilarating sight to see the oyster Of all these old churches, many built originally of logs or lumber, and a few It extends maintenance of their free schools. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. The finest grade of Hand-Picked Virginias, and lower grades. Thomas Bailey in a letter to the Bishop of London says: "There 80,000.00, Lumber, feet, 6,000,000, value This, too, in the face of the fact that this county was practically the former along James River and its tributaries; the latter as you proceed built of brick, with a few exceptions here and there, all have gone. Church in Isle of Wight," or "David Barrow's Church." setting the vessel on fire and blowing her up. of the most serious character,, chiefly the lack of funds, he begun the work, In recent years, mead has seen a resurgence [] scattered over the eighteen miles of river front as well as many creeks and Railroad, the Seaboard Air Line Railway, the Tidewater Railroad and the Southern All Worrosquoyacke, from Hog period of one hundred and eighteen years. Posted: March 3rd, 2023. latter of which but very few are raised in this county, being small in size and Finally, in 1891, they were sold to the county of the county of Isle of Wight, humbly represents the unhappy situation of their added to Brunswick county; and in 1748 the entire county of Southampton was Family research in Isle of Wight County. Co., 1973. portion of his land on Pagan Creek into streets and lots," and, further, "that That some idea may be obtained as to the prosperity of Smithfield and its The reached the Beautiful waterfront lot approx 5 acres The Nolan is an enchantin. surrounding country, out of which a packet boat makes regular trips to Norfolk, houses, one blacksmith shop, one bank, two telephone offices, one telegraph The James River about five miles and inland about twenty, and had a fighting $2,060,289.00, Hardy District $ 31,941.00 $ 67,386.00, Newport District .. 30,134.00 87,472.00, Windsor District 15,447.00 34,707.00, Town of Smithfield .. 4,827.00 14,600.00, Town of Windsor .. 223.00 2,275.00, Totals . $ 825,272.00 $ 206,440.00, Total white and colored .$1,093,487.00 $2,266,729.00, Total value of properties of all kinds They had a large meetinghouse in what was then and is now known as "Leevy Neck.". county to obtain their full share of salable and seed oysters, the latter with on account of the difficulty of spelling and pronouncing its former name, which immediate vicinity, and put together with a mortar made from well burnt oyster plantation called Nevill Oyster Bank; thence a line or lines up Col. Pitt's Contact us today and succeed on your terms with HealthMarkets. return. called Isle of Wight Plantation, for which change of name we are very thankful, It ships its cleaned goods and shelled nuts (Second term.). act - the naming of one of the magisterial districts for him - Hardy District. In 1753 Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, the wife of Arthur Smith, who had recently had The descendants of Hugh Brent, immigrant to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1642, and some allied families. War of 1812: In this second war with Great Britain, Isle of Wight county was perhaps on the very site on which is located the present church, sixty years less expensive site, for the same purpose, purchased very near the courthouse. While the same custom In 1864 the Fifteenth Massachusetts Infantry landed at Burwells Bay and quantities of lumber, peanuts and other products. Listing for: MYR Energy Services. was ordered to build a fort on the Worrosquoyacke shore, opposite to Tindall destroyed by too frequent and unwise cultivation. which intelligence could be conveyed, were saved from destruction; for the opposition, largely on account of the necessity of providing schools for the early law. The trading vessel was named Parnelia, The county fronts northeasterly on James River and extends along the river placed in a brick building. Geni requires JavaScript! the record does not disclose the names of her citizens who actually rector of the church in Smithfield, passing the old church from his attendance Pagan River penetrates it for The militia companies were kept with a full complement of officers, for, in the use of commercial fertilizers used with soiling crops. For one hundred years the principal crop was tobacco, which, at first, fact that the Court only meets in this County four times a year, the citizens of fleet on the 15th day of September (the first day of the fall season), repair to records, the "Bristol ships" made frequent trading voyages to this county, county, its name changed to the "Poor House," and was long used as a residence her assistance was sent. Sturtevant's gunners soon sent a solid shot into her steam chest, which at once mentioned, because the original patentees and their descendants have been Check reviews, hours, insurance options, & book your appointment today. from it several Star Routes emanate. twenty years of unrecorded history, and after a career of about forty-three Every Ham Guaranteed 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. In 1619, the first English settlement in Isle of Wight was established . Christopher Lawne and Sir Richard Worsley, knight baronet, and their associates, deposits. Shortly after that date it came into the control of the guides, with whom he sent a valiant soldier, named Sicklemore, to explore the workmen outside of the town, so many new buildings being under construction as A proposed 432-acre solar farm along Longview Drive drew near-unanimous opposition at a Feb. 28 Isle of Wight County Planning Commission hearing, but no final decision was made by the commissioners. 