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 Advertisement from Virginia Gazette (or American Beacon) for Chuckatuck Hotel in late 1800s. Possibly located in later Spady house.
 Advertisement from Virginia Gazette (or American Beacon) for Chuckatuck Hotel in late 1800s. Possibly located in later Spady house.

Advertisement from Virginia Gazette (or American Beacon) for Chuckatuck Hotel in late 1800s.
Possibly located in later Spady house.

 Students at the Chuckatuck Military School started by teacher James J. Phillips, about 1854  S-NHS

Students at the Chuckatuck Military School started by teacher James J. Phillips, about 1854

S-NHS

 Postal envelope canceled in Chuckatuck after 1850.   Matthew Spady collection

Postal envelope canceled in Chuckatuck after 1850.


Matthew Spady collection

 Masonic and town hall in Chuckatuck c1850 Masonic Hall remains in 2025 and is still used as a Masonic Hall.

Masonic and town hall in Chuckatuck c1850
Masonic Hall remains in 2025 and is still used as a Masonic Hall.

 Capt. Charles Bernard Godwin, Sr. and his wife, Martha Whitney Godwin c1859 walking to Wesley Chapel from home. Spady house in the background.  Judge James C. Godwin photo

Capt. Charles Bernard Godwin, Sr. and his wife, Martha Whitney Godwin c1859 walking to Wesley Chapel from home. Spady house in the background.

Judge James C. Godwin photo

 Peck’s Cheap Store - later Gwaltney’s Store  Mary S. Latimer photo

Peck’s Cheap Store - later Gwaltney’s Store

Mary S. Latimer photo

 Postcard showing Chuckatuck marl pit - Dec. 1910 Notice the horse and buggy in the pit.  Lynn Rose collection

Postcard showing Chuckatuck marl pit - Dec. 1910
Notice the horse and buggy in the pit.

Lynn Rose collection

 Pitt family members n front of Pitt store in Chuckatuck  Spady family collection

Pitt family members n front of Pitt store in Chuckatuck

Spady family collection

 Former slave quarters behind Pitt house in Chuckatuck - c1900   Library of Congress/Carolyn Keen collection

Former slave quarters behind Pitt house in Chuckatuck - c1900

Library of Congress/Carolyn Keen collection

 Charlie and Celestia Brock Pitt when married in 1893   Mary J. Bush collection

Charlie and Celestia Brock Pitt when married in 1893

Mary J. Bush collection

 1913 Chuckatuck postcard    Lynn K. Rose collection

1913 Chuckatuck postcard


Lynn K. Rose collection

 Early picture of Chuckatuck grist mill  Keen/Farmer collection

Early picture of Chuckatuck grist mill

Keen/Farmer collection

 Josiah Chapman family - date ?  Bradshaw collection

Josiah Chapman family - date ?

Bradshaw collection

 Granddaddy Gilliam - circa early 1900   Gilliam family photo

Granddaddy Gilliam - circa early 1900


Gilliam family photo

 Early school students in Chuckatuck c1907 Top row - Katherine Pinner and Lizzie Pinner, teacher Middle row - Charlie B. Godwin, Whitney Godwin, Carlisle Gilliam Front row - Wilmer Godwin, Oliver Gilliam Pinner house in the background  Gilliam family

Early school students in Chuckatuck c1907
Top row - Katherine Pinner and Lizzie Pinner, teacher
Middle row - Charlie B. Godwin, Whitney Godwin, Carlisle Gilliam
Front row - Wilmer Godwin, Oliver Gilliam
Pinner house in the background

Gilliam family photo

 Maggie Pitt (Spady), age 16, c 1916   Emma Spady Kelly photo

Maggie Pitt (Spady), age 16, c 1916

Emma Spady Kelly photo

 Jack Hulda Kelly and wife Nannie Ruby Moody Kelly - c1918  Hulda Knight photo

Jack Hulda Kelly and wife Nannie Ruby Moody Kelly - c1918

Hulda Knight photo

 Mattie Holland, also known as “Miss Patty”, maid to Gilliam family c1930  Gilliam family collection

Mattie Holland, also known as “Miss Patty”, maid to Gilliam family c1930

Gilliam family collection

  The Edvina at the packet wharf on the Chuckatuck Creek — Granddaddy Gilliam’s boat   Gilliam family photo

The Edvina at the packet wharf on the Chuckatuck Creek — Granddaddy Gilliam’s boat

Gilliam family photo

 Valentine sent to Miss Nannie Lawrence of Cotton Plains dated Feb. 12, 1832 Nannie Lawrence was great, great aunt of Lynn Rose  Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences

Valentine sent to Miss Nannie Lawrence of Cotton Plains dated Feb. 12, 1832
Nannie Lawrence was great, great aunt of Lynn Rose

Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences

 Mary Virginia Johnson and her mother Mary in front of Pinner House c1922  Mary Virginia Bush collection

Mary Virginia Johnson and her mother Mary in front of Pinner House c1922
Mary Virginia Bush collection

 Louisiana Finney Crump of Chuckatuck  Emma Spady photo

Louisiana Finney Crump of Chuckatuck

Emma Spady photo

 Charlie Johnson with daughter, Mary Virginia, at Johnson’s Store c1925  Mary J. Bush collection

Charlie Johnson with daughter, Mary Virginia, at Johnson’s Store c1925

Mary J. Bush collection

 Composite of Chuckatuck photos  Emma Spady collection

Composite of Chuckatuck photos

Emma Spady collection

 Laura Woodward, Claire Cotten, Annie Lee Gilliam and Dot Gilliam at the Woodwards - 1933  Gilliam photo collection

