According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale . . . — — Map (db m107700) HM
Nottoway County. Area 310 Square Miles. Formed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14.
Dinwiddie . . . — — Map (db m31874) HM
The original structure that was built on this site in the 1800's, housed Ripberger Furniture. That building perished in the devastating fire of 1928 and the current building you see today was constructed in the 1940's. The original ornate commercial . . . — — Map (db m182538) HM
“…the mingled roar of the musketry, and heavy lumbering of the artillery, seemed to rend the whole heavens…” At this railroad cut on June 23, 1864, 3,500 Union cavalrymen commanded by Gen. James H. Wilson fought a Confederate . . . — — Map (db m6509) HM
This was the first in a series of raids from Petersburg led by Union Generals James Wilson and August Kautz. The purpose of the raid was to destroy portions of the South Side and Richmond & Danville Railroads and curtail the use of these supply . . . — — Map (db m18521) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m14765) HM
Blackstone was first known as Blacks and Whites, after two rival late 18th-century taverns. One of these taverns, Schwartz (Blacks) Tavern, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, still stands. The town was renamed for the English jurist . . . — — Map (db m18879) HM
Three blocks south is the campus of the former Blackstone Female Institute, after 1915 Blackstone College for Girls, a teacher-training school that opened in 1894 with some 75 students including 29 boarders. James Cannon Jr., a controversial . . . — — Map (db m19004) HM
The Blackstone Female Institute was conceived in 1891 by George Pierce Adams, a Blackstone merchant, and Joshua Soule Hunter, a Methodist minister. Originally designed as a school to prepare young female students to enter Randolph-Macon . . . — — Map (db m31045) HM
The Blackstone Female Institute was conceived in 1891 by George Pierce Adams, a Blackstone merchant, and Joshua Soule Hunter, a Methodist minister. Originally designed as a school to prepare young female students to enter Randolph-Macon . . . — — Map (db m182528) HM
Late in 1941, the U.S. government began the condemnation of some 46,000 acres near Blackstone to establish Camp Pickett and train troops for World War II. The action forced 263 families (totaling 1,181 individuals) from their farms early in 1942. . . . — — Map (db m31051) HM
One of the earliest car dealerships in Blackstone, the mechanics shop still exists in the peak of the building with assorted car parts and paperwork. Andrew Wainwright and Edwin Truly Orange operated a Ford dealership at this location sometime in . . . — — Map (db m182539) HM
Circa - 1910
Architect - D. Wiley Anderson
Style - Romanesque
Placed on the
National Register of the Historic Places
by the
United States Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m182537) HM
Named in honor of Confederate Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett upon its creation in 1942, Camp Pickett was dedicated to the cause of a "reunited nation at war." Established as a 46,000-acre World War II Army installation, Camp Pickett was home to . . . — — Map (db m19001) HM
Through the Virginia 2007 Community Program the National Alumnae Association of Blackstone College planted 24 White and Pin Oak trees at this site to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English . . . — — Map (db m32368) HM
L.B. Spencer Drug Co. (Spencer Drug) was established in 1890. At that time, it opened for business at 104 North Main. In 1902, Mr. Spencer's son, R.B. Spencer, purchased the Robinson Hotel which was located on this site, for the purpose of building . . . — — Map (db m182535) HM
Mt. Nebo Church was founded shortly after the Civil War in 1867. A northerner named Mr. Rickets bought the place called Oak Hill and began preaching to a group of African Americans at this place in the woods. The audience increased as people . . . — — Map (db m20242) HM
Mt. Nebo Church was founded shortly after the Civil War, in 1867. A Northerner named Mr. Rickets bought this place in the woods, then called Oak Hill, and began preaching to a group of African American. The audience increased as people from . . . — — Map (db m182524) HM
Nottoway County. Area 310 square miles. Formed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14.
Dinwiddie . . . — — Map (db m31053) HM
On this site stood the Nottoway Training School, the first public school to provide secondary education for African Americans in Nottoway County. In 1909, public appeals to raise funds led to the establishment of the school by 1913, making it one of . . . — — Map (db m31052) HM
Built as a 20 room hotel, this building was home to military personnel during WWII, including comedian Red Skelten. Later, the building was merged with the Dodge Brothers Dealership. Later after considerable structural changes, it became . . . — — Map (db m182540) HM
Dr. Llewellyn C. Tucker was the original builder and owner of this building and ran a dentist office upstairs. Richard "Dick Watt" Manson operated People's Clothing Company in the lower level from 1905-1942. Before 1927, Blackstone Town Office. . . . — — Map (db m182536) HM
The Pickett Reservoir lies before you. This 384 acre impoundment was formed in 1942 by the United States Army in conjunction with the creation of Camp Pickett. Along with being a military training area, this reservoir provides drinking water to . . . — — Map (db m107710) HM
Near here stood Union Academy, conducted by Hardy and Crenshaw from 1861 to about 1869. Dr. Walter Reed, who discovered the carrier of yellow fever, and Dr. Robert E. Blackwell, long President of Randolph-Macon College, attended school here. Nearby . . . — — Map (db m31049) HM
Dedicated this 11th day of Nov. 2011 to all military personnel and veterans and especially to those who have trained, are training or will train at Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Virginia. — — Map (db m182541) WM
Blackstone residents Mattie Walton Epes (1896-1993) and Wilfred Preston "Pete" Maddux (1897-1977) wrote the popular Virginia Tech fight song "Tech Triumph" at this house in 1919. Maddux, who had entered Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a freshman . . . — — Map (db m182552) HM
Dedicated to all from Nottoway County who have served their country in time of war, but especially, as a memorial to those listed below who died as a direct result of hostile action in these conflicts.
World War I
Larkin J. Clay • . . . — — Map (db m182546) WM
