Historical Markers and War Memorials in Boydton, Virginia
Boydton is the county seat for Mecklenburg County
Boydton is in Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County(39) ► ADJACENT TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY Brunswick County(51) ► Charlotte County(50) ► Halifax County(40) ► Lunenburg County(23) ► Granville County, North Carolina(33) ► Vance County, North Carolina(18) ► Warren County, North Carolina(30) ►
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On Highway Fifty Eight (U.S. 58) 0.1 miles east of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Richard Kennon of Mecklenburg served as an officer in the 5th Virginia Regiment, 1776-1778 and later in the State Militia. He served in both houses of the General Assembly and was Presiding Officer of the Senate, 1800-1802. He died in 1805. — — Map (db m30909) HM
On Madison Street (Business U.S. 58) at Washington Street (Virginia Route 92), on the right when traveling west on Madison Street. Reported damaged.
Alexander Boyd, Sr., a businessman and founder of Boydton, erected the core of this tavern about 1785. The hostelry thrived, and its presence was a major reason for the selection of Boydton as the Mecklenburg County seat. By the mid-19th century, . . . — — Map (db m30900) HM
On Madison Street (Business U.S. 58) at Washington Street (Virginia Route 92), on the left when traveling west on Madison Street.
Mecklenburg County was established March 1, 1765, and named for George III’s consort, Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The first court met on March 11, 1765, at the home of Mr. Richard Swepson in the new county seat, Mecklenburg . . . — — Map (db m30902) HM
On Highway Fifty Eight (U.S. 58) 0.1 miles east of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Boydton Academic and Bible Institute was opened in 1879 in building that had been abandoned by Randolph-Macon College when it moved to Ashland in 1868. Dr. Charles Cullis, a humanitarian from Boston, purchased the property in 1878 and opened . . . — — Map (db m30917) HM
On U.S. 58, 0.2 miles east of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Boydton Academic and Bible Institute was opened in 1879 in what had been the main building of Randolph-Macon College, before the college abandoned it and relocated to Ashland in 1868. Dr. Charles Cullis, a humanitarian from Boston, purchased . . . — — Map (db m180592) HM
On Hull Street (Virginia Route T-1204) at Cemetery Street, on the left when traveling east on Hull Street.
The Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road, built between 1851 and 1853, was the first all-weather route connecting Southside Virginia’s tobacco and wheat farms with the market. Pine and oak planks, 8 feet long, 1 foot wide, and 3-4 inches thick were . . . — — Map (db m31857) HM
On Highway Fifty Eight (U.S. 58) 0.1 miles east of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road was built between 1851 and 1853 and was funded by stock bought by the state as well as the public. The all-weather toll road increased the transportation of crops to market and also carried stagecoach traffic . . . — — Map (db m30912) HM
Near Hull Street (Virginia Route T-1204) at Cemetery Street.
The Presbyterian Meeting House was built around 1820 on land owned by Alexander Boyd the Younger of Boydton, Virginia. In 1824 the church property was deeded to the church elders for the sum of one dollar. In times of need, the Presbyterians have . . . — — Map (db m31859) HM
On U.S. 1 near Palmer Springs and Paschall Roads (County Route 712), on the right when traveling north.
James Solomon Russell was born enslaved on 20
Dec. 1857 on the nearby Hendrick Plantation.
After emancipation, he attended Hampton
Institute and St. Stephen’s Normal and Theological
School and was ordained in 1882. As a religious
missionary, . . . — — Map (db m107457) HM
On U.S. 1 near the state line, on the right when traveling south.
Mecklenburg County Virginia. Area 669 Square Miles. Formed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III. Bacon, the rebel, defeated the Indians near the present town of . . . — — Map (db m107451) HM
On Highway Fifty Eight (U.S. 58) 0.1 miles east of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east.
This is the original campus of Randolph-Macon College, the oldest Methodist-affiliated college still operating in the United States. Chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1830 and named for Congressmen John Randolph of Roanoke, Charlotte . . . — — Map (db m30910) HM
On Highway Fifty Eight (U.S. 58) 0.1 miles east of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Seven miles south. There a detachment of Virginia militia crossed the Roanoke River in February, 1781, on the way to join Greene in North Carolina. There Baron Steuben, commanding the forces in Virginia, had a depot of supplies. — — Map (db m30911) HM
On Highway Fifty Eight (U.S. 58) at Washington Street (Virginia Route 92), on the right when traveling east on Highway Fifty Eight.
The presence of Boyd tavern, built in the eighteenth-century, greatly influenced the selection of Boydton as the Mecklenburg County seat. A major mid-nineteenth century renovation expanded the original tavern into a 35-room structure that included . . . — — Map (db m31872) HM
On Washington Street (Virginia Route 92) at Business U.S. 58, on the right when traveling south on Washington Street.
The Boydton LOVEwork was created for the 40th Annual Boydton Day Festival by the 2016 Boydton Day Committe and designed by Brooks Lenhart with assistance from Shirley Bowen, Michelle Gregory Gordon, & Donna Ober. . . . — — Map (db m182461) HM