Laura Woodward, Claire Cotten, Annie Lee Gilliam and Dot Gilliam at the Woodwards - 1933

Gilliam photo collection

 Charles Bernard Godwin, Sr. and family in front of Bernard W. Godwin home - 1928   James Godwin photo

Charles Bernard Godwin, Sr. and family in front of Bernard W. Godwin home - 1928

James Godwin photo

 Carolina Trailways bus in front of Pitt store in Chuckatuck  Johnson family photo

Carolina Trailways bus in front of Pitt store in Chuckatuck

Johnson family photo

 Guests on Edvina, Godwin family boat  Godwin family photo

Guests on Edvina, Godwin family boat

Godwin family photo

 Gilliam family friends - 1908/09  Lynn Rose photo

Gilliam family friends - 1908/09

Lynn Rose photo

 Miss Madge Goodson and friend in front of Gilliam home in Chuckatuck - c1908/09  L. Rose photo - granddaughter of Madge Goodson Gill

Miss Madge Goodson and friend in front of Gilliam home in Chuckatuck - c1908/09

L. Rose photo - granddaughter of Madge Goodson Gill

 Annie Gilliam, Madge Goodson and unknown lady in Chuckatuck  c1908/09  Lynn Rose photo

Annie Gilliam, Madge Goodson and unknown lady in Chuckatuck

c1908/09

Lynn Rose photo

 Miss Gilliam and Miss Madge Goodson, school friends with Godwin-Knight house in the background - c1908/09  Lynn Rose photo - Miss Goodson was Lynn’s grandmother who was visiting her college friend in Chuckatuck.

Miss Gilliam and Miss Madge Goodson, school friends with Godwin-Knight house in the background - c1908/09

Lynn Rose photo - Miss Goodson was Lynn’s grandmother who was visiting her college friend in Chuckatuck.

 Spillway at Crumps Mill Pond - 1908/09  L. Rose photo

Spillway at Crumps Mill Pond - 1908/09

L. Rose photo

 Gilliam family friends at Chuckatuck Mill Pond - c1908/09  L. Rose photo

Gilliam family friends at Chuckatuck Mill Pond - c1908/09

L. Rose photo

 Ladies in front of Gilliam home - Chuckatuck - 1908/09  L. Rose photo

Ladies in front of Gilliam home - Chuckatuck - 1908/09

L. Rose photo

 Early Pitt house at Chuckatuck intersection  Emma Spady Kelly collection

Early Pitt house at Chuckatuck intersection

Emma Spady Kelly collection

 Carolina Trailways bus in front of Pitt house and store waiting for passengers  Emma Spady Kelly collection

Carolina Trailways bus in front of Pitt house and store waiting for passengers

Emma Spady Kelly collection

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 F. A. Spady store and garage - Chuckatuck  Angus Hines collection

F. A. Spady store and garage - Chuckatuck

Angus Hines collection

 Pitt house and store, Chuckatuck  Emma S. Kelly photo

Pitt house and store, Chuckatuck

Emma S. Kelly photo

 Matthew Crumpler in front of Gwaltney’s Store c1920  Beale family photo

Matthew Crumpler in front of Gwaltney’s Store c1920

Beale family photo

 Goldie Mae Underwood Boulds and J.T. Brock   Jackie U. Saunders photo

Goldie Mae Underwood Boulds and J.T. Brock

Jackie U. Saunders photo

 Moore children in front of their home in Chuckatuck c1925 House still standing in 2025 to the left of the post office  Moore family photo

Moore children in front of their home in Chuckatuck c1925
House still standing in 2025 to the left of the post office

Moore family photo

 Chapman family - Front - Sonny, Edith Rear - Novella, Dotty, Rosser on porch of home in Chuckatuck c1948  Bradshaw collection

Chapman family - Front - Sonny, Edith
Rear - Novella, Dotty, Rosser on porch of home in Chuckatuck c1948

Bradshaw collection

 C.H. Pitt - 90th birthday party - 1958  Mary J. Bush collection

C.H. Pitt - 90th birthday party - 1958

Mary J. Bush collection

 Charles Johnson in front yard 1946 Notice Pitt Store, Johnson’s Store and Gwaltney’s Store in background  Johnson family photo

Charles Johnson in front yard 1946
Notice Pitt Store, Johnson’s Store and Gwaltney’s Store in background

Johnson family photo

 Dailey family picnic in Chuckatuck - Memorial Day 1950   Dailey family photo

Dailey family picnic in Chuckatuck - Memorial Day 1950

Dailey family photo

 Charlie Johnson on a pony in Johnson's front yard - 1938 Notice Johnson’s Store and Gwaltney’s Store in background.  Johnson family photo

Charlie Johnson on a pony in Johnson's front yard - 1938
Notice Johnson’s Store and Gwaltney’s Store in background.

