THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 8, 1994 TAG: 9406070143
SECTION: ISLE OF WIGHT CITIZEN PAGE: 08 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LINDA McNATT, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: 940608 LENGTH: ISLE OF WIGHT
Entries came in from throughout the county, she said. And the winners, judged on the number of correct answers and the time they were submitted, were spread across the county.
{REST} The winners were: Helen Ann Ferguson, Benn's Church; Betty Thomas, Smithfield; Tommy and Sharon Harrell, Carrsville; Anna Sisti, Newport District; Virginia Parrish, Windsor.
The contest was held in honor of ``American Heritage Week'' and promoted by the state Department of Tourism.
The questions and answers:
1. What is the date of completion of the Smithfield courthouse? 1751.
2. Who was the first to commercialize the Smithfield ham business, and what is the earliest documented shipping date? a. Mallory Todd; b. 1779.
3. What is the name in Isle of Wight County of the wildlife preserve which was first mentioned in the land patent of 1639? Ragged Island.
4. What Civil War relic from the Battle of Smithfield is located in the Isle of Wight Museum? Golden eagle masthead from the Smith-Briggs gun boat.
5. Name the two plantations established in Isle of Wight county before the 1622 massacre. Bennett's Welcome and Basse's Choice.
6. What was one of the early names of the Pagan River? New Towne Haven; Seward's Creek or Warrosquoyake River.
7. How did Carrollton get its name? Carroll's Store, Carroll's Shop or Samuel Carroll.
8. What is the oldest Baptist church in Isle of Wight? Mill Swamp Baptist Church.
9. What is the original name and date of Wrenn's Mill? a. Green's Mill; b. 1685.
10. What was the mascot for Carrsville High School? Carrsville Bull Dogs.
11. (a.) Locate the tombstone at St. Luke's Church which gives the details of a life's history and complete funeral arrangements. (b.) Who is buried here and the date of the death? Fannie N. Parker; May 20, 1886.
12. Where is the site of the oldest town in Isle of Wight and what was the original name? a. Battery Park; b. Pate's Field.
13. What are the two styles of the brick work on the chimneys at Boykins Tavern? Flemish and English bond.
14. (a.) Where did Cornwallis bivouac while in Isle of Wight County? (b.) Where in the county did Benedict Arnold spend the night during the Revolutionary War? a. Six oaks; b. Pierceville.
15. Where is the location of the oldest Christian church in the county? Antioch Christian Church on Antioch Road.
16. What was the original name of Rushmere? Fergusson's Wharf.
17. Timothy Tynes' house stands on highway 258 near Tynes corner. What was Timothy Tynes best remembered for? He freed all 81 of his slaves prior to the Civil War.
18. What is the name of the Surry Lumber Co. town in Isle of Wight County? Central Hill.
19. Name all eight of the sites in the county that are listed in the Virginia Landmarks Registry of Historic places. 1. Wolf Trap; 2. Basses's Choice; 3. Boykin's Tavern; 4. Four Square; 5. Joseph Jordan's House (Jordan's Quarters); 6. Old Courthouse; 7. St. Luke's Church; 8. Smithfield Historic District.
20. Give the name and location of one of the first recorded Indian villages in Isle of Wight County. Mokete-Battery Park or Mathomnk - Burrell's Bay area.
21. Where did the bricks for the vault at the Isle of Wight clerk's office come from? Scott's Factory.
22. Where did the name of Four Square originate? The farm is originally 640 acres which is a square mile.
23. What was the name of the community founded to house mill workers, and in what part of the county is it located? Camptown/Jamestown - near Union Camp - southern end of the county.
24. What home in the county has its original paneling located in the Smithsonian Institution? The Saunders house on Rt. 460 between Windsor and Suffolk.
25. What once stood where Mount Carmel Christian church is now? Duck's store.
26. Fort Boykin, started in 1623, has had two other names: (a.) Give the names and the dates associated with each. (b.) During what war period was the name changed to Fort Boykin? (c.) Who was the poet stationed at Fort Boykin during the Civil War? a. 1623 - The Castle; b. 1776 - Fort Francis Boykin; c. Sidney Lanier.
27. What house located in the southern tip of Isle of Wight County near the Blackwater River served as a Civil War hospital? The Mills Daughtrey House.
28. What is the name of the site associated with the Revolutionary War figure, Josiah Parker? Macclesfield.
29. Where was the duel fought on Thursday, Oct. 18, 1866, between Capt. James D. Hankins and William S. Underwood? As a result of this duel, Capt. Hankins died. Isle of Wight Courthouse.
30. The Thomas Smelly House is no longer at its original location near Indika Farm. In what historic area is it now located? Goose Hill Creek or Pierceville.
31. What is the location of the ancestral home of the Young family whose members served as the clerks of court from 1787 to 1905 in Isle of Wight? Route 258 between Smithfield and Isle of Wight Courthouse.
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