You searched for City|State|Country: , va us
Page 5 of 5 — Showing results 41 to 47 of 47
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8BE_hatton-ferry_Scottsville-VA.html
James A. Brown began operating a store and ferry at this site on rented property in the late 1870's. In 1881 he bought the land from S. P. Gantt at which time the store became a stop on the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad. Two years later, Brown w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5WA_frederick-county-shenandoah-county_Strasburg-VA.html
Frederick County. Area 485 Square Miles. Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, 1862-1864.
Shenandoah County. Area 510 Square…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM246_nelson-county-albemarle-county_Afton-VA.html
Nelson County. In the foothills of Virginia's Piedmont,Nelson County was formed in 1807 from Amherst County. The county was named for Thomas Nelson, Jr., governor of Virginia from June to November 1781. The county seat is Lovingston. The Nelson Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM235_the-rothwell-family-elisha-wm-robertson_Crozet-VA.html
The Rothwell Family of Albemarle County Virginia. Claiborne one of the first of the Rothwells to live in this county, was born about 1741 as reported in The Virginia Advocate, Saturday Oct. 11, 1828 and "died on Oct. 6 in his 87th year... He was a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIB_crozet_Crozet-VA.html
The town grew around a rail stop established on Wayland's farm in 1878. It was named for Col. B. Claudius Crozet, (1789-1864)—Napoleonic Army officer, and Virginia's Engineer and Cartographer—he built this pioneer railway through the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBQ_mirador_Greenwood-VA.html
This was the girlhood home of Viscountess Nancy Astor, first woman member of the British Parliament. She was a daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, who bought "Mirador" in 1892. The house was built sometime after 1832 for James M. Bowen.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBP_mirador_Greenwood-VA.html
Nearby stands Mirador the childhood home of Nancy, Viscountess Astor, the first woman member of Parliament. Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne in 1879, she lived here from 1892 to 1897. In 1906 she married Waldorf Astor and moved to England permanently.…