Historic Markers - Eastern Town Limit VA1699

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Norfolk City

Eastern Town Limit VA1699

The eastern limit of the fifty acres constituting the original town of Norfolk, established by Act of June, 1680, is a few feet east of this point. The land was purchased as a port for Lower Norfolk County from Nicholas Wise, Jr., for "Tenn thousand pounds of tobacco and caske:' It was deeded by him August 16, 1682, to Capt. William Robinson and Lt. Col. Anthony Lawson feoffees in trust for Lower Norfolk County.

East Main St. Norfolk City Virginia.


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