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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAY_the-colonial-dames-of-america-monument_Brodnax-VA.html
In 1924 the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia acquired three and three-quarters acres of land on which the fort was presumed to have been built, then erected a monument of concrete embedded with arro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAW_governor-alexander-spotswood_Brodnax-VA.html
Alexander Spotswood (1676-1740) was Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. Born in Africa of a Scottish family, he had distinguished himself at the Battle of Bleinheim and was wounded. He was appointed to the governor's position in Virginia in 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAV_fort-christanna-established-1714_Brodnax-VA.html
A Fort Called Christ-AnnaYou are standing at the site of Fort Christanna, a colonial fort laid out in 1714 by Virginia's Governor Alexander Spotswood. The fort was built on a tract of land set aside in 1714 for a trading post, as well as a site fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAU_native-americans-and-fort-christanna_Brodnax-VA.html
The story of Native Americans after Jamestown's founding in 1607 is a tragic one. At that time the Siouan Indians of Virginia probably numbered 6,300 people. By 1714, when Fort Christanna was established, they were in difficult circumstances, bein…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAT_fort-christanna_Brodnax-VA.html
In 1714, at Governor Alexander Spotswood's urging, the Virginia General Assembly funded the Virginia Indian Company, charged with building a fort on the banks of the Meherrin River in what would become Brunswick County. The fort would provide loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAN_site-of-fort-christanna_Brodnax-VA.html
Site of Fort ChristannaAugust 1714And the Indian SchoolWhich were established byGovernor SpotswoodOn the southwest frontiers of Virginia
The National Society ofColonial Dames of Americain the State of Virginia1924
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAK_saint-pauls-college_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Saint Paul's College was established in 1883 by the Venerable James Solomon Russell (1857-1935) as an Episcopal mission school to serve the black community of Southside Virginia. Born into slavery in Mecklenburg County, Russell was educated at Ham…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAH_fort-christanna_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAE_fort-christanna_Alberta-VA.html
Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAD_old-brunswick-courthouse_Alberta-VA.html
Here the first courthouse of Brunswick County was built about 1732. In 1746, when the county was divided, the county seat was moved east near Thomasburg. In 1783, after Greensville County had been formed, the courthouse was moved to Lawrenceville.