Historical Markers and War Memorials in Greensville County, Virginia
Adjacent to Greensville County, Virginia
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► Virginia (Greensville County), Emporia — UM-52 — Mabry's Chapel —  |
| On Pleasant Shade Drive (U.S. 58) 0.5 miles west of Grassy Pond Road (Virginia Route 606), on the right when traveling east. | |||
| Eight miles northeast stood Mabry's Chapel, the fourth Methodist house of worship built in Virginia. It was constructed in 1780, five years after the congregation first met at John Mabry's dwelling. By 1804, a new larger church was built; it . . . — — Map (db m86051) HM | |||
| 2► Virginia (Greensville County), Emporia — Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative — |
| On Pleasant Shade Drive (U.S. 58) west of Carter Road (Virginia Route 649), on the right when traveling west. | |||
| Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative was chartered March 11, 1938, by a group of Mecklenburg County residents. The first office was located in Boydton, Virginia. The group's stated purpose was: "To advance the position of agriculture, to enrich the life . . . — — Map (db m48290) HM | |||
| 3► Virginia (Greensville County), Emporia — S-72 — Meherrin Indians — |
| On Pleasant Shade Drive / Governor Harrison Parkway (U.S. 58) at 5 Forks Access Road, on the right when traveling west on Pleasant Shade Drive / Governor Harrison Parkway. | |||
| The Meherrin Indians lived in the coastal plain of Virginia and North Carolina along the Meherrin River. They farmed and hunted and spoke a language, Meherrin, that belonged to the Iroquoian language family. The Meherrin remained relatively . . . — — Map (db m60634) HM | |||
| 4► Virginia (Greensville County), Emporia — Z-33 — Sussex County / Greensville County — |
| On Sussex Drive (U.S. 301) 1.2 miles north of Moonlight Road, on the right when traveling north. | |||
| Sussex County Area 515 Square Miles Formed in 1753 from Surry, and named for an English county. Cornwallis passed through this county in 1781. Greensville County Area 307 Square Miles Formed in 1780 from Brunswick, and . . . — — Map (db m18926) HM | |||
| 5► Virginia (Greensville County), Purdy — Double Bridges — Fateful Decision: Wilson Turns North — Wilson-Kautz Raid — |
| On Smoky Ordinary Road at Purdy Road, on the left when traveling east on Smoky Ordinary Road. | |||
| 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 destroy track and rolling . . . — — Map (db m20169) HM | |||
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