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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YZG_whitmell-school_Dry-Fork-VA.html
Founded in 1878 as a two- room school and named for state senator Whitmell P. Tunstall, in 1918 the Whitmell Farm-Life School became the first rural consolidated school in Pittsylvania County. Sarah Archie Swanson Beverley, who between 1916 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YZC_bright-leaf-tobacco-barns_Blairs-VA.html
By the latter decades of the 19th century, bright-leaf tobacco harvested across Southside Virginia was typically cured in hand-hewn log barns outfitted with wood-burning stoves. Inside these barns, tobacco leaves were hung from sticks that rest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YZA_beavers-tavern_Blairs-VA.html
The house to the east was Beavers Tavern, 1800-1840. This was the muster ground of the county militia and a popular stage station. John C. Calhoun Was a frequent visitor here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YZ4_smith-mountain-project_Sandy-Level-VA.html
Appalachian Power Company constructed Smith Mountain and Leesville Dams on the Roanoke River between 1960 and 1963 to generate hydroelectric energy, Between the dams, the river rose to form 3,400-acre Leesville Lake. West of Smith Mountain Dam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YYP_clement-hill_Hurt-VA.html
The house on the hill three hundred yards to the west was the home of Captain Benjamin Clement, who was one of the first makers of gunpowder is Virginia, 1775. The land grant was made in 1741.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18Y8_pittsylvania-county-confederate-monument_Chatham-VA.html
1861 Virginia 1865Confederate Dead We crown the heroes of the pastwith the laurel wreath of memory Go tell the listening worlds afarof those who died for truth and right In memory ofCo. "I" 53rd VA. RegimentArmistead's BrigadePickett's Di…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18Y7_callands-war-memorial_Callands-VA.html
World War IIKoreaVietnam This memorial is dedicated tothose who have given thesupreme sacrifice totheir countryandto honor all those from theCallands communitywho served their country. "If ye break faith,we shall have servedand died in vain.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18XA_hickeys-road_Gretna-VA.html
Hickey's Road, first laid off by court order in 1749, followed this general path. Named after John Hickey, a merchant who operated a store at its western limits and peddled his wares along its length, the road stretched more than 100 miles from Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X9_john-weatherfords-grave_Chatham-VA.html
One half mile west is the grave of Elder John Weatherford (1740?-1833) Baptist preacher for 70 years and early advocate of religious liberty. Jailed five months in Chesterfield in 1773 for unlicensed preaching, his release was secured by Patrick H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X8_rawley-white-martin-residence_Chatham-VA.html
Here stands Morea, the home of Lt. Col. Rawley W. Martin (1835-1912), a physician who served with Pittsylvania County soldiers during the Civil War in the 53d Virginia Infantry Regiment of Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead's brigade. At Gettysburg, Pa…
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