ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Welcome to Isle of Wight County (Virginia) Historical Society</title> <meta content="en-us" http-equiv="Content-Language"/> <meta name="generator" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"/> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"/> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"/> </head> <body style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url('images/iwchs-logo04.jpg'); TEXT-ALIGN: center; background-attachment: fixed"> <h2>Welcome to the Isle of Wight County (Virginia) Historical Society</h2> <div id="navigator"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse" width="1100"> <tr><td width="100"> <p class="housebutton"> <a href="upcoming_events.html">Upcoming Special Events</a></p></td> <td width="50"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="GSSTF_documents.html">Cemetery Reports</a></p></td> <td width="80"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="selected_local_history.html">Selected Local History</a></p></td> <td width="100"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="bits_of_history.html">Bits &amp; Pieces of History</a></p></td> <td width="80"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="links.html">&nbsp;Informative Links</a></p></td> <td width="90"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="IWCHistory.html">Isle of Wight County History</a></p></td> <td width="70"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="IWCHSmembershipform.html">&nbsp;Membership Form</a></p></td> <td width="70"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="IWCHS_constitution.html">IWCHS Constitution</a></p></td> <td width="70"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="NewsNotes Vol 1.html">Albert's NewsNotes</a></p></td> <td width="100"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="publications.html">Publications You Can Print/Order</a></p></td> <td width="110"><p class="housebutton"> <a href="gsstf_charter.html">Gravesite Survey Taskforce Charter</a></p></td> </tr></table> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="90%"> <tr> <td width="23%"bgcolor="beige"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/Antioch-church.jpg" alt="Antioch Church on Antioch Road" width="200" height="150"></td> <td width="54%" rowspan="4" bgcolor="beige" valign="top"> <p align="center"> <font face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" size="5" color="#800000">Hear Ye ! ... Hear Ye !</font></p> <p>The Clerk of Circuit Court is a constitutional officer required by the Constitution of Virginia and elected by the citizens of Isle of Wight County. The office was established in colonial times to preserve and make accessible to the public important records, such as deeds and other documents relating to the ownership of real estate and court records. Today the office serves as support for Circuit Court Judges, maintains County records and provides various services to Isle of Wight citizens...<br> The Clerk s office provides SRA (secure remote access) to the records. If you are interested, you need to contact the Clerk s office at (757) 365-6233, and request an application for this service. SRA provides Internet access to Deeds and Wills& Date Range 1647 to present for Wills; and Date Range 1701 to present for Deeds. Also available are Marriage Licenses, Judgments, and Financing Statements& Date Range 1993 to present.<br> <br> http://www.iwchs.com<br> http://www.brantleyassociation.com<br> <br> Cell phones are not allowed in the Courthouse</td> <td width="23%" bgcolor="beige"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/Foursquare-Plantation.jpg" alt="Foursquare Plantation outbuilding restoration" width="200" height="150"></td> </tr></p> <tr> <td width="23%" bgcolor="beige"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/WC-Kitchen01.jpg" alt="Windsor Castle Kitchen Outbuilding" width="200" height="150"></td></p> <td width="23%" bgcolor="beige"> <img border="0" src="images/Wolftrap-plantation.jpg" alt="Wolftrap Plantation on Emanual Church Road" width="200" height="150"></td> </tr> <tr><td width="23%" bgcolor="beige"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/Linda-McNatt's-house.jpg" alt="Roland Edwards house, now owned by Thomas Barlow ... after fire in 2006" width="200" height="150"></td></p> <td width="23%" bgcolor="beige"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/Ol-Bethany-Church.jpg" alt="Old Bethany Church" width="200" height="150"></p></td></tr> </table> <table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="90%" bgcolor="#b5c9e2" cellpadding="10"> <tbody><tr> <td width="600" bgcolor="beige"> <p align="center"><font size="4" face="Georgia" color="#800000">~~~ PRESSROOM RELEASES ~~~~</font></p> <hr> <h5 align="left">Click on the picture below to read the entire article . . .</h5> <p align="left"><a href="Documents/Legacy_poster.pdf"> <img border="0" src="images/index.1.jpg" width="838" height="325"></a></p> <hr> <p align="center"><b><font size="4">A winery at the &#39;Castle?&#39;</font></b><a href="images/Times-3-14-12_Windsor_Castle_Winery.pdf">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (read the entire story)</a></p> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/Windsor-Castle-winery01.jpg" width="445" height="298"></p> <hr> <p align="left"><i>Contact: J.L. Williams<br> March 9, 2012 (757) 357-0115  phone<br> (757) 613-0442  cell<br> jwilliams@isleofwightus.net<br> <br> CIVIL WAR LECTURE SERIES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY MUSEUM<br> <br> ISLE OF WIGHT, Va.  In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Isle of Wight County Sesquicentennial Committee is hosting a lecture series. It begins March 19 with a look at the forts of Isle of Wight County. (click <a href="upcoming_events.html">here</a> to read entire article . . .)</i></p> <hr> <p align="left"> <a href="Documents/zunireuniondayflyer.pdf">Zuni Reunion Day</a></p> <p align="left"> <i>Saturday May 5 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at the Zuni Ruritan Building.&nbsp; Explore Zuni History, see Zuni Artifacts, Local Artisans, Meet Zuni Businesses, have lunch, and more . . .</i></p> <hr> <p align="left"> <a href="Documents/Editorial_2-22-12_-_IOW_Historical_Society.pdf">Historical Move was Sound</a></p> <p><i>The Isle of Wight Historical Society wisely concluded that, while the Charles Driver Jordan House should certainly be preserved, it is outside the society&#39;s ability to undertake the task . . .</i></p> <hr> <p align="left"><a href="documents/jordanhousearticle-rev.pdf">Historic Jordan House up for Sale ... Smithfield Times article</a></p><p> <i>The IWCHS has reluctantly come to the conclusion that they can no longer pursue the restoration of the Jordan House and have turned it back to the owners Henry Morgan and Richard Turner. The hope still is that someone will buy the property, move and restore the house or use the massive structural timbers, flooring, and the massive curved staircase in another project.</i></p> <hr> <p><a href="March2012newsletter.doc">SUSSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING</a><br> <br> <i>Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.<br> In the historic Sussex County Courthouse courtroom (second floor)<br> There will be a Board meeting at 2:00 p.m. <br> in the historic courtroom<br> immediately prior to the general membership meeting</i></p> <hr> <p><a href="Old-IW-jail.html">Old IW Jail to be Dismantled, Salvaged</a></p> <p>By Diana McFarland (Smithfield Times .. Feb 29, 2012)<br> News editor<br> Dismantle, not demolish, Isle of Wight County&#39;s old jail, suggested a local historian. Isle of Wight resident and historian Lee Duncan told the Architectural and Historic Review Committee that some of the components of the circa 1902 jail could be salvaged  such as timber, bricks and metal. &quot;In that type of destruction there could be some interesting things,&quot; Duncan said of taking apart the building slowly rather than plowing it down to the ground.<br> <a href="old-iw-jail.html">read remainder of news article ... including picture . . .</a></p> <hr> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" class="quotes" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="5" width="600" bgcolor="#b5c9e2"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="75"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var quote = new Array(78) var num = Math.round(78 * Math.random()); quote[0] = "If you want more than what you've got ..<br>become more than what you are.<br><br>--- Anon" quote[1] = "The recipe for perpetual ignorance is a very simple and effective one: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. <br><br>- Elbert Hubbard" quote[2] = "...life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. <br><br>- Grandma Moses" quote[3] = "When one door closes, another opens. 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