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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27MU_double-bridges_Rice-VA.html
Late in the afternoon of April 6, 1865, the Confederate wagon train that had passed Holt's Corner and then turned south at James S. Lockett's farm toward Rice's Station began crossing the two bridges here, across Little Sailor's Creek and Big Sail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM214D_sharon-baptist-church_Green-Bay-VA.html
On this site prior to 1745 the Church of England's
Raleigh Parish established Sandy River Chapel.
Construction was completed on a new wooden
church by 1765, some of which is believed to
survive within the present building. In 1782 several
dif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VB_about-hampden-sydney-college_Farmville-VA.html
You are standing near the site of the original campus of Hampden-Sydney College, which stood on the knoll to your right (see artist reconstruction above). Hampden-Sydney began classes on November 10, 1775, the last college founded in Colonial Amer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10V5_hampden-sydney_Farmville-VA.html
When Samuel Stanhope Smith, our first president, named the College after English anti-Royalists, he clearly agreed with Patrick Henry's revolutionary vision. Thus it was logical that Henry should be elected a Founding Trustee in November 1775, sho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10U6_sulphur-spring-baptist-church_Prospect-VA.html
According to local tradition, the Sulphur Spring Baptist Church was founded in 1867, when services were held in a brush arbor. During the Reconstruction period, formerly enslaved African Americans formed congregations throughout the South similar …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10U4_vernon-johns_Pamplin-VA.html
Rev. Dr. Vernon Johns was born here in Darlington Heights on 22 April 1892. A graduate of Oberlin College, Johns was an orator of great renown and the first African-American minister included in Best Sermons of the Year (1926), an international pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRY5_blanche-kelso-bruce_Green-Bay-VA.html
Blanche Kelso Bruce, African American political leader, was born into slavery south of here on 1 Mar. 1841. He grew up in Virginia, Mississippi, and Missouri before escaping slavery during the Civil War. In 1869 Bruce moved back to Mississippi and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML92_prince-edward-county-nottoway-county_Burkeville-VA.html
(Front):Prince Edward CountyArea 356 Square MilesFormed from Amelia, and named for Prince Edward, son of Frederick, prince of Wales, and younger brother of King George III. General Joseph E. Johnston was born in this county; Hampden-Sydney College…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML8W_high-bridge-trail-state-park_Prospect-VA.html
To the five who lost their lives on March 13, 1951, "...we feel joy that those precious and so dear were allowed to stop by here, even so briefly..."G.L. Brooks, "Gone But Not Forgotten," 2009
On March 13, 1951, five African American children f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZG_main-street-mayor-j-david-crute-eaco-theatre_Farmville-VA.html
(Main Street Side):Once named Bizarre in 1736, Farmville was established as a town in 1798. From the town's formation, tobacco was a major factor in its prosperity. The numerous warehouses along the Main Street corridor represent Farmville's role …