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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1S_ellis-preaching-house_Waverly-VA.html
Nearby to the northeast stood Ellis Preaching House, an early Methodist meetingplace in Sussex County. Francis Asbury, a pioneering Methodist leader and circuit rider, first visited the Ellis family in 1775 and later conducted services at the prea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1R_early-peanut-crop_Waverly-VA.html
One mile northwest Dr. Matthew Harris grew the first commercial crop of peanuts in the United States, according to tradition, in or soon after 1842.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1N_colonel-michael-blow_Wakefield-VA.html
One mile south on Seacock Swamp stood the home of Col. Michael Blow. He was the first Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Sussex County, member of the House of Burgesses, member of the First Virginia Convention (1774), County Justice, and colon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDY_old-halifax-road_Jarratt-VA.html
Here the highway merges with the Halifax Road, the ancient road from Petersburg to Halifax, North Carolina. Over this road Cornwallis marched in May, 1781, from Halifax to Petersburg in his invasion of Virginia. Over this road the Confederates hau…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDO_jarratts-station_Jarratt-VA.html
On 8 May 1864 Jarratt's Station, a nearby depot on the Petersburg Railroad, was the subject of a Union cavalry raid. Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz led his division on a series of raids in early May to cut the railroad from Petersburg to Weldon, North…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDI_sappony-baptist-church_Stony-Creek-VA.html
Sappony Baptist Church, originally called Sappony Meeting House, was erected here in 1773. It was a part of the Kehukee Association, which consisted of churches in North Carolina and Virginia. In 1791, these associations divided along state lines …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCD7_sappony-church_Stony-Creek-VA.html
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destoy track and rolling …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBWL_the-cattle-beefsteak-raid_Waverly-VA.html
One mile southwest, on September 16, 1864, General Wade Hampton's Confederate Cavalry herded about 2500 head of captured cattle across the Nottoway River, while two miles northwest, at Belsches' Mill, Federal troops sent to recapture the cattle we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBVF_southampton-county-sussex-county_Courtland-VA.html
(Obverse)Southampton CountySouthampton County was formed in 1749 from Isle of Wight County, a part of Nansemond County was added later. The county was either named for the English borough of Southampton or for Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Sout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBVE_prince-george-county-sussex-county_Disputanta-VA.html
(Obverse)Prince George CountyArea 294 Square MilesFormed in 1702 from Charles City, and named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne. The battles of the crater, 1864, and Fort Steadman, 1865, took place in this county. (Reverse)Sus…
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