Johnson family photo

 Ferry Point Farm home -   Wright family photo

Ferry Point Farm home -

Wright family photo

 Overview of Ferry Point farm

Overview of Ferry Point farm

  Overview of Ferry Point Farm

Overview of Ferry Point Farm

 Ferry Point Farm when owned by the Nick Wright family  Wright family photo

Ferry Point Farm when owned by the Nick Wright family

Wright family photo

 Ernest Winslow family c.1943  Front - Emily, Ernest and Betty Second row - Millard, Marvin and Aleck Rear - Pleasant (Polly), Jesse, Nina and Louis 1942  Winslow family photo

Ernest Winslow family c.1943
Front - Emily, Ernest and Betty
Second row - Millard, Marvin and Aleck
Rear - Pleasant (Polly), Jesse, Nina and Louis
1942

Winslow family photo

 Chuckatuck friends -   Front - Evelyn Yeates, Jimmy Moore, Polly Johnson, Billy Moore, and Addie Rawls Moore Austin.  Rear - Polly and Florie Umphlette, Dwight Bradshaw, Susan Moore  Moore family photo

Chuckatuck friends -

Front - Evelyn Yeates, Jimmy Moore, Polly Johnson, Billy Moore, and Addie Rawls Moore Austin.
Rear - Polly and Florie Umphlette, Dwight Bradshaw, Susan Moore

Moore family photo

 Sonny Chapman, Scott Saunders - seated Audrey Newman, Maxine Gayle, Jean Dailey - standing  c1944 in Chuckatuck  Newman photo

Sonny Chapman, Scott Saunders - seated
Audrey Newman, Maxine Gayle, Jean Dailey - standing
c1944 in Chuckatuck

Newman photo

 Wesley Chapel kids (including Bradshaws, Hollands, Saunders, Johnsons) - c 1946   Bradshaw photo

Wesley Chapel kids (including Bradshaws, Hollands, Saunders, Johnsons) - c 1946

Bradshaw photo

 Mills E. Godwin - Lt. Governor campaign 1961 left to right - Unknown, Charlie Johnson, Charles W. Darden, Mills E. Godwin, Jr. and J. Rosser Chapman  William Simpson photo

Mills E. Godwin - Lt. Governor campaign 1961
left to right - Unknown, Charlie Johnson, Charles W. Darden, Mills E. Godwin, Jr. and J. Rosser Chapman

William Simpson photo

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 Harvey Saunders, Jr. with his homemade airplane giving his  brother Jerry a ride - 1942  Harvey Saunders photo

Harvey Saunders, Jr. with his homemade airplane giving his brother Jerry a ride - 1942

Harvey Saunders photo

 Hulda Kelly c1938   Janet K. Piland photo

Hulda Kelly c1938

Janet K. Piland photo

 Chuckatuck friends  Rear -Nancy and Charlotte Holland Front - Butch Fronfelter and Judy Holland c1941   Fronfelter photo

Chuckatuck friends
Rear -Nancy and Charlotte Holland
Front - Butch Fronfelter and Judy Holland c1941

Fronfelter photo

 John Kelly truck- General Hauling, with daughter Juanita Kelly c1949  Emma S. Kelly photo

John Kelly truck- General Hauling, with daughter Juanita Kelly c1949

Emma S. Kelly photo

 Irene Pinner Knight in front of Dr. L. L. Eley’s house c1948    Janet Piland photo

Irene Pinner Knight in front of Dr. L. L. Eley’s house c1948

Janet Piland photo

 Janet and Jack Knight c1947   Janet Knight Piland photo

Janet and Jack Knight c1947

Janet Knight Piland photo

 John and Dorothy Bradshaw when John was in the Sea Bees- c1953 Bradshaw collection

John and Dorothy Bradshaw when John was in the Sea Bees- c1953
Bradshaw collection

 Mr. Spady, Emma Mae Spady Kelly and Juanita Kelly in front of Spady house showing Chuckatuck intersection c1945  Emma S. Kelly collection

Mr. Spady, Emma Mae Spady Kelly and Juanita Kelly in front of Spady house showing Chuckatuck intersection c1945

Emma S. Kelly collection

 Frank A. Spady, Jr. - WWII bomber pilot  Spady family photo

Frank A. Spady, Jr. - WWII bomber pilot

Spady family photo

 War Ration Book - Carrie B. Saunders  Saunders family

War Ration Book - Carrie B. Saunders

Saunders family

 Mount Ararat house in 1960 - built c1800 Located on Rt. 10 on Suffolk Scarp  Replaced with a brick house by Howard and Judith Gilliam Cobb   Judith Gilliam Cobb photo

Mount Ararat house in 1960 - built c1800
Located on Rt. 10 on Suffolk Scarp

Replaced with a brick house by Howard and Judith Gilliam Cobb

Judith Gilliam Cobb photo

 Godwin-Knight House 1992  VA Dept. of Historic Resources photo

Godwin-Knight House 1992

VA Dept. of Historic Resources photo

 Last community postmark for Chuckatuck - 1974  Lynn Rose collection

Last community postmark for Chuckatuck - 1974

Lynn Rose collection

 Chuckatuck post offices, old and new  May 14, 1961 - Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Chuckatuck post offices, old and new

May 14, 1961 - Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

 Billy Moore, Mills E. Godwin, Jr, Katherine Godwin, William M. Simpson, Dorothy C. Bradshaw, Shelton Dailey (seated), and J.R. Chapman at polls  Race for the Senate of Virginia c1956.  Bradshaw family photo

Billy Moore, Mills E. Godwin, Jr, Katherine Godwin, William M. Simpson, Dorothy C. Bradshaw, Shelton Dailey (seated), and J.R. Chapman at polls Race for the Senate of Virginia c1956.

Bradshaw family photo

 Oreva Cain Dean on a trip through Chuckatuck - Fall 1940  Supplied by her son, Charles Dean

Oreva Cain Dean on a trip through Chuckatuck - Fall 1940

Supplied by her son, Charles Dean

 Fannie Pierce during freshman orientation at Chuckatuck High School - 1955 Notice Byrd’s Store in the background.  L. Rose photo

Fannie Pierce during freshman orientation at Chuckatuck High School - 1955
Notice Byrd’s Store in the background.

