Southampton County. Southampton County was formed in 1749 from Isle of Wight County, a part of Nansemond County was added later. The county was either named for the English borough of Southampton or for Henry Wriothesley, third earl of . . . — — Map (db m18112) HM
On 8 May 1864 Jarratt's Station, a nearby depot on the Petersburg Railroad, was the subject of a Union cavalry raid. Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz led his division on a series of raids in early May to cut the railroad from Petersburg to Weldon, North . . . — — Map (db m18858) HM
Here the highway merges with the Halifax Road, the ancient road from Petersburg to Halifax, North Carolina. Over this road Cornwallis marched in May, 1781, from Halifax to Petersburg in his invasion of Virginia. Over this road the Confederates . . . — — Map (db m18868) HM
In 1864, supplies for Lee's army were
carted from the Weldon Railroad here
to Petersburg. Here the Union Cavalryman,
Wilson, returning from his raid in Burkeville,
fought an action with Lee's cavalry, June 28-29,
1864. The place was raided . . . — — Map (db m7752) HM
Hunting Quarter Baptist Church originated ca. 1863 when local African Americans began holding worship services under a nearby brush arbor, according to oral history. White neighbors donated a two-room sanctuary that stood 200 feet northeast of here . . . — — Map (db m180458) HM
Site of
Jones Chapel
Methodist Church
Organized 1777 – Closed 1926
The 16th Virginia Annual Conference
was held here in 1799. The Reverend
Jesse Lee presided due to the
illness of Bishop Asbury.
A great revival was . . . — — Map (db m39793) HM
Several important river crossings took place
over the Nottoway River during two wars.
Revolutionary War cavalry commander Lt.Col.
John Graves Simcoe led British forces across
the river in this area on 11 May 1781, as he
rode south to join Gen. . . . — — Map (db m7821) HM
Sappony Baptist Church, originally called Sappony Meeting House, was erected here in 1773. It was a part of the Kehukee Association, which consisted of churches in North Carolina and Virginia. In 1791, these associations divided along state lines . . . — — Map (db m18852) HM
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destoy track and rolling . . . — — Map (db m18841) HM
Sussex County. Area 515 Square Miles. Formed in 1753 from Surry, and named for an English county. Cornwallis passed through this county in 1781.
Dinwiddie County. Area 521 Square Miles. Formed in 1752 . . . — — Map (db m69937) HM
(front)
Our Confederate Soldiers
“The principles for which they fought live eternally.”
(rear)
List of companies organized in
and sent out from Sussex County:
Co.A, 41st Va. Reg’t, Infantry,
“Sussex Sharp . . . — — Map (db m39792) HM
Begun 1825
Completed 1828
Built by Dabney Cosby
master brickmason under Thomas Jefferson
in the construction of the University of Virginia
Declared a National Historic
Landmark 1973-Exterior restored
by the Board of Supervisors . . . — — Map (db m39790) HM
(front)
Dedicated to the memory of
Sussex County citizens
who gave their lives in
service to their country
1917 – 1958
World War I
William F. Chappell
John J. Ellis
George R. Evans
Richmond W. Holloway . . . — — Map (db m39791) WM
One mile southwest, on September 16, 1864, General Wade Hampton's Confederate Cavalry herded about 2500 head of captured cattle across the Nottoway River, while two miles northwest, at Belsches' Mill, Federal troops sent to recapture the cattle were . . . — — Map (db m18156) HM
One mile south on Seacock Swamp stood the home of Col. Michael Blow. He was the first Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Sussex County, member of the House of Burgesses, member of the First Virginia Convention (1774), County Justice, and colonel . . . — — Map (db m35980) HM
Virginia’s highway system took shape during the 1920s as automobile ownership expanded rapidly. State Route 52 was established in 1928 to connect Suffolk with Prince George County. In 1933, this road became part of the new U.S. 460 from Roanoke to . . . — — Map (db m103868) HM
Sussex County. Area 515 Square Miles. Formed in 1753 from Surry, and named for an English county. Cornwallis passed through this county in 1781.
Southampton County. Area 604 Square Miles. Formed in 1748 . . . — — Map (db m18110) HM
In dedication and grateful memory
of all who have served in the Armed Forces
to protect our Country and defend its Freedom
throughout history.
November 11, 2004 — — Map (db m103894) WM
A Nottoway Indian town was located two miles south at the springs when the English settlement was established at Jamestown in 1607. The Nottoways gave the three springs the name, Coppahaunk, meaning "good health or healing waters." About 1825, . . . — — Map (db m35989) HM
One mile northwest Dr. Matthew Harris grew the first commercial crop of peanuts in the United States, according to tradition, in or soon after 1842. — — Map (db m35984) HM
Nearby to the northeast stood Ellis Preaching House, an early Methodist meetingplace in Sussex County. Francis Asbury, a pioneering Methodist leader and circuit rider, first visited the Ellis family in 1775 and later conducted services at the . . . — — Map (db m35985) HM
Miles B. Carpenter (1889-1985) moved to a Sussex County peanut farm from Pennsylvania in 1902. He entered the lumber business in 1912 with a planing mill and sawmill. When business slowed during World War II, he whittled figures but did not carve . . . — — Map (db m35988) HM
For Democracy
1917 — 1918
In remembrance
of those who gave their lives and as a tribute in
honor of those who saw service during the World War
C.R. Evans • C.Z. Parsons • R.W. Holloway • M.R. Fanchi • E.F. Wrenn
Company “B” . . . — — Map (db m192854) WM
(Center Panel)
Dedicated
In honor of the men and women
of the Waverly area who served
our country and especially to the
everlasting memory of these who gave
their lives in the cause of freedom
World War II
Korea . . . — — Map (db m192578) WM
Antioch Baptist Church was the first of its denomination in Sussex County and one of the earliest in Virginia.
It was formed on 13 June 1772 with 87 members, the result of effective preaching by Elder John Meglamre, of Kehukee Baptist Church in . . . — — Map (db m69386) HM
