The Court House
Powhatan County, Powhatan, Virginia
This Court House
1848-1849 was erected by order of court
in quarterly session entered on
the 6th day of March 1848
whereby for that purpose were appointed commissioners
John W. Nash - Wm. S. Dance
R.F. Graves - Philip St. George Cocke
The First Court House
1778 or thereabouts was erected at Scottville
here, and 1796 the adjacent brick building standing
in which was the office of Clerk of Court until 1950
1777 when the county was formed
Richard Ligon furnished the plat (1723 patent land) for
The Court House Square
This tablet was erected by the Board of Supervisors 1951
Marker can be reached from Old Buckingham Road (Virginia Route 13) 0.1 miles south of Courthouse Tavern Lane.
Courtesy hmdb.org