L. Rose photo

 Mills E. Godwin, Jr. and W.G. Saunders, Jr. - 1961 - at dedication of new Chuckatuck post office  Saunders family collection

Mills E. Godwin, Jr. and W.G. Saunders, Jr. - 1961 - at dedication of new Chuckatuck post office

Saunders family collection

 Kathryn Pinner Barbee of Chuckatuck holding John Rose with Rusty Rose in the foreground in 1971. She had made the afghan blanket in her lap for John. She was living upstairs in the Minton house at Everets at the time.  L. Rose photo   L. Rose photo

Kathryn Pinner Barbee of Chuckatuck holding John Rose with Rusty Rose in the foreground in 1971. She had made the afghan blanket in her lap for John. She was living upstairs in the Minton house at Everets at the time.

L. Rose photo

L. Rose photo

 Left to right - Godwin, Norfleet, Willoughby, Saunders homes c1960   L. Rose photo

Left to right - Godwin, Norfleet, Willoughby, Saunders homes c1960

L. Rose photo

 State marker for Chuckatuck. This marker was destroyed by an automobile in 1990. It was replaced with a new marker in 2024 through the hard work of Drexel Bradshaw.

State marker for Chuckatuck. This marker was destroyed by an automobile in 1990. It was replaced with a new marker in 2024 through the hard work of Drexel Bradshaw.

 Isaac Blough - Master wood craftsman - c1973 Sawyer at Kirk Lumber Company  L. Rose photo

Isaac Blough - Master wood craftsman - c1973
Sawyer at Kirk Lumber Company

L. Rose photo

 Mr. Christensen of Chuckatuck builds model ships   May 1954 Virginian-Pilot

Mr. Christensen of Chuckatuck builds model ships

May 1954 Virginian-Pilot

 Virginia Chambers, Lois Hamlin and Melvin Diggs  Poll workers in 1990  L. Rose photo

Virginia Chambers, Lois Hamlin and Melvin Diggs

Poll workers in 1990

L. Rose photo

 Saunders Supply under EPA ruling for restoration of area affected by Kepone

Saunders Supply under EPA ruling for restoration of area affected by Kepone

 Geneva Kenny and Melvin Diggs at Chuckatuck voting precinct 1990  L. Rose photo

Geneva Kenny and Melvin Diggs at Chuckatuck voting precinct 1990

L. Rose photo

 Ozzie Porter and Harvey Saunders - poll workers in 1990  L. Rose photo

Ozzie Porter and Harvey Saunders - poll workers in 1990

L. Rose photo

 Chuckatuck Grist Mill without water wheel - 1960s  L. Rose photo

Chuckatuck Grist Mill without water wheel - 1960s

L. Rose photo

 Area below water wheel leading to Chuckatuck Creek - 1960s  L. Rose photo

Area below water wheel leading to Chuckatuck Creek - 1960s

L. Rose photo

 Suzanne Myers Saunders, Brenda Gayle Wright and Lynn Kirk Rose  - Poll workers - 1990  L. Rose photo

Suzanne Myers Saunders, Brenda Gayle Wright and Lynn Kirk Rose - Poll workers - 1990

L. Rose photo

 Marjorie Mathews Creekmore and Hazel Dailey Delk, childhood friends, selecting photos for Chuckatuck history project  - 2011

Marjorie Mathews Creekmore and Hazel Dailey Delk, childhood friends, selecting photos for Chuckatuck history project - 2011

 Meadow Lot and previous home of J. R. Chapman - 1995  Lynn K. Rose photo

Meadow Lot and previous home of J. R. Chapman - 1995

Lynn K. Rose photo

 Spady House built early 1800s and the Wilson Spady store in the fall of 1995  Lynn Rose photo

Spady House built early 1800s and the Wilson Spady store in the fall of 1995

Lynn Rose photo

 John Bradshaw at his 80th birthday party with Karen and Thomas Hazelwood

John Bradshaw at his 80th birthday party with Karen and Thomas Hazelwood

 Al Glasscock’s farm with fields and barns  L. Rose photo

Al Glasscock’s farm with fields and barns

L. Rose photo

 Flags flying in Chuckatuck for July 4th, 2003.  A patriotic Boy Scout project by Cody Brandon of Chuckatuck Troop 25.  L. Rose photo

Flags flying in Chuckatuck for July 4th, 2003.
A patriotic Boy Scout project by Cody Brandon of Chuckatuck Troop 25.

L. Rose photo

 Flags along Kings Highway - July 4, 2008  L. Rose photo

Flags along Kings Highway - July 4, 2008

L. Rose photo

 Marjorie Mathews Creekmore - 2011

Marjorie Mathews Creekmore - 2011

 Front of book of tickets for Nick Wright bridge - Nansemond Bridge Corporation  Wright family

Front of book of tickets for Nick Wright bridge - Nansemond Bridge Corporation

Wright family

 Hinshaw map showing southern Virginia quaker area - Hinshaw map

Hinshaw map showing southern Virginia quaker area - Hinshaw map

 Kings Highway bridge from Chuckatuck side of Nansemond Riiver  Bradshaw family photo

Kings Highway bridge from Chuckatuck side of Nansemond Riiver

Bradshaw family photo

 Kings Highway Bridge from Chuckatuck side of Nansemond River  Bradshaw collection

Kings Highway Bridge from Chuckatuck side of Nansemond River

Bradshaw collection

 Kings Highway Bridge with snow  Bradshaw photo

Kings Highway Bridge with snow

Bradshaw photo

 Chuckatuck kids - circa 1953-54 - including Bradshaws, Saunders, Moores, Norfleet   Moore family photo

