Near Charles City in Charles City County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Blanks Crossroads
Charles City County, Virginia
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, March 28, 2009
1. Blanks Crossroads Marker
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Blanks Crossroads. Charles City County, Virginia. This intersection of the Old Main Road, or Ridgepath, and the road from Soanes Bridge to Kennons, derives its name from an eighteenth-century tavern owned by the Blanks family. Blanks Tavern was one of a few licensed ordinaries in colonial Charles City County. Other landmarks have included an Oldfield school, Manoah Baptist Church (1848 - 1933) and the first Methodist Meeting House (est. 1791), also known as Charles City Chapel. Prominent area homes have included Ballardsville and Sunnyside, the home of Charles City County physician Dr. Gideon Christian. Soldiers Rest, the home of Revolutionary War soldier “Fighting Joe Christian,” was also located in this vicinity. Area resident Lemuel E. Babcock was Charles City County’s delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1867 and William Page, a freedman, became a major landowner here in the years after the Civil War.
This intersection of the Old Main Road, or Ridgepath, and the road from Soanes Bridge to Kennons, derives its name from an eighteenth-century tavern owned by the Blanks family. Blanks Tavern was one of a few licensed ordinaries in colonial Charles City County. Other landmarks have included an Oldfield school, Manoah Baptist Church (1848 - 1933) and the first Methodist Meeting House (est. 1791), also known as Charles City Chapel. Prominent area homes have included Ballardsville and Sunnyside, the home of Charles City County physician Dr. Gideon Christian. Soldiers Rest, the home of Revolutionary War soldier “Fighting Joe Christian,” was also located in this vicinity. Area resident Lemuel E. Babcock was Charles City County’s delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1867 and William Page, a freedman, became a major landowner here in the years after the Civil War.
Location. 37° 22.362′ N, 77° 0.294′ W. Marker is near Charles City, Virginia, in Charles City County. Marker is at the intersection of
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Sturgeon Point Road and The Glebe Lane, on the right when traveling south on Sturgeon Point Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charles City VA 23030, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Sturgeon Point Road & The Glebe Lane (facing north).
Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,263 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
