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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2V_fayette-street_Martinsville-VA.html
Since the late 19th century, Fayette Street has
been a gateway to the business, social, and
Cultural life of African Americans here. Institutions such as Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (founded
in 1870), St. Mary's Hospital (1926-1952), Piedmont
Chris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z1P_belleview_Martinsville-VA.html
Three miles southwest is Belleview, home of Major John Redd, a pioneer in this section. Redd served in the Indian Wars and in the Revolution, being present at the siege of Yorktown in 1781.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0P_chatmoss_Martinsville-VA.html
Chatmoss was one of about 50 Hairston family
plantations in Virginia, North Carolina, and
Mississippi. This vast network encompassed tens
of thousands of acres and was worked by
thousands of enslaved African Americans. Alcey
and Samuel Harden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0O_patrick-henrys-leatherwood-home_Martinsville-VA.html
Once located to the south was Leatherwood, the plantation of Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia and great orator of the American Revolution. Henry is especially famous for his "Liberty or Death" speech made in 1775 in Saint John's Churc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18Y4_henry-county-war-memorial_Martinsville-VA.html
In honor of those citizens of Martinsville and Henry County who courageously participated in these wars
American Revolution 1776-1789War of 1812 1812-1814Civil War 1861-1865Spanish American War 1898World War I 1917-1918World War II 1941-1945Kor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18Y3_henry-county-u-d-c-monument_Martinsville-VA.html
Gloria Victis1861-1865Henry honors her heroesDefeated yet without scarErected by Mildred Lee Chapter. No. 74, U.D.C., To the true Confederate soldiers of Henry
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18W1_near-wars-end_Martinsville-VA.html
(overview)On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XK_martinsville_Martinsville-VA.html
Named for Joseph Martin, pioneer who settled here in 1773. In 1793 the courthouse of Henry County was moved here and the town was established, Patric Henry, for whom the county was named, lived near here once. In 1865, Stoneman, moving south to jo…