Recent News
The Northern Neck Antique Car Club Visits
May 14, 2014, King and Queen Court House Historic Green District had an invasion of Classic Cars. The Northern Neck Antique Car Club had included King and Queen County in their 2014 Tour. The tour was organized by Wayne Burgess, National Director. Traveling in 50 antique cars about 120 owners visited the Mattaponi Baptist Church, Read the full article…
King & Queen Historical Society Meeting set for Sunday, April 27 at 3:00pm
The King & Queen Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting on Sunday, April 27 starting at 3:00pm in the New Court House Building in King and Queen Court House, Virginia. Dr. Carl Lounsburg, member of the Architectural Research Department at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation since 1982, will speak on The Chesapeake House. This illustrated Read the full article…
Bulletin 115 Presents York River Brand Black Eye Peas & Politics
Bulletin 115 of the King and Queen County Historical Society of Virginia is now available. The primary topic “It’s Lucky to Eat York River Black Eye Peas On New Year’s Day” is an entertaining account of how this humble vegetable, grown in the county and canned in Walkerton under the York River brand during the Read the full article…
King and Queen Historical Society Meeting Set for Sunday, January 26 at 3:00 P.M.
The King and Queen Historical Society’s first meeting of 2014 will be held on Sunday, January 26 starting at 3:00 P.M. in the Old Courthouse Building located next to the Courthouse Tavern Museum. Mary Miley Theobald, a respected writer/historian, will speak about “The Roaring Twenties”, a unique decade of the Twentieth Century that careened from Read the full article…
The Courthouse Tavern Museum Closes Until Saturday, February 15, 2014
On Sunday December 15 the Courthouse Tavern Museum closed for the winter. The Museum will reopen Saturday, February 15 from 10am to 4pm. The February openings will be limited to Saturday February 15, Sunday February 16, Saturday February 22, and Sunday February 23. Hours on Saturday are 10am-4pm and on Sunday from 1-5pm. Our regular Read the full article…
The Courthouse Tavern Museum Celebrates Christmas
On Sunday December 1, 2013 the Courthouse Tavern Museum celebrated the Christmas season with its annual open house. Attendees visited with each other while munching on donuts cooked over an open fire and sipping warm apple cider or hot chocolate. The Christian Heirs Quartet set a festive mood with traditional Christmas carols. Children visited with Read the full article…
2013 Christmas Open House Celebration
Spend an afternoon with family and friends at the KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE TAVERN MUSEUM SUNDAY DECEMBER 1, 2013 2:00pm to 5:00pm Visit “Santa” Wallace Mahanes, on his sleigh. Children, take a cart ride with Brownie Bevans’s miniature horses. Chat with “General Robert E. Lee”, Mark Favazza, as he strolls through the Court House Green. Read the full article…
King and Queen Marriage Records Now Available in the Museum Library
Titles: King and Queen County, Virginia Marriage Records: Transcripts of Consents, Affidavits, Minister Returns, and Marriage Licenses, Volume 1: 1853-1874 and Volume 2: 1875-1886. Volume 1, 383 pages, includes 1,019 marriages, and Volume 2, 361 pages, includes 922 marriages. Published by Suzanne P. Derieux and Wesley E. Pippenger of Tappahannock, Virginia. Researchers may be aware Read the full article…
A Map Leads to Family
On a quiet summer day, a gentleman came into the Museum looking for a map of the county with road names. The Museum sells maps, but they did not provide what the visitor was seeking. After touring the Museum, he asked about resources for genealogical research. He found the Museum library very helpful and planned Read the full article…
Confirming a Beverley Family Connection
A mother and her two daughters traveled to the Museum from Florida, California, and Scotland seeking confirmation of a family connection. How was Ursula Beverley (maiden name) related to Robert Beverley and his wife Ursula Byrd Beverley of Beverley Park in the upper part of King and Queen County? Prior to their visit they contacted Read the full article…