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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GQ_red-hill_Brookneal-VA.html
One mile to the south is Red Hill, Patrick Henry's last home and burial place. The marble stone covering his grave carries the simple inscription, "His fame his best epitaph."
Henry came here in 1794 and died at his beloved Red Hill in 1799. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRB9_wylliesburgh_Wylliesburg-VA.html
In June 1864, to deny General Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side Railroad and the Richmond and Danville Railroad, General Ulysses S. Grant sent General James H. Wilson and General August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLB3_charlotte-county-mecklenburg-county_Clarksville-VA.html
(Obverse)Charlotte CountyArea 496 Square MilesFormed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. Patrick Henry and John Randolph of Roanoke lived in this county, and Henry is buried here.
(Reverse)Mecklenburg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAS_paul-carrington_Wylliesburg-VA.html
Member of House of Burgesses, 1765-1775, of Virginia conventions, 1774-1788, including Constitutional Conventions, of first Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. A founder of Hampden-Sydney College. Lived and is buried at Mulberry Hill nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAR_staunton-bridge-action_Wylliesburg-VA.html
The railroad bridge over Staunton River, nine miles west, was held by a body of Confederate reserves and citizens from Halifax, Charlotte and Mecklenburg counties against Union cavalry raiding to destroy railroads, June 25, 1864. When the Unionist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAP_roanoke-plantation_Wylliesburg-VA.html
Nine miles west is Roanoke, home of John Randolph, a member of the House of Representatives for many years, and Senator. Randolph at first was Jefferson's lieutenant and later on an opponent and critic, but he never lost the love of his constituen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR5_southside-virginia-community-college_Charlotte-Court-House-VA.html
Southside Virginia Community College has two campuses: the Christanna Campus in Alberta, which opened in 1970, and the John H. Daniel campus in Keysville, which opened in 1971. The college is part of the statewide system of community colleges crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR4_greenfield_Charlotte-Court-House-VA.html
Half a mile north is Greenfield, built in 1771 by Isaac Read. Read was a member of the House of Burgesses, 1769-1771, and of the Virginia conventions of 1774 and 1775. He served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, dying of wounds in 1777.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR3_edgehill_Charlotte-Court-House-VA.html
Three miles north is Edgehill, home of Clement Carrington. He ran away from Hampden-Sydney College to join the Revolutionary army, served in Lee's Legion, 1780-81, and was wounded at Eutaw Springs, September 8, 1781.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR2_charlotte-court-house-historic-district_Charlotte-Court-House-VA.html
The historic district, a rare example of a 19th-century rural courthouse town, is concentrated on two main streets. Begun as Dalstonburg in 1775 during the French and Indian War, and later called Marysville and Smithville, the town was named Charl…