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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WC_campaign-of-1781_Keysville-VA.html
Tarleton, British cavalryman, returning from his raid to Bedford, passed near here, July, 1781.
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Batts, Fallam and Thomas Wood, sent by Abraham Wood to explore Western Virginia, passed near here, September, 1671.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VR_keysville_Keysville-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 destroy track and rolling…
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(obverse)Charlotte CountyArea 496 Square Miles
Formed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. Patrick Henry and John Randolph of Roanoke lived in this county, and Henry is buried here.
(reverse)Prince …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRCU_joseph-morton_Keysville-VA.html
Seven miles west stood Roanoke Bridge, the colonial homestead of Joseph Morton, who patented land near by in the 1740s. He was an elder of Briery Presbyterian Church on its founding in Prince Edward County in 1755, and later a trustee. He served a…
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Just to the north stands Briery Church, organized in 1755 following the missionary work of Presbyterian minister Samuel Davies. The first church was built about 1760 and was replaced in 1824. The present Gothic Revival church was built about 1855 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR5_southside-virginia-community-college_Charlotte-Court-House-VA.html
Southside Virginia Community College has two campuses: the Christanna Campus in Alberta, which opened in 1970, and the John H. Daniel campus in Keysville, which opened in 1971. The college is part of the statewide system of community colleges crea…