Big Crab Orchard Site Explained

Big Crab Orchard Site
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:May 13, 1969[1]
Designated Other1 Number:092-0013
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.1197°N -81.5744°W
Built:c.
Builder:John Whitten, et al.
Added:August 11, 1980
Refnum:80004230

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is also known as Fort Witten or Witten's Fort and Pisgah Church, according to the National Register Nomination Form.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: Registered Historic Landmarks in Tazewell County. Tazewell County Historical Society. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012061310/http://www.tazewellhistory.org/landmarks.html. 2013-10-12.
  3. https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/092-0013_Big_Crab_Orchard_1980_Final_Nomination.pdf