Historical Markers and War Memorials in South Hill, Virginia
Boydton is the county seat for Mecklenburg County
South Hill is in Mecklenburg County
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Brunswick County. Area 557 Square Miles. Formed in 1720 from Prince George, Surry and Isle of Wight. Named for the House of Brunswick, which came to the throne of England in 1714, when George I was crowned king. Colonial Fort . . . — — Map (db m180054) HM
In 1915, four influential African American residents of South Hill—the Rev. J. H. Simmons,
Mary E. Simmons, Robert Walker, and James E.
Skipwith—established the Mecklenburg County
Training School for black students. The school
operated in the . . . — — Map (db m107443) HM
A mile south is the site of Salem Chapel, one of the pioneer Methodist churches of the state. Of it Francis Asbury wrote, "the best house we have in the country part of Virginia." There he held four sessions of the Virginia Annual conference: . . . — — Map (db m30879) HM
In 1889 South Hill's founding fathers laid out the town's boundary in a circle radiating 5/8s of a mile from a point within the intersection of the Atlantic and Danville Railway tracks and the Boydton Plank Road (now U.S. Rt. 1). South Hill was . . . — — Map (db m30878) HM
This memorial park is dedicated to all veterans who served their country honorably and especially to those who paid the supreme sacrifice. — — Map (db m180540) WM