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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16DV_brunswick-county-courthouse_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Late in the afternoon of May 15, 1864, Union Gen. August V. Kautz and his cavalry division rode into Lawrenceville, the Brunswick County seat. They were on the second leg of a two-part, two-week-long expedition to destroy railroad bridges and depo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN2_saint-pauls-college_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Saint Paul's College began as a small parochial school founded by a newly ordained Episcopal deacon, the Rev. James Solomon Russell. Born into slavery, Russell attended seminary school in Petersburg. Within a year of graduation he had managed to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBC_brunswick-county-confederate-monument_Lawrenceville-VA.html
In memory of the Confederate Heroesof Brunswick County1861.-1865.
Love makes memory eternal
Virginia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBB_col-john-jones_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Soldier of the RevolutionFeb. 14, 1735 - Jan. 11, 1793
Vestryman St. Andrew's Parish1775-79
Justice 1760-93Sheriff 1773-75 Clerk 1789-93
House of Burgesses 1772-73Virginia Senate 1776-89Speaker of the Senate 1788-89Virginia Convention of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAK_saint-pauls-college_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Saint Paul's College was established in 1883 by the Venerable James Solomon Russell (1857-1935) as an Episcopal mission school to serve the black community of Southside Virginia. Born into slavery in Mecklenburg County, Russell was educated at Ham…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAH_fort-christanna_Lawrenceville-VA.html
Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9X_smoky-ordinary_Lawrenceville-VA.html
The ordinary that stood on this site catered to travelers on the north-south stage road as early as 1750. During the American Revolution local warehouses were burned by British Colonel Tarleton, and legend says that it was from that occurrence tha…