Directions from Williamsburg, Virginia to Martinsville, Virginia
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Old Quaker Settlement - Adkins Store Charles City County, Virginia
Landmarks – Charles City, Virginia
Inscription. This community was the site of a Quaker settlement in the eighteenth century and the Weyanoke Quaker Meeting House and graveyard. The meetinghouse was the Upper Quarter gathering place for the Yearly Meeting of Virginia ... More on HMDB
Dr. Peter Eppes House
Landmarks – Hopewell, Virginia
Inscription. "At first we lived in tents, but later, when my husband became commander of the post, I lived most comfortably in a house. " Septima M. Collis, The house Septima Collis lived "most comfortably" in during the last months ... More on HMDB
The Church of Henricopolis
Landmarks – Chester, Virginia
Inscription. Near this spot was built, Anno Domini 1611, The Church of Henricopolis: Under the auspices of, Sir Thomas Dale, High Marshall of Virginia, The Reverend Alexander Whitaker, M. A, Minist... More on HMDB
Brunswick Country Club
Golf Courses – Lawrenceville, Virginia
The 9-hole "Brunswick" course at the Brunswick Country Club facility in Lawrenceville, Virginia features 2,909 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 35 . The course rating is 33.6 and it... More on golflink.com
Town of Floyd Historic Walking Tour
Tours – Floyd, Virginia
A self-guided historic walking tour of the Town of Floyd, created by the Floyd County Historical Society, is fully described in the brochure: "Floyd Historic Walking Tour: A Virginia Crossroads Town." Along with images from the society's ... More on Virginia.org
Where Hill Fell
Landmarks – Petersburg, Virginia
Inscription. In the field a short distance north of this road, the confederate General A. P. Hill was killed, April 2, 1865. Hill, not knowing that Lee's lines had been broken, rode into a party of Union soldiers advancing on Petersburg. ... More on HMDB
Attack on the Angle
Landmarks – Dinwiddie, Virginia
Inscription. “When we moved toward Five Forks¦we were not expecting any attack that afternoon, so far as I know. Our throwing up works and taking position were simply general matters of military precaution.”, Major General ... More on HMDB
Advance on Petersburg
Landmarks – Colonial Heights, Virginia
Inscription. Elements of the Union Army of the James, led by Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, landed at Bermuda Hundred on 5 May 1864 to cut the Confederate rail and supply lines between Richmond and Petersburg. On 9 May, Butler sent ... More on HMDB
Americas 3rd Oldest Courthouse
Landmarks – Charles City, Virginia
Inscription. This courthouse has been used continuously for judicial purposes for more than 250 years — only two other courthouses in the entire country have a longer history. Built in 1757, almost 20 years before the beginning ... More on HMDB
Underground Railroad House
Trains – Petersburg, Virginia
Local legend of this African-American site has it that this house built ca. 1825-1850, was a part of the antebellum Underground Railroad by which slaves escaped to freedom in the North. The "Keziah Affair" in 1858, in which a Delaware ... More on Virginia.org
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