Norfolk Historical Sketches - Virginia History

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Bonus Item - 1801 Simmons City Directory (see end of ad)
Historical and Descriptive Sketches
Of
Norfolk
and Vicinity
Including
Portsmouth
and
The Adjacent Counties,
During a Period of Two Hundred Years
Also,
Sketches of
Williamsburg
,
Hampton
,
Suffolk
,
Smithfield
, and Other Places
With Descriptions of Some of the Principal Objects of Interest
In
Eastern Virginia
William S. Forrest
450+ pages, 75 Illustrations
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Published 1853
Below is a small sample of the topics covered in the 60+ chapters, which cover 1650-1850.
CHAPTER I.
Situation — Relative Position — The Harbour — Superior Natural Advantages —
Early Events and Prospects — Ancient Coin found — Aborigines — Pioneers of
the Country — The Indians — Their former Home and savage Life — Departure
and Extermination, . ... . . . .88
CHAPTER II.
Early Anglo-Saxon Inhabitants — John Smith — First Settlers — Wealth and
Hospitality — Civilization — Plentiful Productions of the Country — Names of
early Inhabitants — Reign of James I. — Manners and Customs of the old
English Settlers — General Character — Habits and Amusements — Charles II. —
English Nobility — Manners of the People — Fondness for Sport and Pleasure —
Intoxicating Drinks — Industry, Morality, Religion, Aristocracy — The
Ladies, their Industry, Activity, Healthfulness, and Admirable Character—
Descendants, ........ 89
CHAPTER III.
1650—1736.
Remarks relative to the name of the City, &c. — Colonel Thorogood — Original
Limits of Norfolk County — Upper and Lower Norfolk — Divisions and Subdivisions
Parishes, Churches, and Laws — Nansemond and Princess Anne Counties —
The Princess of Denmark — Seat of Justice in Princess Anne County —
Court-house and Jail of Norfolk County, and the Borough — Early Owners of
the Site of Norfolk — Act of Assembly— Cobham — Singular Provisions — The
Land Purchased by Trustees — Original Limits of the Town — Old Deed — The
Walke Family — Norfolk established a Town — Increasing Commerce and Population — 44
CHAPTER IV.
1736—1739.
Distinct Classes of Society — Effect of War — Political Agitation — Changes —
Slow Movements — Style of Architecture — Flourishing Commerce — Sports—
Fairs — Greased Pole — Pig Chase — Sack Races — Empty Hogshead Affair —
Hot Mush— Bull-bait—
Old St.
P&ul's— The Grounds Improved— Church
Street — Diabolical Plot — The Old Graveyard, and its Silent Occupants, 56
CHAPTER LIV.
Home Manufactures — Northern Establishments — The South — Boots and Shoes —
Massachusetts —
Farmington, N. H.— Manufacturing Company — Georgia
and South Carolina — Money Sent to the North — Stoves, Brooms, Hay, Fruit,
&c. — Mortifying Facts — Clothing— Indigent Females — Flour and Meal —
Mills — Baltimore, &c. — Profitable Investment — Cotton Goods, Candles, Soap,
Paper, &c. — Steam Power — Handsome Sites — Extensive Mills, Manufactories,
and their Concomitants — New England — Agriculture, Manufactures,
and Commerce — Plough, Loom, and Anvil — Fruit — Hungry Consumers —
Milk, Butter, &c. — Cause of New England Thriftiness, Wealth, and Happiness —
Enterprise Wanted Here — Norfolk — Progress Elsewhere — Improvements —
Great Works — Railroads — Steamers — Cities in the West — Prosperity
of the South — Commerce, Shipping, and Products, . . . 408
CHAPTER LVII.
Falls of Niagara — Natural Bridge — Laurel Hill, Harper's Ferry, &c. — Want of
Curiosity and Interest — Objects of Attraction — Dry Dock — Old Point, Hampton,
&c. — Seashore — Rivers — Farms, Lands, Flowers, Birds, &c. — The Chesapeake — Princess Anne —
Kempsville —
Digressions — The Ocean — Roads — London
Bridge — Bridge over the Thames — Reminiscences — Legends — Romance —
Branch of theLynnhaven — Random Lines — Nature's Music — The Songsters
of the Field and the Grove — Nature's Harmony — Grave- Yard — Trees — Current —
Associations and Recollections of Youth — Local Attachments, 435
CHAPTER LX.
