Historical Marker Search

You searched for Postal Code: 23882

Showing results 1 to 6 of 6
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BQ9_sussex-county-dinwiddie-county_Stony-Creek-VA.html
(obverse)Sussex CountyArea 515 Square MilesFormed in 1753 from Surry, and named for an English county. Cornwallis passed through this county in 1781. (reverse)Dinwiddie CountyArea 521 Square MilesFormed in 1752 from Prince George, and named for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLY_jones-chapel-methodist-church_Stony-Creek-VA.html
Site ofJones ChapelMethodist ChurchOrganized 1777 - Closed 1926 The 16th Virginia Annual Conferencewas held here in 1799. The ReverendJesse Lee presided due to theillness of Bishop Asbury. A great revival was held here in1787 at which time a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDI_sappony-baptist-church_Stony-Creek-VA.html
Sappony Baptist Church, originally called Sappony Meeting House, was erected here in 1773. It was a part of the Kehukee Association, which consisted of churches in North Carolina and Virginia. In 1791, these associations divided along state lines …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCD7_sappony-church_Stony-Creek-VA.html
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destoy track and rolling …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4VG_nottoway-river-crossings_Stony-Creek-VA.html
Several important river crossings took placeover the Nottoway River during two wars.Revolutionary War cavalry commander Lt.Col.John Graves Simcoe led British forces acrossthe river in this area on 11 May 1781, as herode south to join Gen. Charles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TL_history-at-stony-creek_Stony-Creek-VA.html
In 1864, supplies for Lee's army werecarted from the Weldon Railroad here to Petersburg. Here the Union Cavalryman, Wilson, returning from his raid in Burkeville,fought an action with Lee's cavalry, June 28-29,1864. The place was raided by the Uni…
PAGE 1 OF 1