On Plank Road (Virginia Route 35) 0.5 miles north of Big Woods Road, on the right when traveling south.
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 Jarratt Avenue at South Halifax Road, on the right when traveling west on Jarratt Avenue.
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
On Blue Star Highway (U.S. 301) 0.3 miles north of Henry Road.
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
On Blue Star Highway (U.S. 301) at Lee Avenue (State Highway 40), on the right when traveling south on Blue Star Highway.
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
On Hunting Quarter Church Road (Virginia Route 662) 0.5 miles west of Emerald Road (Virginia Route 641), on the left when traveling west.
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
On Comans Well Road (Virginia Route 642) at Tyus Lane, on the right when traveling west on Comans Well Road.
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
On Blue Star Highway (U.S. 301), on the left when traveling south.
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
On Concord Sappony Road, 0.1 miles south of Sussex Drive (Virginia Route 40), on the left when traveling south. Reported missing.
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
On Sussex Drive (Virginia Route 40) at Concord Sappony Road, on the left when traveling west on Sussex Drive.
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
On Sussex Drive (Virginia Route 40) 0.3 miles east of Flatfoot Road (Virginia Route 626), on the left when traveling east.
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
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 735) at Thornton Square.
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
On Jerusalem Plank Road (Virginia Route 35) 0.1 miles south of Courthouse Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On General Mahone Highway (U.S. 460) 0.1 miles east of Cedar Lane, on the right when traveling east.
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
On County Drive (U.S. 460) at Sussex Avenue, on the right when traveling east on County Drive.
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
On General Mahone Highway (U.S. 460) at Skeet lane, on the right when traveling west on General Mahone Highway.
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
On West Church Street (Virginia Route 603) at County Drive (U.S. 460), on the right when traveling south on West Church Street.
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
On Coppahaunk Avenue (County Route T-1028) 0.1 miles south of West Main Street (Virginia Route 40), on the right when traveling south.
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
On South County Drive (U.S. 460) near George Town Road (Virginia Route 615), on the right when traveling west.
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
On South County Drive (U.S. 460) at Walnut Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on South County Drive.
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
On North County Drive (U.S. 460) at Hunter Street (Virginia Route 653), on the right when traveling east on North County Drive.
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
On West Main Street (Virginia Route 40) at Burt Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
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
On West Main Street (Virginia Route 40) at Burt Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
(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
On Courthouse Road (State Road 735) at Peters Bridge Road (State Road 631), on the right when traveling north on Courthouse Road.
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