Chuckatuck kids - circa 1953-54 - including Bradshaws, Saunders, Moores, Norfleet

Moore family photo

 group-photo-of-wives-and-kids-see-written-folder-for-names-img859  Bradshaw family photo

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Bradshaw family photo

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 Ribbon cutting for the James River Bridge Miss Chuckatuck - Dorothy Moore - 2nd from right  with Harry Byrd  Moore family photo

Ribbon cutting for the James River Bridge
Miss Chuckatuck - Dorothy Moore - 2nd from right

with Harry Byrd

Moore family photo

 First automobile wreck in Nansemond County

First automobile wreck in Nansemond County

 Archie Fronfelter of Chuckatuck  Fronfelter family photo

Archie Fronfelter of Chuckatuck

Fronfelter family photo

 Butch Fronfelter and Polly Johnson with Uncle Ramey  Fronfelter family photo

Butch Fronfelter and Polly Johnson with Uncle Ramey

Fronfelter family photo

 Butch Fronfelter, age 5, on Kings Highway Bridge   Fronfelter family photo

Butch Fronfelter, age 5, on Kings Highway Bridge

Fronfelter family photo

 Butch Fronfelter in Mr. Christensen’s uniform  Fronfelter family photo

Butch Fronfelter in Mr. Christensen’s uniform

Fronfelter family photo

 Butch Fronfelter in Mr. Christiansen’s military uniform

Butch Fronfelter in Mr. Christiansen’s military uniform

 Butch Fronfelter playing baseball in Chuckatuck  Fronfelter family photo

Butch Fronfelter playing baseball in Chuckatuck

Fronfelter family photo

 Front - Butch Fronfelter and Judy Holland Rear - Nancy & Charlotte Holland  Fronfelter family photo

Front - Butch Fronfelter and Judy Holland
Rear - Nancy & Charlotte Holland

Fronfelter family photo

 Polly Johnson and Butch Fronfelter having fun in Chuckatuck!  Fronfelter family photo

Polly Johnson and Butch Fronfelter having fun in Chuckatuck!

Fronfelter family photo

 Polly Johnson, Butch Fronfelter with Uncle Ramey and Aunt Mabel  Fronfelter family photo

Polly Johnson, Butch Fronfelter with Uncle Ramey and Aunt Mabel

Fronfelter family photo

 Theresa, Archie and Butch Fronfelter with dog on front porch in Chuckatuck.  Fronfelter family photo

Theresa, Archie and Butch Fronfelter with dog on front porch in Chuckatuck.

Fronfelter family photo

 Aunt Rosa Rossen - c1900  Gilliam family photo

Aunt Rosa Rossen - c1900

Gilliam family photo

 Dot Gilliam with Judith - c 1917 in Chuckatuck  Gilliam family photo

Dot Gilliam with Judith - c 1917 in Chuckatuck

Gilliam family photo

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  Gilliam home built in 1916

Gilliam home built in 1916

 Gilliam homes in the snow - 1956  Gilliam family photo

Gilliam homes in the snow - 1956

Gilliam family photo

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 Gilliam home with Miss Patty’s home in background - 1956   Gilliam family photo

Gilliam home with Miss Patty’s home in background - 1956

Gilliam family photo

  Richard and Annie Gilliam’s home built in 1898   Gilliam family photo

Richard and Annie Gilliam’s home built in 1898

Gilliam family photo

 Richard and Annie Gilliam’s home built in 1898  Gilliam family photo

Richard and Annie Gilliam’s home built in 1898

Gilliam family photo

 Margaret Smiley, Mildred and Leah Godwin, and Nancy Ray Gilliam  Gilliam family photo

Margaret Smiley, Mildred and Leah Godwin, and Nancy Ray Gilliam

Gilliam family photo

 Mr. Gilliam    Gilliam family photo

Mr. Gilliam


Gilliam family photo

 Ray and Dot Gilliam - married 1916   Gilliam family photo

Ray and Dot Gilliam - married 1916

Gilliam family photo

 Mr. Gilliam - top left - with his fraternity brothers at William and Mary.  Gilliam family photo

Mr. Gilliam - top left - with his fraternity brothers at William and Mary.

Gilliam family photo

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Mrs. Mary Byrd and sons

 Miss Patty - house keeper for the Gilliam family  Gilliam family photo

Miss Patty - house keeper for the Gilliam family

Gilliam family photo

 Mrs. Ray Gilliam being honored for over 40 years as a Sunday School teacher at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church - 1962 l to r -                                Mr. Gilliam, Mrs. Gilliam    Gilliam family photo

Mrs. Ray Gilliam being honored for over 40 years as a Sunday School teacher at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church - 1962
l to r - Mr. Gilliam, Mrs. Gilliam

Gilliam family photo

 Frances Gilliam,                              , Addie Rawles Moore and Dick Woodward at the marl hole  Gilliam family photo

Frances Gilliam, , Addie Rawles Moore and Dick Woodward at the marl hole

Gilliam family photo

 Nancy Gilliam Lambdin swimming in the marl hole!  Gilliam family photo

Nancy Gilliam Lambdin swimming in the marl hole!

