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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF7A_stanardsville_Stanardsville-VA.html
The village of Stanardsville was founded by William Stanard (died 1807), of Roxbury plantation, on land that was part of his 6,000 acre inheritance from the Octonia Grant of 1729. This grant included most of what is presently northern Greene Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF77_stanardsville-engagement_Stanardsville-VA.html
Near this site on 1 Mar. 1864, Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry engaged Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's Union cavalry in what is called locally the Battle of Stanardsville. To divert Stuart from Richmond, Custer led his troopers down …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME6S_greene-county-madison-county_Ruckersville-VA.html
Greene County. Formed from Orange County in 1838, this rural Piedmont county was named for Gen. Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War military hero. The county seat of Greene County is Stanardsville. William Donoho and William B. Phillips, master bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24A_ruckersville_Ruckersville-VA.html
A descendant of the Huguenot immigrant Peter Rucker, John Rucker (d. 1794) settled east of here on Rippin's Run, and built Friendly Acres, the first of many Rucker family dwellings in the area. He founded the village of Ruckersville, naming it for…