This pattern is taken from "The Big Book of Civil War Quilts".
Bold interplay of darks and lights brings to mind images
of Civil War battles fought in fields divided by rail fences.
Carol Hopkins dedicated this quilt to all soldiers who . . . — — Map (db m162892) HM
"His dear lady did not suffer me to quit the house until I had promised to watch over her husband in the hour of battle." The words of Maj. Heros von Borcke, one of Stuart's most famous staff officers, describe Flora's admonition to him as he and . . . — — Map (db m99882) HM
Maj. General Stuart's concept of command focused on one word - attack. If the enemy was before him, on his flank, or behind him, he had one response - attack. A saber in its scabbard was useless. It must be drawn and used to strike a blow, and . . . — — Map (db m99880) HM
"Jeb never says, 'Go boys,' but always 'Come, boys.'" In writing these words George Cary Eggleston of the 1st Virginia Cavalry summed up his commander's philosophy of leadership. Stuart never sent his men where he could not go and never asked them . . . — — Map (db m99881) HM
"Raiding with General Stuart is poor fun and a hard business. Thunder, lighting, rain, storm, mud, nor darkness can stop him when he is on a warm fresh trail of Yankee game." Horse artilleryman George M. Neese's opinion of Stuart following the . . . — — Map (db m99878) HM
He never brought me a "fat" piece information." Robert E. Lee's words, uttered upon his hearing of Stuart's death, were a fitting epitaph for "the eyes of the army." General Joseph E. Johnston, on his transfer to the war's western theater, wrote to . . . — — Map (db m99879) HM
Hanover County, Virginia
In the darkness of predawn on May 9, forty miles from Richmond, a section of Sheridan's cavalry under Custer's command raided the railroad station at Beaver Dam, in Hanover County. The station was being used as a . . . — — Map (db m295648) HM
Civil War armies consisted of three major components: infantry, artillery, and cavalry. The Cavalry's primary role was to support the infantry and artillery, gathering intelligence, scouting, screening the movements of the army, and serving as . . . — — Map (db m295645) HM
Local and oral tradition says that the large boxwoods before you were planted by Elizabeth Pannill Stuart, mother of J.E.B. Stuart. The Stuart's moved to this land about 1825 and lived here for a few years before building their home Laurel Hill, . . . — — Map (db m162904) HM
One of the enduring mysteries in the preservation of Laurel Hill has been finding the location of William Letcher's home. Recent discoveries have shed some light on that question. In June of 2009, a number of students from Radford University, led by . . . — — Map (db m162907) HM
The Historical Roadbed that you see before you dates from the earliest colonial times of what is now Patrick County. This road may have been in use as early as the 1750 period. Approximately one thousand feet of this historic road forms the eastern . . . — — Map (db m99841) HM
The home of Archibald and Elizabeth Pannill Stuart was constructed on this site c. 1830. It was in this house that their most famous son. James Ewell Brown was born on February 6, 1833. Six other Stuart children would also be born in this house. Of . . . — — Map (db m99843) HM
"This son of Virginia"
Born on February 6, 1833, James Ewell Brown, "Jeb" Stuart was the eighth child of Archibald and Elizabeth Stuart. Stuart's birthplace, "Laurel Hil," was located on the fringe of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Patrick . . . — — Map (db m295644) HM
Laurel Hill, the 1,500-acre farm of Archibald and Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart, was the birthplace of their seventh child, James Ewell Brown Stuart, at 11 a.m. on February 6, 1833. The house burned to the ground during the winter of 1847-48. . . . — — Map (db m54713) HM
Entered on the National
Register of Historic Places
on September 24, 1998
Entered on the Virginia
Landmarks Register on
January 23, 1998 — — Map (db m162893) HM
Young James
1845
Allen F. Weldhaas
2000
LAUREL HILL
"Although everyone deems his own
home, a spot supremely blest,
a dearer sweeter spot than all the rest."