Gilliam family photo

 Judy Franco and Jo Lambdin diving at the marl hole  Gilliam Family photo

Judy Franco and Jo Lambdin diving at the marl hole

Gilliam Family photo

 Nancy Gilliam and others at the marl hole  Gilliam family photo

Nancy Gilliam and others at the marl hole

Gilliam family photo

 Marl pit in late 1950s  Gilliam family photo

Marl pit in late 1950s

Gilliam family photo

 Joe and Tripper at the marl pit  Gilliam family photo

Joe and Tripper at the marl pit

Gilliam family photo

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 Marl pit in the snow - 1980  Gilliam family photo

Marl pit in the snow - 1980

Gilliam family photo

 Marl pit in the snow - 1980

Marl pit in the snow - 1980

 Temporary stop light on Route 10 at grist mill following Hurricane Floyd - 3-23-1999  L. Rose photo

Temporary stop light on Route 10 at grist mill following Hurricane Floyd - 3-23-1999

L. Rose photo

 Portable bridge arriving in Chuckatuck to repair Rt. 10 following hurricane Floyd - 3-23-999  L. Rose photo

Portable bridge arriving in Chuckatuck to repair Rt. 10 following hurricane Floyd - 3-23-999

L. Rose photo

 Road damage to Rt. 10 in Chuckatuck due to Hurricane Floyd  3-23-1999  L. Rose photo

Road damage to Rt. 10 in Chuckatuck due to Hurricane Floyd
3-23-1999

L. Rose photo

 Base of new dam for Chuckatuck Mill Pond

Base of new dam for Chuckatuck Mill Pond

 Chuckatuck mill pond after dam broke

Chuckatuck mill pond after dam broke

 Chuckatuck mill pond after dam broke

Chuckatuck mill pond after dam broke

 Mr. Doyle’s house across from the Grist Mill. Mr. Doyle was the miller.

Mr. Doyle’s house across from the Grist Mill. Mr. Doyle was the miller.

