On 14 Sept. 1864, during the siege of Petersburg, about 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen under Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton began a 100-mile ride behind Union lines, passing near here the next day. Arriving at Coggins Point on the James River on 16 Sept., . . . — — Map (db m259949) HM
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
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
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
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
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
(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
