Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lovingston, Virginia
Lovingston is the county seat for Nelson County
Lovingston is in Nelson County
Nelson County(44) ► ADJACENT TO NELSON COUNTY Albemarle County(127) ► Amherst County(40) ► Appomattox County(77) ► Augusta County(70) ► Buckingham County(38) ► Rockbridge County(49) ►
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Confederate Col. John Singleton Mosby was born in Powhatan County on 6 Dec. 1833. Nearby stood the early childhood home in which Mosby lived from soon after his birth until his family moved to Charlottesville by 1841. Before the Civil War, Mosby was . . . — — Map (db m10231) HM
★ Erected April 1965 ★
In memory of the heroic Confederate Soldiers of Nelson County who served in the War Between the States
1861 ★ 1865
Love makes memory eternal — — Map (db m40772) WM
This place became the county seat of Nelson when it was formed from Amherst in 1807. It was named for James Loving, Jr., who gave the land for the courthouse, built in 1808-09. The town was incorporated in 1807 and again in 1871, and deincorporated . . . — — Map (db m40740) HM
Lovingston High School is entered in the National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, June 23, 2003
Lovingston High School is registered as a Virginia Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmarks . . . — — Map (db m179862) HM
Nelson County Courthouse
Erected 1809
Placed by Board of Supervisors
Honoring American Bicentennial
1776 - 1976
September 1974
Nelson County Courthouse
has been registered as a
Virginia
Historic
Landmark . . . — — Map (db m179867) HM
In memory of the men of Nelson County who lost their lives in World War II 1941 - 1945
George David Akers •
Richmond Oliver Allen •
Harry Philmore Anderson •
Samuel Harvey Anderson •
Garland Golden Ashley •
Cyrus Edison Banton •
James . . . — — Map (db m40774) HM
In memory of the men of Nelson County who lost their lives in the World War, 1917 - 1918
Hope W. Massie Lieut.
Robert Penn Brent Corp.
Richard Witt Wright "
Lawrence Allen Pvt
Frank R. Beasley . . . — — Map (db m40773) HM
Established as a lasting memorial to the citizens of Nelson County and the surrounding counties who suffered and died in the Flood of August 1969. — — Map (db m179863) HM
