Essex County / Caroline County

Historical marker location:

Port Royal, Virginia

( Marker is on US 17, ½ mile north of Supply Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1929

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.