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Big Crab Orchard Site
Big Crab Orchard Site is located in Virginia
Big Crab Orchard Site
Nearest cityTazewell, Virginia
Area115 acres (47 ha)
Builtc. 1768 (1768)
Built byWhitten, John; Et al.
NRHP reference No.80004230[1]
VLR No.092-0007
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1980
Designated VLRMay 13, 1969[2]

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.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Registered Historic Landmarks in Tazewell County". Tazewell County Historical Society.