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Historical Markers in Dolphin
Lawrenceville is the county seat for Brunswick County
Dolphin is in Brunswick County
Brunswick County (53) ►
ADJACENT TO BRUNSWICK COUNTY Dinwiddie County (184) ►
Greensville County (11) ►
Lunenburg County (26) ►
Mecklenburg County (41) ►
Nottoway County (59) ►
Northampton County, North Carolina (29) ►
Warren County, North Carolina (37) ►
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| 1 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Dolphin — SN-61 — Smoky Ordinary — Reported permanently removed |
| The ordinary that stood on this site catered to travelers on the north-south stage road as early as 1750. During the American Revolution local warehouses were burned by British Colonel Tarleton, and legend says that it was from that occurrence . . . — — Map (db m20164) HM | |||
2 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Dolphin — SN-61 — Smoky Ordinary —  |
| Smoky Ordinary, built ½ mile northeast of here by 1750, provided lodging, food, and drink to travelers on the north-south stage road. A small community later developed around the ordinary. British raiders under Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton . . . — — Map (db m310191) HM | |||
| 3 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Dolphin — Smoky Ordinary — "Making Tracks" — Wilson-Kautz Raid — |
| Over two days, June 27-28, 1864, dusty columns of approximately 5,000 exhausted Union cavalrymen, with artillery, wagons, and ambulances, passed this spot near Smoky Ordinary. Gen. James H. Wilson's division led the way, with Gen. August V. . . . — — Map (db m310188) HM | |||
| 4 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Dolphin — Smoky Ordinary — “Rebel cavalry” — Wilson-Kautz Raid — Reported permanently removed |
| 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 m289877) HM | |||