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Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia—was born near this site on 13 April 1743. His father, Peter Jefferson (1708-1757), a surveyor, …
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A mile north was born George Rogers Clark, defender of Kentucky and conqueror of the Northwest, November 19, 1752.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB2D_proffit-historic-district_Charlottesville-VA.html
Ben Brown and other newly freed slaves, whofounded the community after the CivilWar, first named the settlement Egypt and then Bethel.About 1881, the community became known as Proffit when the Virginia Midland Railway placeda stop here, stimulatin…
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In 1924, Virginia, like a majority of states then, enacted eugenic sterilization laws. Virginia's law allowed state institutions to operate on individuals to prevent the conception of what were believed to be "genetically inferior" children. Charl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KY_first-baptist-church-west-main-street_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Charlottesville African Churchcongregation was organized in 1864. Four years later it bought the Delevan building, built in 1828 by Gen. John H. Cocke, and at one time used as a temperance hotel for University of Virginia students. It became p…
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A native of Radford, Virginia, Dr. Moore was a 1916 graduate of the School of Medicine and a gifted player on the University's football team. He served in the Army Medical Corps in France during World War I. Dr. Moore began his career in radiology…
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Fernando Bol?var, a native of Venezuela, attended the University of Virginia in 1827. He was the nephew and adopted son of S?mon Bol?var, The Liberator, who sent him to study in the "Republic of Washington and Jefferson." A friend of James Monroe …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KN_kappa-sigma-fraternity_Charlottesville-VA.html
Here on December the tenth MDCCCLXIX the Kappa Sigma Fraternity was founded by William Grisby McCormick · George Miles Arnold · John Covert Boyd · Edmund Law Rogers · Frank Courtney Nicodemus. Manet Mansuraque Est.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KH_thomas-jefferson-monument_Charlottesville-VA.html
?Proclaim Liberty throughtout the land unto the inhabitants thereof —Leviticus XXIV.
This monument to Thomas Jefferson was presented to the people to perpetuate the teachings and examples of the Founders of the Republic.
Declaration …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JH_edgar-allan-poe_Charlottesville-VA.html
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)—writer, poet, andcritic—was born in Boston, Mass. Orphaned at ayoung age, Poe was raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond. He attended schools inEngland and Richmond before enrolling at the University o…