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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16DV_brunswick-county-courthouse_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Late in the afternoon of May 15, 1864, Union Gen. August V. Kautz and his cavalry division rode into Lawrenceville, the Brunswick County seat. They were on the second leg of a two-part, two-week-long expedition to destroy railroad bridges and depo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1586_masons-chapel_Valentines-VA.html
Near here stood Mason's Chapel, one of the earliest Methodist churches in southern Virginia. The first Virginia conference, May, 1785, was held here or nearby; Bishop Asbury presided. The conference of 1801 was held here. The present Olive Branch …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1585_brunswick-county-virginia_Valentines-VA.html
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1584_brunswick-circuit_Valentines-VA.html
The Brunswick Circuit, established in 1773 by Robert Williams, is likely the oldest Methodist circuit in America. It extended from Petersburg south into North Carolina, and became known as "the cradle of Methodism in the South." By 1776, the remar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN7_mecklenburg-county-brunswick-county_Brodnax-VA.html
(Obverse)Mecklenburg CountyFormed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Princess Charlotte, of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III. A small army under the command of rebel Nathaniel Bacon destroyed the town of the Occaneechee Indians near Cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN5_hospital-and-school-of-the-good-shepherd_Brodnax-VA.html
Though many freed African Americans continued after the Civil War to work the same farms on which they had been slaves, many also left their homes in search of better opportunities elsewhere. Often the sick, elderly and very young were left behind…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN2_saint-pauls-college_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Saint Paul's College began as a small parochial school founded by a newly ordained Episcopal deacon, the Rev. James Solomon Russell. Born into slavery, Russell attended seminary school in Petersburg. Within a year of graduation he had managed to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN0_southside-virginia-community-college_Alberta-VA.html
Southside Virginia Community College has two campuses: the Christanna Campus in Alberta, which opened in 1970, and the John H. Daniel campus in Keysville, which opened in 1971. The college is part of the statewide system of community colleges crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBC_brunswick-county-confederate-monument_Lawrenceville-VA.html
In memory of the Confederate Heroesof Brunswick County1861.-1865. Love makes memory eternal Virginia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBB_col-john-jones_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Soldier of the RevolutionFeb. 14, 1735 - Jan. 11, 1793 Vestryman St. Andrew's Parish1775-79 Justice 1760-93Sheriff 1773-75 Clerk 1789-93 House of Burgesses 1772-73Virginia Senate 1776-89Speaker of the Senate 1788-89Virginia Convention of …
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