Chesapeake Bay — Its Beauty — Discovery — Opinion of Mariners — Delightful
Trip — Night Scene — Lynnhaven Bay — Lynnhaven River — Fish and Oysters —
The Inlet — The Channel— The Tides— Bottom— Singular Tradition— The
River of Chesapeake — Pleasure House Creek — Adam Keeling, Esq. — Dike —
New Inlet — Branches of the River — London Bridge — Trading Point — Kemps-
villc — Long Creek — Broad Bay — Linkhorn Bay — Fish — Beautiful Scenery —
Transparent Waters — The Desert and its Inhabitants — Old Fort — Remarkable
Changes — Church Point — Parish Church Submerged — Grave-
Yard — Reflections — The Grave-stones — Name Deciphered — Inroads of the
Water — Probable Causes — The Winds and Tides — Donation Church — Parson
Dixon's Donation — His Eccentricities — The Old Church Dilapidated —
Ladies' Fair — Remarks of Mr. Broughton — Rev. Anthony Walke — -Dick
Edwards— The Old Cemetery, &c. — Baptismal Font — Silver Goblet — A
Venerable Trio — Indian Mound or Fort — Blackbeard's Treasures — Witch
Duck— Complaint of Luke Hill and Wife— Grace Sherwood, the Witch —
Searched by a Jury of Women — Strange Verdict — Poor Grace Ducked —
Subsequent Difficulties —
Graceless Affair — The Name Lynnhaven, . 455
CHAPTER LXI.
Further remarks about
Lynnhaven
River
— Sandbar — Winds — Removal of the Bar — Stone Wall — Sound —
Speculations — Fresh Water —
Rivers, &c. — Fish and Oysters —
Epicures — Health— Canal — A Novel Change —
Currituck Sound — The Inlet — Maritime Productions —
Fishing —
Dismal Swamp
Canal
— Embankments of Sand —
Destruction of Fish, &c. — Sickness — Lamentable Change — Loss to the People —
Superstition — Recession of the Waters — Lynnhaven, 465
CHAPTER LXII.
Old Point — Place of Resort— Distance from Norfolk— The Name— Fortifications —
Castle Calhoun — Appearance — Rip Raps — Hotel — Sea-Bathing — •
Amusements — Grove — Cottages — Music — Promenade on the Battlement —
New Hotel — Virginia Ocean House — Buildings — Parade Ground — Live Oaks —
Troops — Ordnance — Ocean Scenery — Northeaster — Terrific Scene — Storm —
Hampton — Captain Smith — Indians — Kecoughtan— Battle in the Revolution —
Attack of the British in 1813 — Barbarous Deeds — Disgraceful and Infamous
Conduct — Cockburn — Beckwith — General Taylor — Summer Resort —
Hospitality and Moral Character of Hampton — Prosperity — Churches —
Afton House — The Barrens, &c. — Elizabeth City County — Soil — Inhabitants —
Population — Yorktown — Splendid Scenery — Old Church — Foreign
Commerce, Wealth, and Power — Neglect — The People — Captain Anderson —
York River — West Point — The Capital — Cornwallis's Surrender — Cave —
Burial-Ground — Hugh Nelson — Nelson Family — Hole made by a Cannon-Shot —
Northampton and Accomac — Eastern Shore — The Land — Appearance of
the Country— Society, &c. — Horses and Carriages — The Ocean — " Accaw-
macke" — Indians — Eastville, &c. — Hon. A. P. Upshur — Accomac — Hon. II. A. Wise — Drummondtown —
Chincoteague — Splendid Scenery —
Cape
Charles
—Southern Watering-Place, ...... 468
CHAPTER LXIII.
Jamestown — First Settlement in British America — Situation — Old Graveyard and Ruins — John Smith — Settlement —
Old Church — Battle with the Indians — Plan and Fortifications — -Destructive Fire — Public Records Destroyed —
Seat of Government Removed to Williamsburg — Yankee Monopoly — The Land ing of the Pilgrims — Williamsburg —
Situation — Capital — Population — Lunatic Asylum — William and Mary College —
Trustees, President, and Chancellor — Endowment — Magazine — Dunmore — Statue — Old Buildings —
Churches, College, Military Academy, &c. — Centre of Fashion and Learning —
Society — Plan of the Town — Old Almanac, . . . 476
CHAPTER LXIV.
Smithfield — Situation — Beautiful Scenery — Stores and Residences — Shade-
trees and Gardens — Appearance — Isle of Wight County — Enterprise — Soil —
Bacon — Smithfield Hams— Brandy — Dried Fruit — Eggs — Poultry — Revenue —
Suffolk — Situation — Railroad — Churches — Burnt by the British — Fire —
Trade — Appearance — Hospitality — Branch of the Nansemond — Romantic
Scenery — Matthews and Gloucester — Lands — Natural Advantages — Society —
Perennial Charms — Local Attachment — Fair Daughters of the Sequestered
Free Bonus
THE CITY OF
NORFOLK
NORFOLK
DIRECTORY 1801
SIMMONS's
NORFOLK
DIRECTORY
CONTAINING
The Notes, Occupations, and Places of Abode of the Inhabitants, Arranged in
Alphabetical Order
Augustus C. Jordan, Printer,
Norfolk
,
MDCCCI.
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