 New dam under construction for the Chuckatuck mill pond

New dam under construction for the Chuckatuck mill pond

 Part of the original dam for Crump’s Mill Pond

Part of the original dam for Crump’s Mill Pond

 Lisa Glasscock  Song about growing up in Chuckatuck

Lisa Glasscock

Song about growing up in Chuckatuck

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 Advertisement from Virginia Gazette (or American Beacon) for Chuckatuck Hotel in late 1800s. Possibly located in later Spady house.
 Students at the Chuckatuck Military School started by teacher James J. Phillips, about 1854  S-NHS
 Postal envelope canceled in Chuckatuck after 1850.   Matthew Spady collection
 Masonic and town hall in Chuckatuck c1850 Masonic Hall remains in 2025 and is still used as a Masonic Hall.
 Capt. Charles Bernard Godwin, Sr. and his wife, Martha Whitney Godwin c1859 walking to Wesley Chapel from home. Spady house in the background.  Judge James C. Godwin photo
 Peck’s Cheap Store - later Gwaltney’s Store  Mary S. Latimer photo
 Postcard showing Chuckatuck marl pit - Dec. 1910 Notice the horse and buggy in the pit.  Lynn Rose collection
 Pitt family members n front of Pitt store in Chuckatuck  Spady family collection
 Former slave quarters behind Pitt house in Chuckatuck - c1900   Library of Congress/Carolyn Keen collection
 Charlie and Celestia Brock Pitt when married in 1893   Mary J. Bush collection
 1913 Chuckatuck postcard    Lynn K. Rose collection
 Early picture of Chuckatuck grist mill  Keen/Farmer collection
 Josiah Chapman family - date ?  Bradshaw collection
 Granddaddy Gilliam - circa early 1900   Gilliam family photo
 Early school students in Chuckatuck c1907 Top row - Katherine Pinner and Lizzie Pinner, teacher Middle row - Charlie B. Godwin, Whitney Godwin, Carlisle Gilliam Front row - Wilmer Godwin, Oliver Gilliam Pinner house in the background  Gilliam family
 Maggie Pitt (Spady), age 16, c 1916   Emma Spady Kelly photo
 Jack Hulda Kelly and wife Nannie Ruby Moody Kelly - c1918  Hulda Knight photo
 Mattie Holland, also known as “Miss Patty”, maid to Gilliam family c1930  Gilliam family collection
  The Edvina at the packet wharf on the Chuckatuck Creek — Granddaddy Gilliam’s boat   Gilliam family photo
 Valentine sent to Miss Nannie Lawrence of Cotton Plains dated Feb. 12, 1832 Nannie Lawrence was great, great aunt of Lynn Rose  Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences
 Mary Virginia Johnson and her mother Mary in front of Pinner House c1922  Mary Virginia Bush collection
 Louisiana Finney Crump of Chuckatuck  Emma Spady photo
 Charlie Johnson with daughter, Mary Virginia, at Johnson’s Store c1925  Mary J. Bush collection
 Composite of Chuckatuck photos  Emma Spady collection
 Laura Woodward, Claire Cotten, Annie Lee Gilliam and Dot Gilliam at the Woodwards - 1933  Gilliam photo collection
 Charles Bernard Godwin, Sr. and family in front of Bernard W. Godwin home - 1928   James Godwin photo
 Carolina Trailways bus in front of Pitt store in Chuckatuck  Johnson family photo
 Guests on Edvina, Godwin family boat  Godwin family photo
 Gilliam family friends - 1908/09  Lynn Rose photo
 Miss Madge Goodson and friend in front of Gilliam home in Chuckatuck - c1908/09  L. Rose photo - granddaughter of Madge Goodson Gill
 Annie Gilliam, Madge Goodson and unknown lady in Chuckatuck  c1908/09  Lynn Rose photo
 Miss Gilliam and Miss Madge Goodson, school friends with Godwin-Knight house in the background - c1908/09  Lynn Rose photo - Miss Goodson was Lynn’s grandmother who was visiting her college friend in Chuckatuck.
 Spillway at Crumps Mill Pond - 1908/09  L. Rose photo
 Gilliam family friends at Chuckatuck Mill Pond - c1908/09  L. Rose photo
 Ladies in front of Gilliam home - Chuckatuck - 1908/09  L. Rose photo
 Early Pitt house at Chuckatuck intersection  Emma Spady Kelly collection
 Carolina Trailways bus in front of Pitt house and store waiting for passengers  Emma Spady Kelly collection
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 F. A. Spady store and garage - Chuckatuck  Angus Hines collection
 Pitt house and store, Chuckatuck  Emma S. Kelly photo
 Matthew Crumpler in front of Gwaltney’s Store c1920  Beale family photo
 Goldie Mae Underwood Boulds and J.T. Brock   Jackie U. Saunders photo
 Moore children in front of their home in Chuckatuck c1925 House still standing in 2025 to the left of the post office  Moore family photo
 Chapman family - Front - Sonny, Edith Rear - Novella, Dotty, Rosser on porch of home in Chuckatuck c1948  Bradshaw collection
 C.H. Pitt - 90th birthday party - 1958  Mary J. Bush collection
 Charles Johnson in front yard 1946 Notice Pitt Store, Johnson’s Store and Gwaltney’s Store in background  Johnson family photo
 Dailey family picnic in Chuckatuck - Memorial Day 1950   Dailey family photo
 Charlie Johnson on a pony in Johnson's front yard - 1938 Notice Johnson’s Store and Gwaltney’s Store in background.  Johnson family photo
 Ferry Point Farm home -   Wright family photo
 Overview of Ferry Point farm
  Overview of Ferry Point Farm
 Ferry Point Farm when owned by the Nick Wright family  Wright family photo
 Ernest Winslow family c.1943  Front - Emily, Ernest and Betty Second row - Millard, Marvin and Aleck Rear - Pleasant (Polly), Jesse, Nina and Louis 1942  Winslow family photo
 Chuckatuck friends -   Front - Evelyn Yeates, Jimmy Moore, Polly Johnson, Billy Moore, and Addie Rawls Moore Austin.  Rear - Polly and Florie Umphlette, Dwight Bradshaw, Susan Moore  Moore family photo
 Sonny Chapman, Scott Saunders - seated Audrey Newman, Maxine Gayle, Jean Dailey - standing  c1944 in Chuckatuck  Newman photo
 Wesley Chapel kids (including Bradshaws, Hollands, Saunders, Johnsons) - c 1946   Bradshaw photo
 Mills E. Godwin - Lt. Governor campaign 1961 left to right - Unknown, Charlie Johnson, Charles W. Darden, Mills E. Godwin, Jr. and J. Rosser Chapman  William Simpson photo
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 Harvey Saunders, Jr. with his homemade airplane giving his  brother Jerry a ride - 1942  Harvey Saunders photo
 Hulda Kelly c1938   Janet K. Piland photo
 Chuckatuck friends  Rear -Nancy and Charlotte Holland Front - Butch Fronfelter and Judy Holland c1941   Fronfelter photo
 John Kelly truck- General Hauling, with daughter Juanita Kelly c1949  Emma S. Kelly photo
 Irene Pinner Knight in front of Dr. L. L. Eley’s house c1948    Janet Piland photo
 Janet and Jack Knight c1947   Janet Knight Piland photo
 John and Dorothy Bradshaw when John was in the Sea Bees- c1953 Bradshaw collection
 Mr. Spady, Emma Mae Spady Kelly and Juanita Kelly in front of Spady house showing Chuckatuck intersection c1945  Emma S. Kelly collection
 Frank A. Spady, Jr. - WWII bomber pilot  Spady family photo
 War Ration Book - Carrie B. Saunders  Saunders family
