Charlotte County / Mecklenburg County

(Obverse)

Charlotte County

Area 496 Square Miles

Formed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. Patrick Henry and John Randolph of Roanoke lived in this county, and Henry is buried here.

(Reverse)

Mecklenburg County

Area 669 Square Miles

Formed in ...

83-107 East Bay Street   Rainbow Row

Rainbow Row represents the longest cluster of intact Georgian row houses in the United States. The earliest

structures on this portion of East Bay Street, between Tradd and Elliott Street, were built by 1680. The buildings were constructed on lots ...

Battle of Middleburg

August 30, 1862

Ordered to raid Federal supply lines in West Tennessee, Confederate General Frank C. Armstrong rode north from Holly Springs, Mississippi in August 1862, with a large force of cavalry. Near this spot on August 30, Armstrong engaged a ...

Lunenburg County / Mecklenburg County

(Obverse)

Lunenburg County

Area 430 Square Miles

Formed in 1746 from Brunswick. Named for King George II, who was also duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Tarleton passed though the county in 1781.

(Reverse)

Mecklenburg County

Area 669 Square Miles

Formed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Princess Charlotte, ...

Brick Streets in Granger

Area landowners A. S. Fischer and W. C. Belcher platted the townsite of Granger in 1884, in anticipation of its potential to develop along the rail line that had been laid two years previously. The town plan called for a ...

“Let There Be Lights”

This Monument is a testimony to the vision of PWSI President Ed Foster-Simeon’s “Let There Be Lights” campaign.

On July 26, 2001, PWSI solidified Ed’s vision by dedicating these lights, bringing PWSI out of the darkness and into the light.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Early Bath County Courthouses

Bath County was formed in 1790 from parts of Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier counties. The county court first met here on 10 May 1791 at the house of John Lewis's widow Margaret, who donated two acres opposite the mineral baths ...

The Boyd Tavern

The presence of Boyd tavern, built in the eighteenth-century, greatly influenced the selection of Boydton as the Mecklenburg County seat. A major mid-nineteenth century renovation expanded the original tavern into a 35-room structure that included fancy porches and ornamentation showcasing ...

Prelude To Gettysburg / Gettysburg Showdown

Prelude to Gettysburg

One of the great debates of our Country's history and legacy is what scholars call "the two Civil Wars": the first a matter of campaigns, generals, and troop movements and the second focusing on the ways that the ...

The Stribling House

circa 1840

Union General Philip Sheridan

used this home as his headquarters

during the Civil War. On the 17th of

September, 1862 Sheridan met Gen.

U.S. Grant here to plan the 1864

Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

Marker is at the intersection of E Washington Street (U.S. 340 Bus) ...