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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKJ_nelson-county-albemarle-county_Faber-VA.html
Nelson County. In the foothills of Virginia's Piedmont,Nelson County was formed in 1807 from Amherst County. The county was named for Thomas Nelson, Jr., governor of Virginia from June to November 1781. The county seat is Lovingston. The Nelson Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9D_rockfish-church_Faber-VA.html
The Rockfish meetinghouse was established here by 1746, making it one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in the region. James McCann conveyed land for a church and school. Samuel Black became the first pastor of the church in 1747. Thomas Mason b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFIZ_hurricane-camille_Faber-VA.html
On August 20, 1969, torrential rains, following remnants of Hurricane Camille, devastated this area. A rainfall in excess of 25 inches largely within a 5-hour period, swept away or buried many miles of roads, over 100 bridges, and over 900 buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LB_boyhood-home-of-colonel-john-mosby_Faber-VA.html
Confederate Col. John Singleton Mosby was born in Powhatan County on 6 Dec. 1833. Nearby stood the early childhood home in which Mosby lived from soon after his birth until his family moved to Charlottesville by 1841. Before the Civil War, Mosby w…
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