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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELS_robert-bolling_Cumberland-VA.html
Robert Bolling, member of the House of Burgesses, lived near here at his home Chellowe. A prolific writer, he published many poems as well as a treatise on wine-making. In 1766, Bolling precipitated a crisis when in an article in the Williamsburg …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19U3_buckingham-county-war-memorial_Buckingham-VA.html
In memory of all those of Buckingham County who died in the military service of our Country and in honor of all those who served. Emplaced by the people of Buckingham County through the Buckingham County Ruritan Club. May 28, 1990.
World War IL…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TX_thomas-jeffersons-lost-courthouse_Buckingham-VA.html
"When buildings are of durable materials, every new edifice is an actual and permanent acquisition to the state, adding to its value as well as to its ornament?" Source: Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia
8The results of the excavation indicat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TW_thomas-jeffersons-lost-courthouse_Buckingham-VA.html
"I have taken the liberty to trespass upon your time and talents (a common stock) which we all seem to have a right to draw upon, ?to draft for us a plan of our Court house,?" Source: Letter from Colonel Charles Yancey to Thomas Jefferson
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TV_thomas-jeffersons-lost-courthouse_Buckingham-VA.html
"Buckingham County, 26th February, 1869A Editor's dispatch: sad calamity has befallen our country. The court-house was set fire yesterday morning at about 1 o'clock, and by daylight was a mass of ruins." Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch March 2, 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4M_carter-g-woodson-birthplace_New-Canton-VA.html
North of this sign is the birthplace of Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Dr. Woodson was born December 19, 1875, to former slaves, James Henry and Eliza Ann Riddle Woodson. Young carter left Buckingham to work in West Virginia when he was 17 years old. He b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZM_buckingham-county-fluvanna-county_New-Canton-VA.html
(Buckingham County Side):Located in the geographical center of Virginia, Buckingham County, the only county in the United States to bear that name, was formed in 1761 from Albemarle County. It is not known for which of the many Buckinghams in Engl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFC_new-store-village_Farmville-VA.html
Four miles west is the site of New Store Village, in early times an important stop on the stage coach road between Richmond and Lynchburg. Philip Watkins McKinney, governor of Virginia 1890-1894, was born here in 1832. Peter Francisco, Revolutiona…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJF6_gold-mines_Dillwyn-VA.html
This was the most notable gold-mining region in the country before the California gold rush in 1849. The Morrow Mine here, opened before 1835, was one of the earliest gold mines in which underground mining was employed. Profitably worked for a num…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJF4_buckingham-training-school_Dillwyn-VA.html
One mile southeast stood Buckingham Training School, the first high school in the county for African American students. In 1919 the Rev. Stephen J. Ellis organized the County-Wide League for School Improvement to persuade the Buckingham County Sch…