Lower Norfolk County Time Line by Donald W. Moore, CG

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1 Lower Norfolk Time Line 1607 first landing of Jamestown colonist at Cape Henry Adam Thoroughgood patent New Norfolk Lower and Upper Norfolk 4 first Lower Norfolk court first Lynnhaven Parish Church at Church Point Adam Thoroughgood Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk 1 Kathleen M. Eighmey, The Beach, A History of, Virginia (, Virginia: Department of Public Libraries, 1976), p George Holbert Tucker, Norfolk Highlights (Norfolk, Virginia: The Norfolk Historical Society, 1972), p Eighmey, The Beach, p Eighmey, The Beach, p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Eighmey, The Beach, pp Page 1 of 15

2 Lower Norfolk Time Line died Lynnhaven Parish first parish church at Sewells Point Southern Shore Chapel 1650 John Stratton house 1658 Quakers expelled 1661 Lower Norfolk court house at Broad Creek 1666 Eastern Branch Chapel Weblin house 1676 Bacon's rebellion 1680 Thoroughgood house Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk Norfolk town 9 7 Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Eighmey, The Beach, p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p. 7. Page 2 of 15

3 Lower Norfolk Time Line 1689 Court house at Eastern Shore of Lynnhaven 1690 first Eastern Shore Chapel Adam Keeling house (Ye Dudlies) 1691 Lower Norfolk extinct Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk Princess Anne first Pungo Chapel Norfolk 1692 second Lynnhaven Parish church at Old Donation Court house at Old Donation 1700 first Norfolk church Eighmey, The Beach, p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p. 32. Page 3 of 15

4 Lower Norfolk Time Line Norfolk Princess Anne 1706 Grace Sherwood trial 1713 Carraway house 1714 Wolfsnare Plantation 1725 Lynnhaven house 1726 second Eastern Shore Chapel 1728 Virginia-North Virginia-North Carolina line Carolina line surveyed surveyed 1728 Norfolk Academy 1730 Norfolk/Princess Anne slaves plotted to rebel 1732 Francis Land house 1735 courthouse at 1736 Richard Murray house Ferry Plantation third Lynnhaven Parish Church at Norfolk William Byrd II visited 14 Norfolk town incorporated Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , pp Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p. 17. Page 4 of 15

5 Lower Norfolk Time Line Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk Old Donation 1738 smallpox epidemic second Norfolk church second Pungo Chapel 1740 Newtown 1750 Fairfield courthouse at Newtown smallpox epidemic 1754 third Eastern Shore Chapel Gov. Dinwiddie presented mace Benjamin Franklin visited Upper Wolfsnare 1760 William Woodhouse house (PA Hunt Club) 16 Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Page 5 of 15

6 Lower Norfolk Time Line Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk 1760 Poplar Hall 1762 Pungo Baptist first school church 19 at Oak Grove 1763 George Washington visited Pembroke Manor 1766 Sons of Liberty 1770 Pleasant Hall Broad Bay Manor 1773 third Pungo Chapel Committee of Safety skirmish with British at Kemps Landing 19 Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Eighmey, The Beach, p. 37. Norfolk Intelligencer newspaper Page 6 of 15

7 Lower Norfolk Time Line Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk 1776 Lord Dunmore shelled Norfolk fifth court house at Kemps Landing 1780 British captured 1786 Norfolk Academy first Dismal Moses Myers Swamp canal 1789 Charity Methodist Church 24 arrived Thomas Jefferson visited Thomas Murray house 1791 Nimmo Methodist Church 1792 first Cape Henry lighthouse 1793 refugees from Santo Domingo artrive Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Eighmey, The Beach, p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Page 7 of 15

8 Lower Norfolk Time Line Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk 1795 smallpox epidemic 1798 Red Mill Farm 1799 Bank of the United States branch 1800 Yellow fever 1801 epidemic 1803 Thomas Moore visited 27 Bank of Virginia 1804 Francis Land house 1807 Chesapeake-Leopard affair 1810 James-Bell house 1814 British attacked Craney Island Norfolk Anthenaeum James Monroe visited Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Page 8 of 15

9 Lower Norfolk Time Line Norfolk Princess Anne 1820 Ferry Farm house 1824 court house moved to Princess Anne 1828 Reopening of Dismal Swamp canal 1830 Hickman (Morrisette) house Norfolk Marquis de Lafayette visited Cedar Grove Cemetery at Norfolk John Randolph visited Kempsville Academy 1832 "Old Comfort" house 1836 town incorporated 1837 Prince Louis Napoleon visited Emmanuel 29 Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Page 9 of 15

10 Lower Norfolk Time Line Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk Church at Kempsville 1844 Henry Clay visited Norfolk city incorporated 1847 Southern Argus newspaper 1849 Edgar Allan Poe visited General Winfield Scott visited Mrs. Margaret Douglas school for free blacks Ocean View opened as private resort St. John's Baptist Church Elmwood/West Point Cemetery 32 Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Page 10 of 15

11 Lower Norfolk Time Line Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk 1855 First free school districts 1856 DePaul Hospital 1857 Hebrew Cemetery 1858 First public school Blackwater Baptist Stephen A. Church Douglas visited Union occupation 1866 race riots 1867 American Missionary Society s school for blacks Robert E. Lee visited first public library 1873 water works opened at Moore's Bridges 1875 Gen. George E. city incorporated 36 Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Page 11 of 15

12 Lower Norfolk Time Line Date Lower Norfolk Norfolk Princess Anne 1877 Masonic Lodge at Princess Anne Norfolk Pickett died at Norfolk 40 Russian Imperial Grand Dukes Alexis and Constantine visited telephone service 1881 second Cape Henry lighthouse 1882 Seaside Hotel and Land Company purchased beach front at Va. Beach 1883 Norfolk Mission College WCTU chapter 1889 Chapel-by-the-Sea (Catholic) 1891 Dictator wrecked at 1895 DeWitt Cottage 40 Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Tucker, Norfolk Highlights , p Page 12 of 15

13 Lower Norfolk Time Line Date Lower Norfolk Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk at Virginia Beach 1897 long distance telephone service 1898 Monticello Hotel 1903 Coast Guard Station 1906 Tidewater Automobile Association Forest Lawn Cemetery 1906 Berkley annexed 1907 Jamestown Exposition 1911 Magnolia/Calvary Cemetery 1916 Princess Anne Club incorporated 1918 influenza epidemic 1921 B'nai B'rith incorporated Page 13 of 15

14 Lower Norfolk Time Line Date Lower Norfolk Norfolk Princess Anne Norfolk chapter 1927 Cavalier Hotel 1928 Association of Research and Enlightenment 1942 Dam Neck 1945 Little Creek 1952 Oceana Naval Air Station 1954 fourth Eastern Shore Chapel Norfolk and South Norfolk merged to form Chesapeake 45 and Princess Anne merged to form city of 46 Tanner's Creek district annexed Riverside Cemetery First Boardwalk Art Show 43 Eighmey, The Beach, p Thomas C. Parramore, Peter C. Stewart, Tommy L. Bogger, Norfolk: The First Four Centuries (Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1995), p Ibid, p Ibid, p. 358 Page 14 of 15

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