On West Oak Street west of North Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
Ralph Epperson founded WPAQ 740 AM, The first radio station in Surry County in 1948.
The station is best known for the preservation of music native to the Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia, highlighting local old-time musicians. WPAQ is . . . — — Map (db m185324) HM
On Tour Road east of Old Battleground Road, on the right when traveling east.
This monument honors Maj. Joseph Winston and the Surry County rifleman who fought stubbornly beside William Campbell and “Light-Horse Harry” Lee. During the fierce struggle with British regiments, Lee’s Legion veered southeast of the American second . . . — — Map (db m218715) HM
On West Oak Street just west of North Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
L.H. Jones was a leader and educator in Surry County for over 45 years. He served as the only principal of J.J. Jones High School during its 30-year existence between 1936 and 1966. The school was named after his father who worked as a teacher and . . . — — Map (db m185333) HM
On North Main Street (County Highway 1668) at West Pine Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
To accomplish its mission of protecting, preserving, and promoting Surry County Music, the Old-Time Music Heritage Hall at the Historic Earle Theatre houses black and white portraits of Surry County's old-time music legends, memorabilia, and a . . . — — Map (db m185321) HM
On South Main Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Robert Hicks was born about 1658. By the 1690s he lived at Fort Henry near Petersburg and led traders to the Indians on the southern frontier. About 1709 he moved here to the future site of Hicksford (present-day Emporia) and became captain of the . . . — — Map (db m18952) HM
On West Oak Street west of North Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
March 1, 1901-January 28, 1985
Tommy Jarrell was a legendary old-time fiddler, banjo player, and singer from the Round Peak Region of Surry County, He began playing music at the age of seven. Jarrell became known as "The Master of round Peak . . . — — Map (db m185329) HM
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, . . . — — Map (db m54615) HM
The Moravian Church is a Protestant denomination tracing its roots to the followers of Jan Hus. A Czech priest and reformer, Hus was martyred for his faith in 1415. The Moravians founded a church body dedicated to a simple and devout life. For . . . — — Map (db m140201) HM
Near Campbell Road 0.1 miles north of Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.
Two African American Civil War veterans, Pvt. Edward Diggs and Sgt. Anthony W. Poole, are buried here. Each enlisted in Co. G, 36th U.S. Colored Troops, in Yorktown. Blacks sought to enlist earlier in the war but were banned until after the . . . — — Map (db m66890) HM
On Rockford Road, on the right when traveling south.
(Preface):
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m54626) HM
On Greenlee Ford Road 0.3 miles north of Carbon City Road (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling north.
During the America n Revolution, at this ford of the Catawba River, around 1390 men from Western North Carolina and Southwestern Virginia crossed here on their way to the Battle Of Kings Mountain. The men who crossed the river here were all . . . — — Map (db m285957) HM WM
On Elkin Highway (State Highway 268), on the right when traveling east.
The grassy area in front of you is the easternmost point on the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Near this spot on September 27th, 1780, Patriot militiamen from Surry County under the command of Major Joseph Winston mustered to join . . . — — Map (db m56937) HM
On Winston Road (State Highway 67) north of Fall Creek Church Road, on the right when traveling west.
(Preface):
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m56801) HM
Near Letcher Lane (Virginia Route 749) at Ararat Highway ( Route 773), on the left when traveling west.
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
Near West Main Street at Terrace Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
David Allen, Eighteenth-Century Entrepreneur
David Allen arrived mid-century in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. With an eye on the plentiful timber and swiftly moving rivers, he set about building a sawmill. He likely had lumber . . . — — Map (db m258609) HM
Near Courtland Farm Road (Virginia Route 820) 0.2 miles east of Hanover Courthouse Road (U.S. 301), on the right when traveling east.
(side 1)
The Colonial River Road
After centuries of use by native people and the colonists of New Kent County, the road along the Pamunkey River was extended past the tobacco ports of Newcastle and Page’s Warehouse (later . . . — — Map (db m53801) HM
On Rockford Street at South Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Rockford Street.
This memorial is dedicated to those men and women from Surry County
who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country.
(center piece)
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. That this nation, under . . . — — Map (db m264579) WM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
