On Richmond Road (U.S. 360) just west of Hampton Hall Road (Virginia Route 202), on the right when traveling east.
Two miles northeast, at Lodge, stood the Chambers Stamp Factory, owned by the same family for our generations. Founded in Washington, D.C., about 1830 by Benjamin Chambers, Sr., an engraver and inventor of a breech-loading cannon, the company . . . — — Map (db m22491) HM
On Richmond Road (Route 360) at Owl Town Road (County Route 711), on the right when traveling east on Richmond Road.
The Rev. Paymus (Pyramus) Nutt, born into slavery, helped organize four African American churches in Northumberland County after the Civil War. In 1866 he co-founded First Baptist. Shiloh Baptist, established in 1867, called him to be its first . . . — — Map (db m99406) HM
On Hampton Hall Road (Virginia Route 202) at Locust Lane (Virginia Route 675), on the right when traveling west on Hampton Hall Road.
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The War of 1812
Impressment of Americans into British service and the violation of American ships were among the causes of America’s War of 1812 with the British, which lasted until 1815. Beginning in 1813, Virginians . . . — — Map (db m76405) HM
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