"Yet experience has taught me it is
necessary to be deprived of it awhile
in order . . . — — Map (db m169381) HM
After the murder of William Letcher in 1780, the history of the fifteen-hundred-acre farm that would become the birthplace and boyhood home of James Ewell Brown Stuart is complex, in some instances vague and uncertain. Shortly after her husband's . . . — — Map (db m267763) HM
More than 100,000 well fed and well armed Union soldiers advanced into Virginia during the months of May and June for the Overland Campaign. Grant's objective was to draw out and destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The total . . . — — Map (db m295646) HM
In the 19th century, Mountain Road consisted of mostly large and small farms. In 1857, the Hopkins family purchased Walkerton on approximately 250 acres. Two other substantial homesteads on Mountain Road at this time belonged to the Sheppards and . . . — — Map (db m295649) HM
The investigation of the Laurel Hill property by the College Of William and Mary's Center for Archaeological Research in 1993, revealed the presence of Native American activity on the crest during the Archaic and Woodland periods (c. 12000 BC to 900 . . . — — Map (db m99845) HM
North Carolina. North Carolina was one of the original thirteen states. The first settlement was made on Roanoke Island, 1585, but was not permanent. Settlers from Virginia occupied the Albemarle region before 1663, in which year the colony . . . — — Map (db m54712) HM
The hand dug water-well before you is believed to date to the Stuart occupancy which began about 1825 and ended in 1859. The well which still contains water, is rock lined and about twenty feet deep. This well was described in a 1935 Richmond Times . . . — — Map (db m162908) HM
A short distance west is the site of the home of Archibald Stuart, Jr., a statesman of a century ago. There was born, February 6, 1833, his son, James Ewell Brown Stuart, who became Major-General commanding the cavalry of the Army of Northern . . . — — Map (db m294743) HM
To the west stood Laurel Hill (built about 1830), where Confederate Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was born on 6 Feb. 1833 to Archibald Stuart, a lawyer and politician, and Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart. The house burned in the winter . . . — — Map (db m54710) HM
This is the original roadside Virginia Historical marker that stood near the entrance to Laurel Hill for nearly seventy years. During that time this sign was the only indication of the historical significance of this site to passing motorists. . . . — — Map (db m299137) HM
This white oak tree is the offspring of the mighty white oak which stood in Hanover County, Virginia, for
more than 400 years before being destroyed by Hurricane Isabel in 2003
History relates it provided shade for Robert E. Lee and his staff . . . — — Map (db m99846) HM
Glen Allen, Henrico Courty, Virginia
On May 11, in the mists of the predawn, the combatants were assembling for the battle of Yellow Tavern, just six miles from the gates of Richmond. Stuart's cavalry raced south from Beaverdam to get ahead . . . — — Map (db m295650) HM
Fifth Virginia Cavalry
In an attempt to slow the Union assault, Lomax moved the rest of his brigade including Col. Pate and his Fifth Virginia Cavalry into position in a shallow cut of Telegraph Road. Stuart observed the action taking place . . . — — Map (db m295651) HM
The Battle of Yellow Tavern bought Richmond time. Enough Confederate reinforcements manned the interior line of defenses around Richmond to persuade Sheridan to cancel his goal of raiding the Confederate capital.
