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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X6_clerks-office_Callands-VA.html
Site of first County Seat of Pittsylvania County. The building that served as the debtor's prison,1767-1771, and later as the clerk's office, 1771-1777, remains. Nearby stands the debtor's gaol, built in 1773. It later served as Samuel Calland's s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XJ_callands_Callands-VA.html
Pittsylvania was cut off from Halifax in 1767 and the courthouse was built here. In 1769 a town named Chatham was established here on lands of James Roberts. A few years later Samuel Calland opened a store and the town took his name. In 1777 Henry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17XI_pittsylvania-court-house_Chatham-VA.html
This Greek revival building was erected in 1853 as the third court house of Pittsylvania County. The county, formed in 1767, and the town of Chatham were named for William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham. The present court house replaced a structure b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M5_bilhartz-hall-co_Chatham-VA.html
When the Civil War erupted, the South seriously lacked sufficient quantity of modern weaponry. The Confederate government attempted to correct this deficiency by purchasing arms overseas. While this "cotton for cannon" trade resulted in the import…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M4_hargrave-military-academy_Chatham-VA.html
One of the few private military academies in Virginia, Hargrave Military Academy was founded in 1909 by John Hunt Hargrave and the Rev. T. Ryland Sanford as Chatham Training School. It was chartered in 1911 and became affiliated with the Baptist G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11PV_tinner-hill_Falls-Church-VA.html
An early rural branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded here on Tinner Hill. In 1915, the Town of Falls Church proposed an ordinance to segregate black and white residential sections. Local Afric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11PT_claude-a-swanson_Chatham-VA.html
A native of Pittsylvania County, Claude Augustus Swanson (1862-1939), practiced law in Chatham until he won election to Congress in 1892. He served seven terms in the House of Representatives (1893-1906); was governor of Virginia (1906-1910) and U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11PR_whitmell-p-tunstall_Chatham-VA.html
One mile east stands Belle Grove, the home of Whitmell Pugh Tunstall (1810-1854). Educated at Danville Academy and the University of North Carolina, Tunstall was admitted to the bar in 1832. He served in the House of Delegates (1836-1841; 1845-184…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDOO_markham_Chatham-VA.html
Some miles northeast is the site of Markham, where was born Rachel Donelson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, 1767. Her father, John Donelson, leaving Virginia, became one of the first settlers of Tennessee. Fort Donelson was named for him.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDON_peytonsburg_Chatham-VA.html
Nearby to the east once stood the communityof Peytonsburg a part of Halifax County when the county was formed in 1752. Peytonsburg was incorporated as a town in 1759 by the VirginiaGeneral Assembly and became part of PittsylvaniaCounty in 1766. Du…