Big Crab Orchard Site

{{short description|Archaeological site in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name =Big Crab Orchard Site

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = May 13, 1969{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead}}

| designated_other1_number = 092-0013

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Historic Crab Orchard Museum buildings.jpg

| caption = Reconstructed buildings at the site

| nearest_city= Tazewell, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|7|11|N|81|34|28|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = c. {{Start date|1768}}

| builder = John Whitten, et al.

| architecture =

| added = August 11, 1980

| area = {{convert|115|acre}}

| refnum = 80004230{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tazewellhistory.org/landmarks.html|title=Registered Historic Landmarks in Tazewell County|publisher=Tazewell County Historical Society|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012061310/http://www.tazewellhistory.org/landmarks.html|archivedate=2013-10-12}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is also known as Fort Witten or Witten's Fort and Pisgah Church, according to the National Register Nomination Form.https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/092-0013_Big_Crab_Orchard_1980_Final_Nomination.pdf