 Marker ID: W87
Title: Historic Hampton
Location: Lincoln Street
near the intersection of N. King Street
Description:
"The Native American village of Kecoughtan stood
across the Hampton River in 1607. Soon after the English
forcibly removed the inhabitants in 1610, the colonists
settled there and the village grew. By the early
eighteenth century, the royal customhouse, wharves,
warehouses and taverns were located in the bustling
seaport town of Hampton. In an early Revolutionary War
engagement, militiamen repulsed a British naval attack
against Hampton on 24 Oct.1775. During the Revolution,
Hampton was the home port of the Virginia State Navy. On
25 June 1813, during the Wart of 1812, the British sacked
the town. Confederates burned it in Aug. 1861 to prevent
its use by Union troops and slaves."
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