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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIK_midlothian-coal-mines_Midlothian-VA.html
South of here are the Midlothian Coal Mines, probably the oldest coal mines in America. Coal was first mined here before 1730, and during the Revolution, coal from these mines supplied the cannon foundry at Westham. The first railroad in Virginia …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIJ_black-heath_Midlothian-VA.html
Half a mile north stood Black Heath, later owned by Captain John Heth, officer in Continental Army, whose son, Henry Heth, Major-General C.S.A., was born here in 1825. Coal of high quality was mined here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCII_salisbury_Midlothian-VA.html
Nearby stood Salisbury, built during the middle portion of the 18th century. It was a one-and-a-half-story frame house that had two asymmetrical brick chimneys. Patrick Henry leased Salisbury from Thomas Mann Randolph and lived there while he was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHS_trabues-tavern_Midlothian-VA.html
This was the home of Lt. John Trabue, Revolutionary War soldier and patriot, and of his descendants well into the 20th century. Trabue witnessed the surrender of the British forces at Yorktown in 1781 and later became an original member of the Soc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2O_terre-haute-farm-african-american-cemetery_Midlothian-VA.html
Approximately 1 mile southeast of here was a cemetery containing one hundred and sixteen graves associated with the African American community of Huguenot Springs. Historical and archaeological evidence indicates that the cemetery was established …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC0W_huguenot-springs-confederate-cemetery_Midlothian-VA.html
Approximately 250 unidentified Confederate soldiers, who died at nearby Huguenot Springs Confederate Hospital, are buried in unmarked graves about a mile and a half southwest of here. Burial records have never been located. The former Huguenot Spr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC0V_huguenot-springs_Midlothian-VA.html
In 1862, the spa at Huguenot Springs Hotel became a convalescent hospital for Confederate soldiers. Trains brought patients from Richmond hospitals to Robious Station on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, where they were transferred to wagons for…