by kged | Jun 5, 2025
Four miles north is Eagle’s Nest, the seat of the Fitzhugh and Grymes families, and the core of a 17th-century plantation. Lawyer and planter William Fitzhugh I (1651‚Äì1701), born in Bedford, England, immigrated to Virginia by 1674 and acquired vast land...
by kged | Jun 5, 2025
This old church was probably built before 1750. The stepping stone at the door bears the date, 1782. Near here Kilpatrick’s Union cavalry, on a raid to destroy gunboats at Port Conway, fought a skirmish, September 1, 1863. Conservation & Development...
by kged | Jun 5, 2025
Two miles north is Marmion, probably built by John Fitzhugh early in the eighteenth century and later named for Scott’s poem. About 1785 it passed from Philip Fitzhugh to George Washington Lewis, Washington’s favorite nephew, who died there. The place has...
by kged | Jun 5, 2025
Eight miles northeast of Route 3 and 206 is St. Paul’s Church, built about 1766. The building was in a ruinous condition in 1812 but was repaired by the State and used both as a church and as a schoolhouse. About 1828 it once more became exclusively a church....
by kged | Jun 5, 2025
The site of Port Conway is located five miles south on the Rappahannock River. Francis Conway laid out the town in 1783, and the next year the Virginia General Assembly passed an act establishing it. James Madison, Father of the Constitution and fourth president of...
