Site of First Settlers' Home

1858

The log cabin of

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Hersey

Birthplace of Abilene's

first white child.

A station on the

Overland and Butterfield Stage Lines

Mrs. Hersey named the town Abilene

Luke III.I

Marker is at the intersection of 1st Street and Vine Street, on the right when ...

Home of First Settler

Here, in Savage's Neck, was the home of Ensign Thomas Savage, who came to Virginia in 1608. Granted a tract of land by Debedeavon, the "Laughing King" of the indians, in 1619, Savage became the first permanent English settler on ...