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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXW_longwood-estate_Farmville-VA.html
Peter Johnston (1763-1831)—jurist, Speaker of the House of Delegates (1805-1807), and father of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston—inherited Longwood estate from his father. He sold the property after he became a judge on the General …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXU_action-at-high-bridge_Rice-VA.html
During the night of 6-7 April 1865, part of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the South Side Railroad's High Bridge three miles north of here as Union armies under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant pursued closely. After the last Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXT_battle-of-sailors-creek_Rice-VA.html
Six miles north took place the battle of Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865. Lee's army, retreating westward from Amelia Courthouse to Farmville by way of Deatonsville, was attacked by Sheridan, who surrounded Ewell's Corps. After a fierce action the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRF_prince-edward-state-park-for-negroes_Burkeville-VA.html
Prince Edward State Park for Negroes was established in 1950 one mile west on the site of the former Prince Edward Lake Recreation Area for Negroes. Maceo C. Martin, an African American from Danville, sued the state when he was denied access to St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRE_ccc-company-1390_Green-Bay-VA.html
A short distance west is the site of Camp Gallion, home from 1933 to 1941 of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1390. This all-African American company performed extensive work in the present-day Prince Edward-Gallion State Forest. Company 1390 b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7D_site-of-the-randolph-house_Farmville-VA.html
Here stood the hotel where General U.S. Grant made his headquarters April 7, 1865, and opened correspondence with General R.E. Lee which terminated in the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House two days later. From th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFA_longwood-university_Farmville-VA.html
Longwood University is a state-supported institution developed from the privately owned Farmville Female Seminary that was incorporated in 1839. In 1884, it became a public institution when the Commonwealth acquired the property and renamed it the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJF9_longwood-college_Farmville-VA.html
The college opened here in October 1884 as a "state female normal school". In 1914 the name was changed to "State Normal School for Women at Farmville"; In 1924 to "State Teachers College at Farmville"; In 1949 to "Longwood College". Conferring th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMINS_free-blacks-of-israel-hill_Farmville-VA.html
Just to the west lies Israel Hill, settled in 1810-1811 by approximately ninety formerly enslaved persons who received freedom and 350 acres from Judith Randolph under the will of her husband, Richard Randolph, cousin of Thomas Jefferson. These "I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD1D_randolph-macon-medical-school_Farmville-VA.html
Just to the west was the medical school of John Peter Mettauer, which became a branch of Randolph-Macon College in 1847. It was discontinued, probably in 1861. Dr. Mettauer, one of the leading surgeons of the day, practiced until his death in 1875.
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