The ambulance carrying . . . — — Map (db m295656) HM
In March of 1949, Charlie Melton Dellenback Sr. became owner of the 169 acre tract that was a small part of the original Laurel Hill farm. This land included the farmhouse built in 1895 by William A. Mitchell and his son John. The farm contained . . . — — Map (db m241969) HM
The Grave of William Letcher is the oldest in Patrick County with an inscription that reads:
"In memory of William Letcher, who was assassinated in his own house in the bosom of his family by a Tory of the Revolution, on the 2nd day of August, . . . — — Map (db m162901) HM
In the years following his death, Stuart came to be a leading symbol of the Southern culture of the Lost Cause and of Virginia's Cavalier idolization. The poet Stephen Vincent Benet depicted Stuart in his epic poem John Brown's Body (1928) . . . — — Map (db m295660) HM
Looking through the trees across the Ararat River you will see the grave site of William Letcher, an American patriot. William Letcher was born about 1750, and died in 1780 at the hands of a Tory by the name of "Nichols", who was later apprehended . . . — — Map (db m162897) HM
The Mount Airy & Eastern Railway, also known as the Virginia and North Carolina Railroad, nicknamed the "Dinky," was a narrow gauge (36" inside track to track) short-line railroad that ran from Mount Airy, North Carolina, to Kibler Valley, . . . — — Map (db m294742) HM
This graveyard marks the final resting place of many African-American slaves
who toiled at Laurel Hill during its existence. Although, slaves may have been present on the property prior to 1824, the first official indication of their presence . . . — — Map (db m162895) HM
This small graveyard has presented a historical mystery. In 1855, Archibald Stuart, the father of General Stuart passed away and was buried in the graveyard before you. In July 1859, his wife, Elizabeth Pannill Stuart sold the property and in so . . . — — Map (db m99844) HM
On this site, stood the outbuilding that served as the kitchen for the Stuart family. As was the custom in those days kitchens were housed in buildings separate from the main dwelling for protection against a fire that might erupt as a result of . . . — — Map (db m99842) HM
Enclosed by this fence, is the grave of William Letcher an American patriot. This is the oldest known marked grave within Patrick County. William Letcher was born about 1750, and married Elizabeth Perkins about 1778. The couple most likely . . . — — Map (db m162899) HM
Stuart observed the action with his attention firmly fixed on the disiant woods where Custer was deploying his men. He then ordered up Gen Fitzhugh Lee and the First Virginia Cavalry to meet the Union advance.
Thunder from the storm roared . . . — — Map (db m295653) HM
After the Stuart family sold the Laurel Hill farm in 1859 to Robert R. Galloway and Dr. Joseph Hollingsworth, except for the possibility for a few tenant farmers, the land sat mostly idle for the next twenty years. In 1879, Samuel Hill Taylor, . . . — — Map (db m162902) HM
William Letcher, the maternal great-grandfather of James Ewell Brown Stuart, was born about 1750 near Petersburg, Virginia. He was the second son of Giles Letcher of Goochland County, who was born in Ireland, and his wife, Hannah Hughes, who was of . . . — — Map (db m162905) HM
Patrick County, Virginia. Area 485 Square Miles. Formed in 1790 from Henry, and named for Patrick Henry, who thus had two counted named for him. General J.E.B. Stuart was born in this county.
North Carolina. North . . . — — Map (db m65786) HM
200 yards south is Poplar Grove, Penns old home and burial place. At age 21 he won his spurs leading a company under General Lewis at Point Pleasant. During 178081 he organized the first Revolutionary troops from Henry and adjoining counties, . . . — — Map (db m65815) HM
To keep perishables cool during the hot summer months chunks of ice were cut from frozen creeks and ponds in winter, and stored in the ice house. The building was constructed by digging a cavity, lining it with bricks, adding sturdy walls, a door . . . — — Map (db m304983) HM
In 1843, brick-making and construction of the stately home of Hardin and Nancy Jane Reynolds began and continued into the next decade. The bricks were likely made on the property by skilled enslaved workers. The house was built in two sections, . . . — — Map (db m304986) HM
Cooking in a plantation kitchen was daunting and required constant attention and care. The basic equipment needed for hearth cooking included a swinging crane, pot hangers such as S-hooks, trammels, or ratchets, a minimum of two Dutch ovens, . . . — — Map (db m304985) HM
