Near Alexandria Pike (U.S. 27) at the Evergreen Cemetery entrance, on the right when traveling north.
(right side)
Sacred to the memory of Major David Leitch, who was born at Glasgow in Scotland, Sept. 11th A.D. 1753. At an early age he emigrated to America with an elder brother and settled at Richmond, Virginia. A brave and . . . — — Map (db m281054) HM
On Rockfish Gap Turnpike (U.S. 250) east of Afton Mountain Road (Virginia Route 6), on the right when traveling west.
Albemarle County. Albemarle County was formed in 1744 from Goochland County and named for William Anne Keppel, the second Earl of Albemarle, titular governor of Virginia from 1737 to 1754. A portion of Louisa County was later added to . . . — — Map (db m4030) HM
On Thomas Nelson Highway (U.S. 29) east of State Route 6, on the right when traveling west.
Nelson County. In the foothills of Virginia’s Piedmont,
Nelson County was formed in 1807 from Amherst County. The county was named for Thomas Nelson, Jr., governor of Virginia from June to November 1781. The county seat is Lovingston. The . . . — — Map (db m44042) HM
On Seminole Trail (U.S. 29) north of Frays Mill Road / Burnley Station Road, in the median. Reported missing.
Albemarle County. Albemarle County was formed in 1744 from Goochland County and named for William Anne Keppel, the second Earl of Albemarle, titular governor of Virginia from 1747 to 1754. A portion of Louisa County was later added to . . . — — Map (db m21585) HM
On Louisa Road (Virginia Route 22) 0.1 miles west of Whitlock Road ( Route 616), on the left when traveling west.
Albemarle County. Albemarle County was formed in 1744 from Goochland County and named for William Anne Keppel, the second Earl of Albemarle, titular governor of Virginia from 1737 to 1754. A portion of Louisa County was later added to . . . — — Map (db m22780) HM
On River Road West (Virginia Route 6) at Hunters Woods, on the right when traveling west on River Road West.
James Pleasants was born on 24 Oct. 1769 at his home, Contention, located two miles south. A Quaker, Pleasants served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1796 to 1810, and in 1803 was elected its clerk. He sat in the United States House of . . . — — Map (db m18369) HM
On Airmont Road (County Route 719) 1.4 miles south of Snickersville Turnpike (County Route 734), on the right when traveling south.
Bushrod Lynn was born in Loudoun County in 1842 and lived here at East Lynn. From 1891 to 1897, Lynn served as superintendent of the Virginia Penitentiary. During a period characterized by harsh prison conditions, Lynn instituted prison reforms that . . . — — Map (db m97269) HM
Near Letcher Lane (Virginia Route 749) 0.5 miles west of Ararat Highway ( Route 773), on the left when traveling west.
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
On River Road West (U.S. 522) at Marsh Drive, on the right when traveling north on River Road West.
The new courthouse was this day received by William Miller, G. Woodson Payne, and myself as Commissioners for the County. An elegant and excellent building erected by Dabney Cosby and Valentine Parrish…and the court sat in it, . . . — — Map (db m170095) HM
On Hadensville-Fife Road (Virginia Route 606) north of Chimney Springs Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Second Union School, which operated until 1959 is the oldest-surviving of the 10 Rosenwald schools built in Goochland County. The African American community and Goochland County contributed funds to the building. Constructed in 1918, the building is . . . — — Map (db m31607) HM
Near Red Hill Road (County Route 677) 1.2 miles south of Patrick Henry Road (County Route 619), on the left when traveling south.
When Patrick Henry purchased Red Hill from Richard Marot Booker in 1794, he turned the overseer's quarters on the property into his law office and study. Through his successful law practice in the district courts, he had paid most of his debts by . . . — — Map (db m307350) HM
On Anderson Highway (U.S. 60) at Foster Road, on the right when traveling west on Anderson Highway.
In 1749 the Virginia House of Burgesses divided Goochland County to establish Cumberland County. William A. Howard, an associate of Thomas Jefferson's master builder, Dabney Cosby, built the present Cumberland County courthouse (1818-1821). The . . . — — Map (db m21121) HM
On Mountain Road west of Jessie Chavis Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The daughter of parents born into slavery, Virginia Randolph taught here in the one-room Mountain Road School beginning in the mid-1890s. A gifted teacher, she became in 1908 the nation's first countywide Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher, a . . . — — Map (db m314293) 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 Three Notch Road (U.S. 250) west of Three Chopt Road ( Route 653), on the right when traveling east.
Fluvanna County. Area 285 Square Miles. Formed in 1777 from Albemarle. Named (in Latin) Anne's River, the early name for the upper James given in honor of Queen Anne. Point of Fork was an important supply depot in 1781. . . . — — Map (db m54220) HM
John Callaham
Born in Virginia 1770
Migrated to South Carolina 1790
Died Level Land 1855
First Wife, Nancy Jarrett - Three
of Twelve Children of This Union
Married Sons of Zachariah Carwile.
Second Wife, Nancy Pinson - Eleven . . . — — Map (db m49923) HM
On U.S. 50 0.5 miles west of State Route 41, on the right when traveling east.
Nathaniel Massie, born Goochland County, Virginia, December 28, 1763, 1800 married Sarah Everard Mead, died November 13, 1813.
Revolutionary soldier; surveyor of wilderness then known as Northwest Territory and locator of Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m58110) HM
On West Broad Street (U.S. 250) east of Wilkes Ridge Parkway, on the right when traveling east.
Goochland County
Area 287 square miles
Formed in 1727 from Henrico and named for William Gooch, Governor of Virginia, 1727-1749. Cornwallis and Lafayette passed though this county in 1781.
Henrico County
Area 280 square miles . . . — — Map (db m256978) HM
On Anderson Drive west of Jordan Point Road, on the left when traveling west.
Dedicated in memory of
Edmund A. Saunders, III
Class of 1906
1886-1944
through the generosity of his daughters
Ann Lee Saunders Brown and Jane Quinn Saunders.
While maintaining a high academic standing in his class, Mr. . . . — — Map (db m254450) HM
On Jordan Point Road west of Moses Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated in memory of
Edmund A. Saunders, III
Class of 1906
1886-1944
through the generosity of his daughters
Ann Lee Saunders Brown and Jane Quinn Saunders.
While maintaining a high academic standing in his class, Mr. . . . — — Map (db m254556) HM
