Historical Markers in Brodnax, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Brodnax, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Brodnax — S-67 — Brunswick County, Virginia — "The Original Home of Brunswick Stew" —

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 m20188) HM

2 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Brodnax — 40 — Hospital and School of the Good Shepherd — Lawrenceville, Virginia — Brunswick County — Reported permanently removed

Though many freed African Americans continued after the Civil War to work the same farms on which they had been slaves, many also left their homes in search of better opportunities elsewhere. Often the sick, elderly and very young were left . . . — — Map (db m30873) HM

3 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Brodnax — Z-38 — Mecklenburg County / Brunswick County —

Mecklenburg County. Formed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Princess Charlotte, of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III. A small army under the command of rebel Nathaniel Bacon destroyed the town of the Occaneechee Indians near . . . — — Map (db m30875) HM

4 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Brodnax — S-74 — Staunton River Raid —

The Union General Wilson, returning to Grant's army from a raid to Staunton River, crossed the road near here, June, 1864. — — Map (db m20163) HM

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