Near Old Buckingham Road (Virginia Route 13) 0.1 miles south of Courthouse Tavern Lane.
This Court House
1848-1849 was erected by order of court
in quarterly session entered on
the 6th day of March 1848
whereby for that purpose were appointed commissioners
John W. Nash - Wm. S. Dance
R.F. Graves - Philip St. George . . . — — Map (db m18349) HM
On Old Buckingham Road 0.3 miles west of Evans Road, on the right when traveling west.
Cumberland County. Area 293 square miles. Formed in 1748 from Goochland, and named for the Duke of Cumberland, second son of King George II. The earliest call for independence came from this county, April 22, 1776. . . . — — Map (db m21144) HM
On Old Buckingham Road (Virginia Route 13) just south of Courthouse Tavern Lane ( Route 300), on the right when traveling north.
This memorial was erected by Powhatan citizens in 1973 to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Powhatan County servicemen of all wars. Wounded, discharged, and deceased. It recognizes also the patriotic service of Powhatan civilians who . . . — — Map (db m180223) WM
On East 2nd Street (Virginia Route 92) at Boyd Street, on the right when traveling east on East 2nd Street.
Born in Powhatan County on 18 Oct. 1897, Earle D. Gregory enlisted in 1914 at Chase City in the Virginia Volunteers (Virginia National Guard). He served in the 116th Inf. Regt., 29th Inf. Div., in WWI. On the first day of combat near Verdun, France, . . . — — Map (db m20204) HM
On Thomas Nelson Highway (U.S. 29) at Mosby Lane, on the right when traveling north on Thomas Nelson Highway.
Confederate Col. John Singleton Mosby was born in Powhatan County on 6 Dec. 1833. Nearby stood the early childhood home in which Mosby lived from soon after his birth until his family moved to Charlottesville by 1841. Before the Civil War, Mosby was . . . — — Map (db m10231) HM
On Harriott Road (County Route 131) at Springdale Drive (County Route 1054), on the right when traveling east on Harriott Road.
Side A No one was more fiercely committed to the Underground Rail Road
than former slaves.They knew first-hand the darkness and despair
of bondage. Such was Abraham Depp (1791- 1858), known as Abram,
born a slave on a tobacco plantation . . . — — Map (db m108067) HM
On Hungary Road at Old Staples Mill Road, on the right when traveling west on Hungary Road.
Laurel, first named Hungary Station, was the location of a spur railroad line to the coal fields in western Henrico County. During the Civil War the station here was burned, and Colonel Ulrich Dahlgren's body was secretly buried here in March 1864 . . . — — Map (db m10650) HM
On Bell Road (Virginia Route 684) 0.5 miles north of Powhatan Lakes Road ( Route 625), on the right when traveling north.
Col Samuel Drake (1787-1863), justice of the peace, coroner, inn owner, militiaman, son of James Drake (1740-96, Revolutionary soldier, Methodist minister & blacksmith of Little Deep Creek), owned 1048 acres, inc Caxamalca Plantation and 18 slaves. . . . — — Map (db m53565) HM
On Old Tavern Road at Anderson Highway (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling south on Old Tavern Road.
Mosby’s Tavern
Benjamin Mosby operated a tavern on this site as early as 1741 in what was then Goochland County. In 1749 at the formation of Cumberland County, this tavern served as its Courthouse. The sessions were held here until Powhatan . . . — — Map (db m33105) HM
On Broadway at 15th Street, on the right when traveling east on Broadway.
In 1873, Edward Sylvester paid W.C. Crookshank to build a side-gabled cottage with galleries that ran the length of the north and south sides of the house. Originally, there was a small building at the back of the lot most likely used as a . . . — — Map (db m142537) HM
On Huguenot Trail (Virginia Route 711) 0.1 miles east of Riverglade Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Although Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, the formal surrender ceremonies for his cavalry, artillery, and infantry occurred over the next three days. Lee did not attend. On . . . — — Map (db m271512) HM
On Anderson Highway (U.S. 60) west of Maidens Road (U.S. 522), on the right when traveling west.
Powhatan County established Powhatan Training
School one mile southeast in 1931 to offer upper
level courses to African American students. In
1937 on this site the county built a brick high
school for African Americans at a cost of . . . — — Map (db m107793) HM
On Shier Rings Road at University Boulevard, on the right on Shier Rings Road.
The Brown-Harris Cemetery was lost sometime in the early 1900s and was recently re-discovered during an archaeological survey
for the surrounding University Boulevard Project. It was named for the early African American settlers who owned the . . . — — Map (db m249942) HM
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