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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJAJ_carter-g-woodson-birthplace_New-Canton-VA.html
Carter Godwin Woodson was born about three miles east on 19 December 1875. As a youth he mined coal near Huntington, W. Va. He earned degrees at Berea College (B.L., 1903), University of Chicago (B.A. and M.A., 1908), and Harvard (Ph. D., 1912) &m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJAG_arvonia_New-Canton-VA.html
The name Arvonia was derived from Caernarvon, Wales, home to the Welsh quarrymen who settled the area in the mid-19th century. Arvonia is known for the long-lasting and unfading blue-black Buckingham slate that adorns many of Virginia's historic b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJAE_carter-g-woodson_New-Canton-VA.html
Three miles east is the birthplace of the noted teacher, educator and historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He was the founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Journal of Negro History, originated negro history week and auth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZI_buckingham-baptist-church_New-Canton-VA.html
Built in early eighteenth centuryby order King of England as anEpiscopal Church. Reorganized asBaptist Church in 1771 withRene Chastain, Pastor
Edgar H Patton, Pastor
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIU7_civilian-conservation-corps-camp-p-56-company-1367_Dillwyn-VA.html
On this site in July 1933, CCC Camp P~56 Company 1367, opened with an enrollment of 192 Virginia men. The camp, which was organized as one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal employment programs, consisted of 52 small barracks, a lar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIU5_millbrook_Dillwyn-VA.html
Approximately 2 miles east stood Millbrook (1811-1866), home of U.S. Senator John Wayles Eppes (1773-1823). He attended the University of Pennsylvania, was graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, and was admitted to the Bar in 1794. He married Mari…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIPM_march-to-appomattox_Dillwyn-VA.html
Part of Lee's army passed here retreating westward, April 8, 1865. The Sixth (Wright's) Corps of Grant's Army passed here, in pursuit, in the afternoon of the same day, moving on toward Appomattox.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDY8_one-room-schoolhouse_Buckingham-VA.html
Union Grove School is representative of the many one-room schools for African-American students in Buckingham County and throughout the area. The African-American members of the community built Union Grove around 1925, and like most schools, it wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDXT_geographical-center-of-virginia_Buckingham-VA.html
About two miles south and one-half mile west is the geographical center of the state. Latitude: 37? 30.6' north Longitude: 78? 37.5' west
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDXR_old-buckingham-church_New-Canton-VA.html
The original or southwest wing was erected about 1758 as a church for the newly-formed Tillotson Parish. It was abandoned following the Disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Virginia in 1784, and thereafter was acquired by the Buckingham Bapt…