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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIK_midlothian-coal-mines_Midlothian-VA.html
South of here are the Midlothian Coal Mines, probably the oldest coal mines in America. Coal was first mined here before 1730, and during the Revolution, coal from these mines supplied the cannon foundry at Westham. The first railroad in Virginia …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIJ_black-heath_Midlothian-VA.html
Half a mile north stood Black Heath, later owned by Captain John Heth, officer in Continental Army, whose son, Henry Heth, Major-General C.S.A., was born here in 1825. Coal of high quality was mined here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCII_salisbury_Midlothian-VA.html
Nearby stood Salisbury, built during the middle portion of the 18th century. It was a one-and-a-half-story frame house that had two asymmetrical brick chimneys. Patrick Henry leased Salisbury from Thomas Mann Randolph and lived there while he was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHS_trabues-tavern_Midlothian-VA.html
This was the home of Lt. John Trabue, Revolutionary War soldier and patriot, and of his descendants well into the 20th century. Trabue witnessed the surrender of the British forces at Yorktown in 1781 and later became an original member of the Soc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCFG_amelia-county-chesterfield-county_Amelia-Court-House-VA.html
(Obverse)Amelia CountyArea 371 Square MilesFormed in 1734 from Prince George and Brunswick, and named for Princess Amelia, daughter of King George II. William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia 1827-30, lived in this county.
(Reverse)Chesterfield C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCE6_goodes-bridge_Amelia-Court-House-VA.html
Here Anthony Wayne took station in July, 1781, to prevent the British from moving southward. Here, April 3, 1865, Longstreet's, Hill's and Gordon's corps of Lee's army, retreating from Petersburg toward Danville, crossed the river.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6X_fort-wead_Chester-VA.html
C.H.S.Civil War SitesS.U.V.Army of the James
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6W_bermuda-hundred_Chester-VA.html
Before determining to settle at Jamestown, the English sought a safe place to plant their colony further west along the James River. On that trip, John Smith and his fellow Englishmen found an Appamattuck Indian town in the vicinity of Bermuda Hun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6V_colonel-thomas-lygon_Chester-VA.html
Colonel Thomas Lygon, who came to the Virginia colony in the early 1640s from Worcestershire, England, patented several large parcels of land on the north bank of the Appomattox River in an area known as The Cowpens, near Mount My Lady, which was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6P_lees-headquarters_Chester-VA.html
To the east, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee briefly made his headquarters at Clay's house on 17 June 1864. There he received full details of the Union army's attack on Petersburg that began the evening of 15 June 1864. Lee learned that Lt. Gen. Ul…