Minnieville
Nearby is Bel Air Plantation (c. 1740), burial site of Parson Mason Locke Weems, first biographer of George Washington. French and American troops moved through this community on their way to Yorktown in 1781. Northern dairymen developed large farms here in the early 19th century. The Confederate 3d Brigade was located in this area in 1861–62. On this corner stood the Minnieville Post Office (1884–1924).
Marker is at the intersection of Minnieville Road (County Route 640) and Cardinal Drive, on the right when traveling north on Minnieville Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
