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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBR_john-cussons_Glen-Allen-VA.html
John Cussons, the son of John and Elizabeth (Jackson) Cussons, was born in Hornscastle, Lincolnshire, England in 1838. His adventurous spirit led him to America in 1855 and he spent four years in the Northwest living with the Sioux Indians. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBP_courtney-road-service-station_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Before there were gas stations, motorists would get a drum of fuel from an industrial depot, bring it home, and store it. Soon after, consumers got their gasoline at the blacksmith shops and hardware and grocery stores. Still others received gasol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGB1_glen-allen-school_Glen-Allen-VA.html
In 1886, Elizabeth Jane Holladay established the first Glen Allen School when she began teaching children in her home. In 1899, the school was moved to a one-room building on Mountain Road. It was relocated to Old Washington Highway in 1911. Const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGB0_sheppard-and-bakers-grant_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The Sheppard's Way subdivision was part of the original 400 acre land grant made to William Sheppard and Richard Baker in 1713. They obtained it through the "Headrights System" by paying for the passage of eight people from England to the Virginia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGAZ_glen-allen-baptist-church_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The Reverend Alexander Sands organized the Glen Allen Baptist Church on February 23,1868. The Congregation first met in a rose arbor nearby belonging to Mrs. Susan Sheppard Allen. On July 4,1868, the new church held a feast and raised $400 to buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABR_wickhams-line_Glen-Allen-VA.html
In the first phase of the Battle of Yellow Tavern on 11 May 1864, Brig. Gen. Williams C. Wickham and his Confederate cavalry were posted just south of this location below Old Francis Road. Wickham's men fired on Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABG_early-stages-of-stuarts-ride-around-mcclellan_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Confederate Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart with his 1,200 cavalrymen rode past this spot on the morning of 12 June 1862, heading west. On a mission to gather intelligence about Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, Stuart hoped to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAB2_walkerton_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Constructed in 1825 for John Walker on Mountain Road, once a major route between Richmond and the western Piedmont of Virginia, Walkerton served as a tavern in 1828 and 1829. Since that time it has been a hotel, store, voting precinct, and private…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAB1_mountain-road_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Mountain Road was originally an Indian trail. It became the main thoroughfare from Richmond to Charlottesville in the 1700s. During the American Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette traveled this road on his march to Yorktown. Thomas Jefferson use…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAB0_glen-allen_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Called Mountain Road Crossing when rail service began in 1836, the settlement which came to be known as Glen Allen took its name from the homestead of a local landowner, Mrs. Benjamin Allen. Its most noted resident was Captain John Cussons, a nati…
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