By the latter decades of the 19th century, bright-leaf tobacco harvested across Southside Virginia
was typically cured in hand-hewn log barns outfitted with wood-burning stoves. Inside these
barns, tobacco leaves were hung from sticks that
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The house to the east was Beavers Tavern, 1800-1840. This was the muster ground of the county militia and a popular stage station. John C. Calhoun Was a frequent visitor here.