Things to research:
Companies
Humphreys Marine Railways and Lumber Corporation, established 1913. (Foreman was John Harvey Hall from late 1920s-late 1930s, per Wilson)
Levin T. Buck & Company
Weems Seafood Corporation
Famous Residents
Sam Thomas
Hanna Raymond Humphries, Jr. - born 1 November 1916. President and CEO of Standard Products Company, Inc.
(Source: Community Leaders of Virginia 1976-1977)
Frank Carson Riley, Jr. - born 1 November 1923. Pastor Claybrook Baptist Church
(Source: Community Leaders of Virginia 1976-1977)
Jean Winstead Robertson - born 28 June 1934. Miss Weems 1950. Member of Campbell Church (Source: Community Leaders of Virginia 1976-1977)
John Carter, 1613-1669
Bibliography
Burgess, Robert H. "This was Chesapeake Bay." Cornell Maritime Press. 1963
Burgess, Robert H. and H. Graham Wood. "Steamboats out of Baltimore." Tidewater Publishers, 1968.
Wharton, James. "Corotoman, Home of the Carters." Rappahannock Record, 1948.
Kornwolf, James D. "Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America." Vol. 1
Hudgins, Carter L. "Archaeology in the King's Realm: Excavations at Robert Carter's Corotoman," Notes on Virginia (Virginia Historic Landmarks Board), no. 19, Summer 1979: 28-31.
Garber, Virginia Armistead. "The Armistead Family: 1635-1910." Whittet & Shepperson, printers, 1910.
Hardy, Stella Pickett. "Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families who Settled in the Colonies Prior to the Revolution." T.A. Wright, 1911.
Butler, Stuart L. "Defending the Old Dominion: Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812."
Sale, Edith Tunis. "Old Time Belles and Cavaliers." J.B. Lippincott Company, 1912.
Burke, Arthur Meredyth. "The Prominent Families of the United States of America." Genealogical Publishing Company, 1908.
Mitchell, S.C. (Ed.), " The South in the Building of the Nation: History of the Social Life," Southern Historical Publication Society, 1909.
Holly, David C. "Tidewater by Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake." The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.
Haynie, Miriam. "The Stronghold: A Story of the History of the Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People," Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, VA 1956.
Wilson, John C. "Virginia's Northern Neck: a pictorial history," The Donning Company Publishers, 1984.
Companies
Humphreys Marine Railways and Lumber Corporation, established 1913. (Foreman was John Harvey Hall from late 1920s-late 1930s, per Wilson)
Levin T. Buck & Company
Weems Seafood Corporation
Famous Residents
Sam Thomas
Hanna Raymond Humphries, Jr. - born 1 November 1916. President and CEO of Standard Products Company, Inc.
(Source: Community Leaders of Virginia 1976-1977)
Frank Carson Riley, Jr. - born 1 November 1923. Pastor Claybrook Baptist Church
(Source: Community Leaders of Virginia 1976-1977)
Jean Winstead Robertson - born 28 June 1934. Miss Weems 1950. Member of Campbell Church (Source: Community Leaders of Virginia 1976-1977)
John Carter, 1613-1669
Bibliography
Burgess, Robert H. "This was Chesapeake Bay." Cornell Maritime Press. 1963
Burgess, Robert H. and H. Graham Wood. "Steamboats out of Baltimore." Tidewater Publishers, 1968.
Wharton, James. "Corotoman, Home of the Carters." Rappahannock Record, 1948.
Kornwolf, James D. "Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America." Vol. 1
Hudgins, Carter L. "Archaeology in the King's Realm: Excavations at Robert Carter's Corotoman," Notes on Virginia (Virginia Historic Landmarks Board), no. 19, Summer 1979: 28-31.
Garber, Virginia Armistead. "The Armistead Family: 1635-1910." Whittet & Shepperson, printers, 1910.
Hardy, Stella Pickett. "Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families who Settled in the Colonies Prior to the Revolution." T.A. Wright, 1911.
Butler, Stuart L. "Defending the Old Dominion: Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812."
Sale, Edith Tunis. "Old Time Belles and Cavaliers." J.B. Lippincott Company, 1912.
Burke, Arthur Meredyth. "The Prominent Families of the United States of America." Genealogical Publishing Company, 1908.
Mitchell, S.C. (Ed.), " The South in the Building of the Nation: History of the Social Life," Southern Historical Publication Society, 1909.
Holly, David C. "Tidewater by Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake." The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.
Haynie, Miriam. "The Stronghold: A Story of the History of the Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People," Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, VA 1956.
Wilson, John C. "Virginia's Northern Neck: a pictorial history," The Donning Company Publishers, 1984.