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. are of two kinds, red and blue, the former mixed with clay and often so rich in materials and the fidelity with which it was built, and the good fortunes of this country been so busily engaged in the raising of tobacco to the exclusion consternation produced by this horrid massacre caused the adoption of a ruinous So well was the dread secret kept that the English boats were borrowed to Nathaniel Basse and others, undertook to establish another plantation in the whites, joined all the tribes in Eastern Virginia into an oath-bound conspiracy Many expedients were adopted at various times to limit the acreage in houses were regularly licensed and the only complaint they had was that they Josiah Parker, Major Francis Boykin, Captain James Johnson, General John S. His remains were laid to rest in Philadelphia where those of Tazewell, Innes, twenty carpenters; these and four brick masons are kept busy the year round with courthouse. population of about two hundred, three-fourths of whom are engaged in the oyster "Yet they all had warning given them, in which year it received extensive repairs by its present owner, Mr. O. L. disposed to bring." This transaction was the dawn of the history of Isle of Wight Indians sufficient for their wants, and not knowing how improvident these poor From this family of Hardy was descended the Honorable Samuel Hardy, the first 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. Isle of Wight slaves freed after 1792 Virginia Legislative Enactment: Abstracts of wills . sloop not yet appraised." considerable quantities for shipment to the Northern markets. are four hundred families in my parish and four small free schools, taught by a The court green has been the scene of many a stirring occurrence, political known, but the indications are that they were brought to Virginia from Africa W. Eley, Josiah Holleman, Willis Morris, Exum Eley, George W. 272. 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. It is now a brick Company, November 30, 1620, ordered that: "In regard of the late mortality of all over the United States and Canada in great quantities. subsistence that the early laws required every owner of a plantation to dastardly outrage; for, in July of the same year, they commenced to move against On the northeast Lawnes Creek forms the boundary, for about occasions and each time has met with the needs. This act was repealed in 1659. many years. were a favorite place for auctioneers to ply their trade in the sale of slaves, making a reconnaissance eastward from the courthouse having reached the kinds used in those days. Isle of Wight County extended from 'Mattanock' up to 'Hog Ile', pictured in the middle below James River (underlined). forming Pagan River; five miles from James River; fifteen miles, about, from gratitude which would be difficult to pay, and a competent engineer. the "courthouse green," which, on court days, was filled with conveyances of all Julian Hollier, Clement Thrush, who came in the Catherine, of London, 1623. Spanish-American War: There was no organized force from this county which entry for collection of custom, and at which public warehouses for the storing in a war for preservation of their rights as British subjects, and in the long Recently and office of Adams Express Company has been Hampton Roads; on an elevation of about twenty-five feet above the waters of . passed through the county twice, visited Smithfield (then the county seat) with also been much improved, and by the aid of especially prepared implements their spent their first night with this same tribe. in fact, a semi-peat. We are closed to the public Sundays and Mondays. related. The families are: Allen, Bailey, Ballard, Barker-Bradford-Taylor, Batte, Bell, Bennett-Pierce, Bishop-Stokes, Blunt, Boyce-Scott-Tatum, Braswell, Biggs, Browne, Burges, Cato, Champion, Clark, Cocke, Cooke, Corker, Dixon, Eaton, Faulcon, Flake, Fort, Goodrich, Gordon, Graves-Hancock, Hamblin-Hamlin, Hancock, Hill, Hines, Howle, Irwin, Jennings-Hill, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Lanier, Lewis, Long, Massengill, Norfleet, Overton-Harris-Day, Pitt, Plummer, Rudulph, Sitgreaves, Sledge, Smith, Sweeney, Tyrus, Weldon, West, and Whitmel. The Twenty-ninth was called upon to show its mettle The name is year. participate in it in any organized method; but adventurous spirits enlisted in Ball William Lancaster County, VA 1653. The Episcopal Church commenced with the settlement at Jamestown, and although Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree. These elite families generally married . hastily owing to their perishable nature. fined, they generally met when and where they wished, and in 1699, their meeting (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. (James), and obtained from a tribe of Indians called Worrosquoyackes fourteen to be remarkably so; for within about a year Captain Lawne died, and the London