Four miles to the north is Rock Spring Plantation, the boyhood home of industrialist R. J. Reynolds. The land was settled in 1814 by Abram Reynolds and his wife Mary Harbour. About 1843 their son Hardin William Reynolds built the present brick . . . — — Map (db m22412) HM
Rock Spring Plantation, the home of Hardin and Nancy Cox Reynolds, is a State and National Historic Landmark. It is possible the house built by Hardin Reynolds is the first brick home constructed in Patrick County. Enslaved workers likely made . . . — — Map (db m304981) HM
Built by Hardin Reynolds just prior to his marriage in 1843, the house that became known as Rock Spring Plantation, faces the historic Norfolk to Bristol Turnpike. Nearby was the log dwelling of his father, Abram Reynolds, who purchased 50 acres . . . — — Map (db m72851) HM
Tobacco has been a major part of the economy of Virginia since the beginning of settlement. The variety of tobacco grown in Virginia, Nicotiana Rustica, has been traced back to use by the American Indians. As early as 1825, Abraham Reynolds began . . . — — Map (db m304988) HM
Roanoke newspaper publisher Junius B. Fishburn donated the land to create Fairy Stone State Park. It is named for the cross-shaped crystals found in the region, which according to legend were formed from the tears of fairies. The National Park . . . — — Map (db m65852) HM
Floyd County. Area 376 square miles. Formed in 1831 from Montgomery, and added to from Franklin. Named for John Floyd, governor of Virginia, 18301834. Buffalo Knob is in this county.
Patrick County. Area 485 square . . . — — Map (db m104615) HM
Meadows of Dan. Patrick County is named for a fiddler, Patrick Henry, and is where the Piedmont Plateau meets the Blue Ridge Mountains. Settled in Revolutionary times, it has always been a musical place. Stuart, the county seat, is named for a . . . — — Map (db m104623) HM
On October 14, 1944, a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, lost in a dense fog during a training mission, circled Mabry Mill twice before crashing in a nearby field.
Eighteen months earlier, the bomber had been purchased through the United States . . . — — Map (db m138448) HM
Just south of here is the site of Poplar Grove, home and burial place of Abram Penn, Revolutionary-era leader. Penn commanded a company during Dunmore's War against the Shawnee in 1774. The next year he was elected to the Pittsylvania County . . . — — Map (db m304868) HM
The Reynolds Family Cemetery spans many generations - from the beginning of Rock Spring Plantation in the 1800s to the present. Abraham and Mary "Polly" Reynolds, who first settled in Patrick County, are buried here along with their son David, . . . — — Map (db m304987) HM
This was the westernmost point of the survey of the Virginia-North Carolina border run in 1728 by a joint commission from both colonies led by Col. William Byrd II of Westover. The exact end of the line was marked on October 26, 1728, by a blazed . . . — — Map (db m65542) HM
About three miles north stood Fort Mayo, commanded by Captain Samuel Harris in 1756 and visited in that year by Washington. This fort was the southernmost of the line of stockade forts built from the Potomac River to North Carolina as a frontier . . . — — Map (db m104593) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the crew of a B-24, based at Charleston S.C., that crashed on Bull Mtn., March 15, 1944, one-half mile south of the fire tower while on a training mission
Lt. Gilbert R. Felts - Pilot Elkin, N.C.
Lt. John R. . . . — — Map (db m271743) HM WM
Resident of Patrick County and distinguished veteran of the Revolutionary War gave the land on which is located the Patrick County Courthouse. — — Map (db m271602) HM
The Wood Brothers Racing Museum is dedicated to the memory of our team founders, Glenn and Bernece Wood.
Both were passionate about auto racing and contributed immeasurably to the sport. They were vital in the formation and growth of this . . . — — Map (db m304989) HM
(East side)
In memory of Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart C.S.A.
Born near Stuart, Patrick County, Virginia on February 6, 1833
Mortally wounded in Battle of Yellow Tavern
Died May 12, 1864
(West side)
Erected to the memory . . . — — Map (db m271625) WM
Dedicated to the memory of those of Patrick County who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in World War II and Korean War.
Hassell G. Anderson
John V. Anthony, Jr.
