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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10U4_vernon-johns_Pamplin-VA.html
Rev. Dr. Vernon Johns was born here in Darlington Heights on 22 April 1892. A graduate of Oberlin College, Johns was an orator of great renown and the first African-American minister included in Best Sermons of the Year (1926), an international pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3Q_appomattox-county-prince-edward-county_Pamplin-VA.html
(East Side):Appomattox CountyArea 342 Square MilesFormed in 1845 from Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte and Campbell, and named for an Indian tribe. This country was the scene of Lee's surrender, April 9, 1865. (West Side):Prince Edward Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3M_clay-smoking-pipes_Pamplin-VA.html
According to local tradition, residents of this region were making clay smoking pipes here by the mid-eighteenth century. By 1879 the Pamplin Pipe Factory was in operation. Machines there were used to mold clay into pipes, which were then allowed …
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