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Jack Sisson (c. 1743 —1821) [1] was an enslaved African American who sided with the Patriots and served in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolutionary War. Sisson was one of the key figures in the July 1777 capture of British General Richard Prescott .
She married Henry Hansborough in 1866, and died in 1885. In 1895, Edmund Cash Pechin Pennsylvania lawyer and mining expert associated with various railroads and the Virginia Development Company in Roanoke acquired the property from Ann Sisson Gorgas Hansborough's estate and developed it as an estate home. His wife Mary Cash Shelly Pechin headed ...
Pages in category "People from Springfield, Virginia" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, brother of George III 22,049: 353 sq mi (914 km 2) Prince George County: 149: Prince George: 1703: From Charles City County: Prince George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne 42,871: 266 sq mi (689 km 2) Prince William County: 153: Manassas: 1731: From Stafford and King George counties: Prince William ...
His obituary in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune described him as a 33rd degree Freemason and the Knights Templar. [33] [34] Ezra Ames (1768–1836), American portrait painter [6] Oliver Ames (1831–1895), 35th governor of Massachusetts. Primary lodge membership unknown, but made honorary member of Columbian Lodge of Boston. [10]
Church interior. Abingdon Church is a historic Episcopal church located near White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia.It and the Abingdon Glebe House are among the oldest buildings in Virginia and were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
A child and two adults walking on a railroad bridge were killed when they were struck by a train in northern Virginia, police said. Fairfax County Police say their preliminary investigation shows ...
Brandon Plantation was part of a 1616 land grant of approximately 7,000 acres (28 km 2) on the south bank of the James River to Captain John Martin (1560–1632). Captain Martin was one of the original colonists and a member of the first Council in the spring of 1607, when Jamestown was established.