Richard G. Ayers
Sykes L. Beasley
Thomas C. Bingman . . . — — Map (db m271753) WM
Placed in memory of heroes of the American Revolution by Captain John Wesley Martin SAR
Henrey, Patrick and Franklin Counties, VA
James Denny born 1752
William Deshazo born 1759
James Dickerson
Benjamin Dillen . . . — — Map (db m305880) WM
This place, first known as Taylorsville for George Taylor, early settler, was established in 1792 after the formation of Patrick County. In 1849 it contained about fifty dwellings. The name was changed to Stuart for General J. E. B. Stuart, C. S. . . . — — Map (db m65807) HM
As he loved the church and faithfully
served the Master, Dr. William Nash Thompson, beloved physician of Patrick County cherished the mellow tones of this church's original bell. The bell tower was given in loving memory by his family in order that . . . — — Map (db m271603) HM
(Left Side)
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Coalfields region, southwest Virginia is blessed with historic and contemporary music venues, musicians, and fretted instrument makers. Historically isolated, the region retained its . . . — — Map (db m271623) HM
The Patrick County "Loveworks" sign, dedicated July 4, 2016, is the 51st LOVE sign in the State of Virginia. Measuring in at 9 feet in height and 6 feet in length, the Patrick County LOVE sign is one of the largest in the state. — — Map (db m304995) HM
You are standing at the foot of Stuart's Knob, where iron was mined from the late 1700s until the early 1900s. Originally given to General George Hairston in a 300,000 acre land grant after the War of 1812, this hill was mined using pick and . . . — — Map (db m271762) HM
In memory of those servicemen from
Patrick County who lost their lives during the war with Vietnam
John M James USMC April 12, 1966
Frederick C Bullington ARMY May 30, 1966
Bobby L Corns ARMY June 19, 1967
Israel L . . . — — Map (db m271748) WM
We are Virginia's Moonshine Heritage Trail
Our moonshine heritage has deep roots, tracing back to the region's early settlers who relied on the production of illicit distilled spirits as a means of survival and income. While its perception . . . — — Map (db m271604) HM
Harnessing water for power began early in the history of Patrick County as grist mills sprang up on nearly every stream of any size. In the early 20th Century, even a few small electric generators were sited at mill dams in some areas of the . . . — — Map (db m304990) HM
The Blue Ridge Mission School was established by the Virginia Baptist General Convention in 1916 at the site just to the southeast. It provided general education and religious training, on both the elementary and secondary school level, to day and . . . — — Map (db m65849) HM
Rising to 3,972 feet, Buffalo Mountain is an old and familiar landmark to local residents. Mothers would tell their children that they could go anywhere in a day as long as they could see "the buffalo." The great hump towers a thousand feet above . . . — — Map (db m134597) HM
This monument marks the site of the family home of I. C. Dehart, the U.S. Post Office Hartville, VA and government distillery. The donation of this land by the Dehart family to Patrick County provided for the construction of five recreation . . . — — Map (db m305523) HM
This 48-foot span bridge built of oak crosses the Smith River. It was constructed in 1914 by Charles Vaughan of the Buffalo Ridge area and designed by Walter Weaver of Woolwine. This historic landmark, a silent reminder of the past, has been . . . — — Map (db m198780) HM
Jack's Creek Covered Bridge
has been registered as a
Virginia
Historic
Landmark
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
Act of 1966 — — Map (db m305518) HM
Jack's Creek Covered Bridge
Designed by Walter Weaver of Woolwine and bulit by Charles Vaughn of Buffalo Ridge in 1914, the Jack's Creek Covered Bridge is the last remaining covered bridge in Patrick County. The bridge was placed on the . . . — — Map (db m305823) HM
The gorge is best seen from Rocky Knob's summit, where one can look into the valley 1800 feet below. An old road parallels the creek through the gorge. Initially a trail and later a wagon road, the old road has reverted to its former use as a hiking . . . — — Map (db m134594) HM
