George Didn't Sleep Here ... or did he? Traditional Cache

I noticed that there was not a cache near here and I wanted the geocachers to stop and read the markers for a bit of history here and near by.

Stealth mode is required. This is a macro cache (LOG ONLY) with off road parking or you can park at Nominy Church parking area ... either way read, search and and enjoy the view!

George Washington attended Nominy Church twice in 1768.  This is the second church to be built on this site – the last colonial church was burned in 1814 by the British after stealing the church silver.

Nomini Ferry (also known as Nominy Ferry, Nomony Ferry and Youell's Ferry):  On 20 July 1814, Admiral Cockburn directed four of his frigates to cross the Potomac from Maryland to attack a concentration of Virginia militia at Nomini Creek. With forty barges of Royal Marines and navy, the enemy force moved up to Nomini Ferry located at this point. Lt. Col. Richard Parker, with about hundred Westmoreland County militia, arrived about the same time as the British at the Ferry. Parker’s men occupied the commanding heights behind the Ferry to thwart the enemy approach. They soon found themselves outflanked by enemy marines. Outnumbered by thirty to one, Parker’s forces retreated down to Templeman Cross Roads (Montross), and camped at the Westmoreland Court House. Later that evening, the British returned to Nomini Ferry and remained there until the following day when they returned to their ships. In the wake of the British invasion, many houses, including Mrs. Thompson’s at the ferry and nearby Bushfield were destroyed.

There is so much history in this area :  Westmoreland County was the birthplace of George Washington, the first President of the United States (at the former settlement of Bridges Creek, Virginia);^[3] James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States; and General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate armies. It was the residence of Col. Nicholas Spencer, who patented the land at Mount Vernon in 1674 with his friend Lt. Col. John Washington, ancestor of George Washington. Spencer, who served as President of the Council and acting Governor of Virginia, was the cousin of and agent for the Barons Colepeper, proprietors of the Northern Neck. Spencer lived at his plantation Nomini (Hague), which his descendants later sold to Robert Carter I. Carter's grandson, Robert Carter III voluntarily freed almost 500 slaves from Nomini Hall beginning in 1791 and settled many on his lands, which he gave them. His manumission is the largest known release of slaves in North American history prior to the American Civil War and the largest number ever manumitted by an individual in the US.