Fine Creek Mills Historic District
- Also Known As: VDHR 072-5018
- Address: 2425 - 2434 Robert E Lee Rd
- Vicinity: VA 641
- Locality of Fine Creek Mills in Powhatan, VA
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1700/08/00 | William Byrd leads 120 men, women, children (the remainder were too ill to travel) and de Sailly (de la Muce remained at the Falls) on the 25 mile walk from the Falls to the old Indian village of half ruined huts and a red rough ritual stone. | French Huguenots Settle in America | ||||
| 1701/05/00 | William Byrd I | Colonial Sponsor | William Byrd, with 3 neighbors from the Falls, visits the town, reporting that "thought these people are very poor, yet they seem very cheerful and are (so far as we could learn) very healthy, all they seem to desire is that they might have bread enough." | French Huguenots Settle in America | ||
| 1702/05/05 | On March 5 and 6, 1702, Governor Nicholson visits Manakin Town. | French Huguenots Settle in America | ||||
| 1702/06/00 | The Virginia Council orders Henrico County military officers to visit the French Settlement once every week to charge them not to leave their habitation nor to straggle into the woods any distance from their settlements. | French Huguenots Settle in America | ||||
| 1718/00/00 | The earliest evidence of permanent settlement at Fine Creek is seen in the Fine Creek Manor Site. This site is part of a tract granted to Thomas Jefferson (President Thomas Jeffersons Grandfather) and others in 1718. | |||||
| 1735/00/00 | Peter Jefferson | Home | By the 1730's, Peter Jefferson inherits the property and lives at Fine Creek with his wife, Jane Randolph, and their first two children. | |||
| 1742/00/00 | Bennet Goode operates a ferry on the James river and develops a tavern, later known as Bagby Tavern. He and Martha occupy a modest home named Clifton Hill to the southeast of Fine Creek Mills. | |||||
| 1750/00/00 | Fewer and fewer inhabitants continue to live in Manakintown until by 1750 or thereabouts it is completely deserted. | French Huguenots Settle in America | ||||
| 1850/00/00 | Fine Creek Miller's Cottage, circa 1850, and Fine Creek Mill ruins remain. | |||||
| 1928/00/00 | Fine Creek Manor is destroyed by fire. Remains include collapsed brick chimneys,cellar, vestiges of outbuildings and a stone lined well. |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| The Foundry Golf Club |
| Particulars for Fine Creek Mills Historic District: | |
|---|---|
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Cultural Affiliation | Huguenot |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Historic Use | Post Office |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Retail shop |
| Historic Use | School |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Historic Use | Specialty Store |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
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