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1903 Map depicting Princess Anne County (1691–1963) and other "lost counties" of Virginia. County of Princess Anne is a former county in the British Colony of Virginia and the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, first incorporated in 1691. The county was merged into the city of Virginia Beach [1] on January 1, 1963, ceasing to exist.
238 E. Princess Anne Rd. 61: Williamston-Woodland Historic District: Williamston-Woodland Historic District: August 25, 2014 : Roughly bounded by the Norfolk Southern railroad line and Church, 18th, and Omohundro Sts.
[38] [29] In March 1706 the Princess Anne County justices sought to empanel two juries, both made up of women. The first was ordered to search Sherwood's home for waxen or baked figures that might indicate she was a witch. The second was ordered to look for "demon suckling teats" by examining her.
Thomas IV was a Whig, whereas Princess Anne County was mostly Loyalists. [3] [5] The property stayed in the Walke family until 1822, was 300 acres (120 ha) at the time, then changed hands many times. Currently it has about 3 acres (1.2 ha) and has been owned by the Princess Anne County/Virginia Beach Historic Society since 1966.
The Francis Land House, or Rose Hall, [4] is a historic brick house in located within the Rose Hall District near Princess Anne Plaza in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was the plantation home of the prominent Land family, a founding family of Princess Anne County, Virginia. [5] [6]
On May 5, 1783, the town of Kempsville was incorporated in Princess Anne County, Virginia. [6] On September 5, 1814, during the War of 1812, the Princess Anne County Court ordered that its records be moved to safety in North Carolina. On March 6, 1815, the Court ordered the clerk to retrieve its records from North Carolina.