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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2198_st-johns-protestant-episcopal-church_Kenbridge-VA.html
Three miles west stood St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church of Cumberland Parish. Bishop William Meade consecrated the building, later known as St. John's Woodend, in 1832. The Rev. Charles C. Taliaferro was its first minister. The church's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLB5_lunenburg-county-nottoway-county_Kenbridge-VA.html
(Obverse)Lunenburg CountyLunenburg County was formed in 1746 from Brunswick County. Named for King George II, Duke of Brunswick-L?neburg, a German possession of England's Hanoverian kings, Lunenburg County's territory originally included the count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAX_town-of-kenbridge_Kenbridge-VA.html
Kenbridge was settled during the late nineteenth century as a farming community. It was originally named Tinkling for a post office that was established here in Feb. 1890. The Virginia Railway laid its track through the community by 1907 and a tel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAW_craigs-mill_Kenbridge-VA.html
Two miles south of Kenbridge stood Craig's Mill on Flat Rock Creek. There flour was ground and supplies were stored for the Revolutionary army. Tarleton, the British cavalryman, burned the mill in July, 1781, when raiding through the Southside. Re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDA5_st-johns-church_Kenbridge-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…
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