Richland Hills in Lynchburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Samuel Miller

(1792–1869)

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 8, 2017

1. Samuel Miller Marker

Inscription. Samuel Miller, born in poverty in Albemarle County, became a successful Lynchburg tobacco merchant as a young adult. Investments in land, bonds, banks, and railroads later made him one of antebellum Virginia’s wealthiest men. Though reclusive and frugal in his personal life, he was a generous philanthropist. Among his beneficiaries were the University of Virginia, the City of Lynchburg, the Miller Home of Lynchburg for Girls, and the Miller School of Albemarle. In June 1864 Union forces ransacked his nearby home looking for valuables. That residence is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.

Erected 2015 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number Q-6-34.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1792.

Location. 37° 21.799′ N, 79° 12.548′ W. Marker is in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is in Richland Hills. It is on Richland Drive just

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north of Timberlake Road (Business U.S. 460), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lynchburg VA 24502, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Quaker Meeting House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Grave of John Lynch (approx. 1.1 miles away); 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (approx. 1.2 miles away); West Virginia Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Quaker Meeting House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sandusky (approx. 1.2 miles away); To The Memory Of The Union Soldiers (approx. 1.4 miles away); a different

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 8, 2017

2. Samuel Miller Marker

Timberlake Road is behind the photographer, Richland Drive follows the yellow line to the left and Brookville Lane starts here on the right.

marker also named Sandusky (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lynchburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Quaker Meeting House (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,219 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 16, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photo of Samuel Miller house, nearby on Nelson Drive • Can you help?