Near Gills Creek in Franklin County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Taylor’s Store

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 25, 2013

1. Taylor’s Store Marker

Inscription. Here stood Taylor’s Store, established in 1799 by Skelton Taylor, a lieutenant in the Bedford County militia during the Revolutionary War. After Franklin County was formed, Taylor became a militia captain and overseer of the poor. His store and ordinary served travelers along the nearby Warwick Road, which linked the Southside Piedmont counties with Richmond. The store became the hub of a community known as Taylor’s Store and functioned as a post office between 1818 and 1933. It was dismantled ca. 1970.

Erected 1989 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number A-98.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1799.

Location. 37° 7.089′ N, 79° 47.545′ W. Marker is near Gills Creek, Virginia, in Franklin County. It is on Booker T. Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) just west of Inglewood Road (Route 672), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wirtz VA 24184, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Booker T. Washington National Monument (approx. 3.4 miles away); Booker T. Washington's Birthplace

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(approx. 3.4 miles away); "On behalf of the United States" (approx. 3.4 miles away); Plantation Trail (approx. 3.4 miles away); Booker T. Washington Birthplace (approx. 3.4 miles away); Slavery in the Tobacco Kingdom (approx. 3.4 miles away); The Day of Freedom (approx. 3.4 miles away); "No period of my life … was devoted to play" (approx. 3.4 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. Slavery on the Plantation (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Landscape of Slavery (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); How Tobacco Farms Used Slavery (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Freed Here, At Last (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 25, 2013

2. Taylor’s Store Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2013, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,806 times since then and 174 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 30, 2013, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.