Early Settlement

Early Settlement is a Virginia historical marker in Essex County, dedicated 1928.

Essex County · dedicated 1928 · Rte. 17, about 1250 feet north of Rte. Laytons Landing Rd., Rte. 637

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Two miles east near the river, Richard Coleman planted a frontier settlement and trading post in 1652. By 1660 a church was built, to which every man was required to come armed for protection against the Indians.

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what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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