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Chain of previous
owners residents, and visitors of Chopawamsic Island
- The first non-native visitor to the
island was Captain John
Smith, who visited here in 1607.
- The first non-native
resident of the island was Giles Brent, who settled here in 1649, with his
wife, Mary
Kittamaquund, who was daughter of
Piscataway Indian’s TAYAK, or Emperor (part of peace loving Powhaten
Federation)
- One of the first
known owners of the island was the Rev. Alexander Scott of the Church of
Overwharten, now known as Aquia Church, who purchased the property from
Brent family in early 1700’s.
Burning of the Stafford County’s Courthouse
during the Civil War destroyed all of the existing deeds and documents
- June 5, 1878, E.A.
Hore sold the 13 acre island to Levi Woodbury of Washington DC.
- June 24, 1887, the
property was sold to the Mount Vernon Ducking Society, of which Theodore
Roosevelt was a member
.
- National
Geographic Society owned the Island.
- Alexander Graham
Bell was a frequent visitor to the Island
- November 3, 1915,
Chas. H. Pardoe sold the island to Chas. J. Butler
- 29 July 1958, Wilson
& Lucy Fisher to Wesley & Dee Fry
- 14 June 1983,
Columbia Tours International bought the island
The late John Lennon
once considered purchasing the island for his home.
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