Dates of Service: 1881-1884 1881-1882: William H. Moody serves as Principal Keeper at Jordan Point Lighthouse, VA. His salary is $540/year. 1883-1884: William H. Moody serves as Principal Keeper at Jordan Point Lighthouse, VA. His salary is $540/year. Sources: Chesapeake Chapter Keeper’s Database; uslhs.org
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Dates of Service: 1880-1885 1848: Edward David Bland is born a slave in Dinwiddie County, VA., to parents Frederick & Nancy Yates Bland. 1860s: After the Civil War, the Bland family moves to Petersburg, VA, where Edward attended night school. 1872: Marries Nancy Jones on December 18th in Petersburg, VA. They raised 9 children. 1874: …
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1852: Congress appropriates $15,000 for lighthouses to be built at Days Point, Point of Shoals, Deep Water Shoals and Jordan Point along the James River on August 31, 1852. 1853: The site for Jordan Point Lighthouse is selected and estimates and plans are made by Major Bache, which are approved. 1854: Construction begins on Jordan …
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Jordan Point Lighthouse was built in 1855 in the upper James River near Hopewell, Virginia, twenty miles from Richmond. Jordan Point was one of four early navigational aids on the James River leading to Richmond. The first lighthouse was a white, twenty-four foot by 17-foot rectangular two-story structure supported on stone piers with the lantern …
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