Big Crab Orchard Site

Big Crab Orchard Site
Nearest city Tazewell, Virginia
Area 115 acres (47 ha)
Built c. 1768 (1768)
Built by Whitten, John; Et al.
NRHP Reference # 80004230[1]
VLR # 092-0007
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 11, 1980
Designated VLR May 13, 1969[2]

Big Crab Orchard Site is a historic archaeological site located near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia. The Crab Orchard site was patented in 1750, and was one of the first European settlements in Southwest Virginia. Parts of the tract were later owned by Morris Griffith and William Ingles and then acquired by Thomas Witten Sr., who settled here about 1768.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. "Registered Historic Landmarks in Tazewell County". Tazewell County Historical Society.

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