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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWJM_mecklenburg-electric-cooperative_Emporia-VA.html
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative was chartered March 11, 1938, by a group of Mecklenburg County residents. The first office was located in Boydton, Virginia. The group's stated purpose was: "To advance the position of agriculture, to enrich the li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRTC_shiloh-baptist-church_Emporia-VA.html
In commemorationof theShilohBaptist ChurchEmporia, Virginia
Shiloh was on of thefirst Black churches foundedin Greensville CountyIt was founded in 1866under the leadership ofRev. Ephriam Royal
Shiloh moved toits present location615 Clay Stre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQM0_hicksford-raid-monument_Emporia-VA.html
On this site December 9, 1864 Union General Gouvereur K. Warren with 28,000 troops at his command clashed with troops of Confederate Generals Wade Hampton and Wm. H. F. Lee, in a failed attempt to destroy the railroad bridge and tracks going south…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLZ_emporia-greensville-veteran-war-memorial_Emporia-VA.html
Erected byAmerican Legion Post No. 46Greensville Ruritan ClubVeterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 53711987
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDA2_double-bridges_Emporia-VA.html
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCM1_memorial-league-wwi-memorial_Emporia-VA.html
In memory ofall Black Men ofGreeensville County, Va.who served in theUnited StatesArmed Forcesduring World War I
ByTrustees of Memorial LeagueD.L. BradleyW.E. HallM.H. KnoxN.C. Walker
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCM0_veterans-of-the-1914-1918-world-war-i_Emporia-VA.html
This gun is a memorial to the Veterans of the 1914-1918 World War I
A captured Imperial German Army 150 mm field artillary cannon manufactured by Kkupp Works in 1917
Many thousands of Americans and Allied young men gave their lives in France…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJ8_greensville-county_Emporia-VA.html
Greensville County was formed in 1781 from Brunswick County; parts of Brunswick and Sussex Counties were added later. It was the prehistoric home of the Meherrin and Nottoway Indians. Edward Bland and Abraham Wood explored the land in 1650; the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJ5_confederate-soldiers-of-greensville-county_Emporia-VA.html
To theConfederate Soldiersof Greensville County1861.-1865.Who, in defence of rightsthey believed sacred,took up arms againstthe invaders of Virgina.
"The glory dies not andthe grief is past."(back)Erected by the Daughtersof the Confederacyof Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGB_fearnought_Emporia-VA.html
The famous Thoroughbred racehorse Fearnought, a dominating racer in Great Britain and the foremost colonial-era sire in America, was foaled in England in 1755. In 1764, John Baylor brought him to Newmarket in Caroline County, where he stood at stu…