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Historical Highway MarkersYeocomico ChurchJT-7
Two miles east. Built in 1655 of oak timbers sheathed with clapboards. Rebuilt of brick in 1706. In this vicinity Mary Ball lived under the tutelage of Colonel George Eskridge, of Sandy Point, from 1721 until her marriage to Augustine Washington in 1730, and attended church here. In 1906 an association was formed to preserve the church.
Conservation & Development Commission, 1930 See a problem? Report it to HighwayMarkers@dhr.virginia.gov. |
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