John Bell plays the Slavery card
1860, May 9: The Constitutional Union Party held its convention in Baltimore, and wound up nominating John Bell of Tennessee, …
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Where Lincoln was Wrong: The “House Divided” Speech by Abraham Lincoln
1858, June 16: In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House Divided” speech on his nomination for the U.S. Senate …
Mahockney Slaves in the 1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule
The unnamed slaves listed for James H. Latane of Mahockney number 44 in total. Below is one example of the …
Mahockney’s Four-Foot Mountain of Conceit
I was born of a Virginian mother and a North Carolinian father, used to ride across the state-line between the two states on …
Spencer Roane’s cousin John Brockenbrough builds his Richmond mansion
1818: Spencer Roane’s first cousin and fellow Juntist John Brockenbrough moved on from his beautiful home on the Rappahannock in …
Essex County forms County Committee of Correspondence
1774, December 6: The Committee for Essex County was chosen, and included William Roane, his brother Thomas Roane, friend …
Richard Henry Lee and John Sears: “We evince our attachment to the cause of liberty by supporting its generous asserters”
circa Summer 1766: John Sears of Essex County (son of Mahockney owner?) defended by Richard Henry Lee after the repeal …
Bacon’s Northern Force at War
There’s a historical marker, in Millers Tavern on Highway 360 just southwest of Tappahannock in central Essex County, titled “Bacon’s …
Bacon Mobilizes his “Northern Force”
June 5, 1676: Rebel Nathaniel Bacon orders up a Northern Force, including Rappahannock County men (the site of Mahockney). And it …
“A warr be declared and effectually prosecuted against all such Indians”
1676, March 7: A remarkable act by the Virginia colonial assembly, declaring “warr” on the Indians – and I make …
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