The document provides a brief history of Chincoteague Island, Virginia by sharing photographs and descriptions of historic structures and locations from the island's past. It mentions early plantation names, the oldest standing structure called the Timothy Hill House, the Zadock Carter House from the 1700s, Drummond Welborne's mansion, portions of John A.M. Whealton's home now part of a laundromat, the Free Will Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1897, Assateague Village from around 1920, houses moved from Assateague to Chincoteague, Assateague's last resident who left the island in 1942, the Greenbackville map, the plan for Franklin City, John Bunting's

1. C h in c o te a g u e - Is la n d P a ra d ise

2. 1.
1. Up the Neck
2. Deep Hole
3. Small Pox Field
4. Buzzard Swamp
5. Tick Town
6. Blood Field
7. Rattlesnake Ridge
8. Down the Marsh
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3. Arcadia Map

4. • Beverly, Montros
e, Pitt’s
Wharf, etc. were
plantations built
along the creek

6. T im oth y H ill H ouse
P erh ap s th e old est stru ctu re o n th e islan d

7. T h e Z ad oc k
C a rte r
H ou se, as it
looks to us.
T h e sam e
ho use a s it
looks in
M arin er‟s
bo ok.

8. Drummond Welborne’s mansion

10. P ortions of J ohn A .M . W he alton ‟s h om e ar e
tod ay par t of this laun dr om at. J.A .M .
W h ealton “w as so pr om ine nt th at so m e
insisted that „C h in cote ague is W he alton.‟ ”

12. F r eew ill M eth o d ist E p isc o p a l C h u r ch
Built at a cost
of $525 in
1897, this
structure is
now a home.
The congre-
gation merged
with Friendship
Church in
Wattsville.

20. Assateague Village ca. 1920

21. Now a
house on
Eastside
Drive
These houses on
Church Street
came to
Chincoteague
from Assateague.

22. Assateague’s last resident, who, I’m told left the island in 1942

23. Arcadia Map

24. Greenbackville map

25. Plan for Franklin City

28. John Bunting’s “Kettle Factory”

29. D.J. Whealton’s store (where Don’s Seafood now
stands) was the Wallmart of its day and Chincos.
second largest building in the 1880s.

32. T h e la r g e st str u c tu r e o n
C h in c o te a g u e d u r in g th e
1890s

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