 Mount Ararat house in 1960 - built c1800 Located on Rt. 10 on Suffolk Scarp  Replaced with a brick house by Howard and Judith Gilliam Cobb   Judith Gilliam Cobb photo
 Godwin-Knight House 1992  VA Dept. of Historic Resources photo
 Last community postmark for Chuckatuck - 1974  Lynn Rose collection
 Chuckatuck post offices, old and new  May 14, 1961 - Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
 Billy Moore, Mills E. Godwin, Jr, Katherine Godwin, William M. Simpson, Dorothy C. Bradshaw, Shelton Dailey (seated), and J.R. Chapman at polls  Race for the Senate of Virginia c1956.  Bradshaw family photo
 Oreva Cain Dean on a trip through Chuckatuck - Fall 1940  Supplied by her son, Charles Dean
 Fannie Pierce during freshman orientation at Chuckatuck High School - 1955 Notice Byrd’s Store in the background.  L. Rose photo
 Mills E. Godwin, Jr. and W.G. Saunders, Jr. - 1961 - at dedication of new Chuckatuck post office  Saunders family collection
 Kathryn Pinner Barbee of Chuckatuck holding John Rose with Rusty Rose in the foreground in 1971. She had made the afghan blanket in her lap for John. She was living upstairs in the Minton house at Everets at the time.  L. Rose photo   L. Rose photo
 Left to right - Godwin, Norfleet, Willoughby, Saunders homes c1960   L. Rose photo
 State marker for Chuckatuck. This marker was destroyed by an automobile in 1990. It was replaced with a new marker in 2024 through the hard work of Drexel Bradshaw.
 Isaac Blough - Master wood craftsman - c1973 Sawyer at Kirk Lumber Company  L. Rose photo
 Mr. Christensen of Chuckatuck builds model ships   May 1954 Virginian-Pilot
 Virginia Chambers, Lois Hamlin and Melvin Diggs  Poll workers in 1990  L. Rose photo
 Saunders Supply under EPA ruling for restoration of area affected by Kepone
 Geneva Kenny and Melvin Diggs at Chuckatuck voting precinct 1990  L. Rose photo
 Ozzie Porter and Harvey Saunders - poll workers in 1990  L. Rose photo
 Chuckatuck Grist Mill without water wheel - 1960s  L. Rose photo
 Area below water wheel leading to Chuckatuck Creek - 1960s  L. Rose photo
 Suzanne Myers Saunders, Brenda Gayle Wright and Lynn Kirk Rose  - Poll workers - 1990  L. Rose photo
 Marjorie Mathews Creekmore and Hazel Dailey Delk, childhood friends, selecting photos for Chuckatuck history project  - 2011
 Meadow Lot and previous home of J. R. Chapman - 1995  Lynn K. Rose photo
 Spady House built early 1800s and the Wilson Spady store in the fall of 1995  Lynn Rose photo
 John Bradshaw at his 80th birthday party with Karen and Thomas Hazelwood
 Al Glasscock’s farm with fields and barns  L. Rose photo
 Flags flying in Chuckatuck for July 4th, 2003.  A patriotic Boy Scout project by Cody Brandon of Chuckatuck Troop 25.  L. Rose photo
 Flags along Kings Highway - July 4, 2008  L. Rose photo
 Marjorie Mathews Creekmore - 2011
 Front of book of tickets for Nick Wright bridge - Nansemond Bridge Corporation  Wright family
 Hinshaw map showing southern Virginia quaker area - Hinshaw map
 Kings Highway bridge from Chuckatuck side of Nansemond Riiver  Bradshaw family photo
 Kings Highway Bridge from Chuckatuck side of Nansemond River  Bradshaw collection
 Kings Highway Bridge with snow  Bradshaw photo
 Chuckatuck kids - circa 1953-54 - including Bradshaws, Saunders, Moores, Norfleet   Moore family photo
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 Ribbon cutting for the James River Bridge Miss Chuckatuck - Dorothy Moore - 2nd from right  with Harry Byrd  Moore family photo
 First automobile wreck in Nansemond County
 Archie Fronfelter of Chuckatuck  Fronfelter family photo
 Butch Fronfelter and Polly Johnson with Uncle Ramey  Fronfelter family photo
 Butch Fronfelter, age 5, on Kings Highway Bridge   Fronfelter family photo
 Butch Fronfelter in Mr. Christensen’s uniform  Fronfelter family photo
 Butch Fronfelter in Mr. Christiansen’s military uniform
 Butch Fronfelter playing baseball in Chuckatuck  Fronfelter family photo
 Front - Butch Fronfelter and Judy Holland Rear - Nancy & Charlotte Holland  Fronfelter family photo
 Polly Johnson and Butch Fronfelter having fun in Chuckatuck!  Fronfelter family photo
 Polly Johnson, Butch Fronfelter with Uncle Ramey and Aunt Mabel  Fronfelter family photo
 Theresa, Archie and Butch Fronfelter with dog on front porch in Chuckatuck.  Fronfelter family photo
 Aunt Rosa Rossen - c1900  Gilliam family photo
 Dot Gilliam with Judith - c 1917 in Chuckatuck  Gilliam family photo
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  Gilliam home built in 1916
 Gilliam homes in the snow - 1956  Gilliam family photo
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 Gilliam home with Miss Patty’s home in background - 1956   Gilliam family photo
  Richard and Annie Gilliam’s home built in 1898   Gilliam family photo
 Richard and Annie Gilliam’s home built in 1898  Gilliam family photo
 Margaret Smiley, Mildred and Leah Godwin, and Nancy Ray Gilliam  Gilliam family photo
 Mr. Gilliam    Gilliam family photo
 Ray and Dot Gilliam - married 1916   Gilliam family photo
 Mr. Gilliam - top left - with his fraternity brothers at William and Mary.  Gilliam family photo
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 Miss Patty - house keeper for the Gilliam family  Gilliam family photo
 Mrs. Ray Gilliam being honored for over 40 years as a Sunday School teacher at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church - 1962 l to r -                                Mr. Gilliam, Mrs. Gilliam    Gilliam family photo
 Frances Gilliam,                              , Addie Rawles Moore and Dick Woodward at the marl hole  Gilliam family photo
 Nancy Gilliam Lambdin swimming in the marl hole!  Gilliam family photo
 Judy Franco and Jo Lambdin diving at the marl hole  Gilliam Family photo
 Nancy Gilliam and others at the marl hole  Gilliam family photo
 Marl pit in late 1950s  Gilliam family photo
 Joe and Tripper at the marl pit  Gilliam family photo
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 Marl pit in the snow - 1980  Gilliam family photo
 Marl pit in the snow - 1980
 Temporary stop light on Route 10 at grist mill following Hurricane Floyd - 3-23-1999  L. Rose photo
 Portable bridge arriving in Chuckatuck to repair Rt. 10 following hurricane Floyd - 3-23-999  L. Rose photo
 Road damage to Rt. 10 in Chuckatuck due to Hurricane Floyd  3-23-1999  L. Rose photo
 Base of new dam for Chuckatuck Mill Pond
 Chuckatuck mill pond after dam broke
 Chuckatuck mill pond after dam broke
 Mr. Doyle’s house across from the Grist Mill. Mr. Doyle was the miller.
 New dam under construction for the Chuckatuck mill pond
 Part of the original dam for Crump’s Mill Pond
 Lisa Glasscock  Song about growing up in Chuckatuck
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