Recent News
The Courthouse Tavern Museum Celebrates Christmas
On Sunday December 1, 2013 the Courthouse Tavern Museum celebrated the Christmas season with its annual open house. Attendees visited with each other while munching on donuts cooked over an open fire and sipping warm apple cider or hot chocolate. The Christian Heirs Quartet set a festive mood with traditional Christmas carols. Children visited with Read the full article…
2013 Christmas Open House Celebration
Spend an afternoon with family and friends at the KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE TAVERN MUSEUM SUNDAY DECEMBER 1, 2013 2:00pm to 5:00pm Visit “Santa” Wallace Mahanes, on his sleigh. Children, take a cart ride with Brownie Bevans’s miniature horses. Chat with “General Robert E. Lee”, Mark Favazza, as he strolls through the Court House Green. Read the full article…
King and Queen Marriage Records Now Available in the Museum Library
Titles: King and Queen County, Virginia Marriage Records: Transcripts of Consents, Affidavits, Minister Returns, and Marriage Licenses, Volume 1: 1853-1874 and Volume 2: 1875-1886. Volume 1, 383 pages, includes 1,019 marriages, and Volume 2, 361 pages, includes 922 marriages. Published by Suzanne P. Derieux and Wesley E. Pippenger of Tappahannock, Virginia. Researchers may be aware Read the full article…
A Map Leads to Family
On a quiet summer day, a gentleman came into the Museum looking for a map of the county with road names. The Museum sells maps, but they did not provide what the visitor was seeking. After touring the Museum, he asked about resources for genealogical research. He found the Museum library very helpful and planned Read the full article…
Confirming a Beverley Family Connection
A mother and her two daughters traveled to the Museum from Florida, California, and Scotland seeking confirmation of a family connection. How was Ursula Beverley (maiden name) related to Robert Beverley and his wife Ursula Byrd Beverley of Beverley Park in the upper part of King and Queen County? Prior to their visit they contacted Read the full article…
Bikers Visit Museum
In August the Museum welcomed 20 bikers participating in a history tour sponsored by Local Cycle Events, owned by Rob Richmond and Jack Forehand, to thank the riders for their contributions of time and funds to various charities. They traveled to sites in Gloucester, Matthews, and Middlesex before visiting the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Read the full article…
50th Anniversary Edition of Green Mount Book Review
The 50th Anniversary Edition of Green Mount: A Virginia Plantation Family During the Civil War will be reviewed by Ms. Tere Pistole at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2013 at the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum. The original book, edited by county resident Miss Betsy Fleet and Mr. John D. P. Puller, was first Read the full article…
The King and Queen Historical Society Celebrates 60 Years
The King and Queen Historical Society was founded in 1953 and for 60 years, with the help of dedicated members, has preserved county history by collecting over 3800 manuscripts, letters, record books, and artifacts; acquiring over 350 books on county history and families; publishing over 110 Bulletins containing articles on the county and its citizens; Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum’s New Website
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Council invites you to visit our new interactive website at www.kingandqueenmuseum.com. As a local newspaper once stated, “The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum is a Real Gem…located in a Middle Peninsula county with a lot of rural charm. The out-of-the-way location easily evokes the past that the Read the full article…
Archaeologist to address King and Queen Historical Society (July 17, 2013 Tidewater Review)
By FRANCES HUBBARD Staff Writer KING & QUEEN – The King and Queen Historical Society will welcome one of America’s foremost historical archaeologists at its July meeting. Dr. William M. Kelso, Director of Research and Interpretation at Jamestown, will share his experiences and answer questions about his explorations on July 28. Kelso began working in Read the full article…