 Marker ID:
W47 Title: Kingsmill
Location: Rte. 60, James City County VA
about 2.5 miles s. e. of Williamsburg Description:
"Kingsmill Plantation, the home of Col. Lewis
Burwell, was built in the mid-1730's and consisted of a
mansion, outbuildings, and 1,400 acres. The house burned
in 1843. Only the office and kitchen still stand: they are
among the earliest brick dependencies in Virginia.
Burwell, the naval officer (colonial customs inspector)
for the upper James River, built his inspection station
here at Burwell's Landing, which included a tavern,
storehouse, warehouse and ferry house. In Nov. 1775,
American riflemen skirmished nearby with British naval
vessels; later the Americans built two earthen forts here
that the British captured in 1781."
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