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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10ON_fluvanna-county-goochland-county_Kents-Store-VA.html
(obverse)Fluvanna CountyArea 285 Square Miles
Formed in 1777 from Albemarle. Named (in Latin) Anne's River, the early name for the upper James given in honor of Queen Anne. Point of Fork was an important supply depot in 1781.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4H_rassawek_Columbia-VA.html
Rassawek, the principal town of the Monacan Indians, stood nearby, according to Capt. John Smith's 1612 map of Virginia. Several smaller satellite villages were located within a few miles of Rassawek. The Monacans, who belonged to the Siouan langu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4G_point-of-fork_Columbia-VA.html
Here was an important supply depot and arsenal of the Virginia government in 1781, and here Baron von Steuben, commanding the American forces, trained recruits for Green's army in the South. Threatened by Cornwallis's approach, Steuben moved store…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZO_fluvanna-county-confederate-memorial_Palmyra-VA.html
To the memoryofThe Confederatesoldiers ofFluvanna County1861-1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZJ_abraham-seay_Fork-Union-VA.html
MemorialtoAbraham SeayIn 1745 Abraham Seay, French Huguenot settler was granted Leters Patent from King George for land which includes these church grounds, Military Academy campus, and the nucleus of the village of Fork Union.
Abraham, his son…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZI_fluvanna-county-world-war-memorial_Fork-Union-VA.html
In honor of themen and womenofFluvanna Countywho served inWorld Wars I and II
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIOK_bremo_Bremo-Bluff-VA.html
The nearby Bremo properties include three separate houses, all built by planter, soldier and reformer Gen. John Hartwell Cocke (1780 - 1866) on his family's 1725 land grant. The three properties - Bremo, Lower Bremo, and Recess - and their associa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC0B_fork-union-military-academy_Fork-Union-VA.html
Founded in 1898 by Dr. William E. Hatcher with the assistance of Charles G. Snead, Fork Union Academy established military training as part of the curriculum in 1902. It served as a coeducational school until 1909, when the trustees transformed it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC07_fork-union-baptist-church_Fork-Union-VA.html
Fork Union Baptist Church was constituted in1798. Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist,and Baptist congregations shared as a placeof worship the current church, built in 1824and first known as the Brick Meetinghouse.Gen. John Hartwell Cocke, a local…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBMK_point-of-fork_Fork-Union-VA.html
Four miles southeast is Point of Fork, near which an Indian village stood in 1607. In the Revolution a state arsenal was there. In June, 1781, Simcoe, sent by Cornwallis with a small force to destroy the stores there, succeeded in making Baron Ste…