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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7T_pocahontas-state-park_Chesterfield-VA.html
This park of 7604 acres was originally known as the Swift Creek Recreational Area. Its purchase in 1934 and subsequent development by the federal government were with the understanding that eventually the State would accept and maintain the proper…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHA3_piney-grove-church-meeting-site_Chesterfield-VA.html
Late in the 18th century, the Methodist Episcopal Church confronted the possibility of schism. James O'Kelly, a Methodist minister, began challenging Bishop Francis Asbury regarding his appointive powers, his management of church affairs, and othe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGLE_enon-baptist-church_Chester-VA.html
Enon Baptist Church was organized on 8 October 1849. The church was built here on a one-acre tract given by the founder, John Alexander Strachan. In May 1864, during the Civil War, Union army troops under Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler dismantled En…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJE_welcome-to-r-garland-dodd-park-at-point-of-rocks_Chester-VA.html
Gabriel Archer wrote about a high rock cliff that projected into the channel of the Appomattox River upstream of its confluence with the James. When exploring the river in 1608, Smith found verdant marshes the likes of which can still be seen here…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCU8_apostles-of-religious-liberty_Chesterfield-VA.html
On this spot were imprisoned 1770-1774John TannerWilliam WeberAugustine EastinDavid TinsleyJoseph AnthonyJeremiah WalkerJohn Weatherford
Apostles ofReligious Liberty
"Whether it be right in the sight of Godto hearken unto you more than unto …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCU5_chesterfield-county-courthouse_Chesterfield-VA.html
This area, known originally as "Cold Water Run," is the site of the first Chesterfield County courthouse, erected in 1750. In 1917 it was demolished and replaced by a larger Georgian Revival brick building that served the county until the 1960s. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCU1_chesterfield-court-house_Chesterfield-VA.html
Late on the morning of Monday, April 3, 1865, part of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia briefly halted here at the Chesterfield County seat. The day before, a series of Federal attacks had broken through Lee's lines at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCTD_magnolia-grange_Chesterfield-VA.html
Built in 1822 by William Winfree, this Federal-style house was named for the large stand of magnolia trees in the front yard. It was originally surrounded by a 600-acre farm. A nearby tavern provided lodging for persons with business at the Courth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIR_bethel-baptist-church_Midlothian-VA.html
In 1799 the local Baptist Society acquired this land and soon built a meetinghouse. The Bethel congregation worshiped in the meetinghouse and was constituted as a church in 1817. About 1820 the members built a brick church here—the first in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIL_union-raid-on-coalfield-station_Midlothian-VA.html
On the first day of Union Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz's second raid (12-17 May 1864) on Confederate railroads around Richmond, 3,000 cavalrymen rode northwest from Bermuda Hundred and passed Chesterfield Court House at 1:00 P.M. Arriving about midn…