Historical Markers in McKenney, Virginia

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Historical Markers in McKenney, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — K-321 — Birthplace of Roger Atkinson Pryor —

Nearby is Montrose, the birthplace of Roger Atkinson Pryor, born 19 July 1828. Pryor practiced law before becoming a journalist and briefly owned newspapers in Richmond and Washington, D.C., in the 1850s. He served his Virginia district in the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m26839) HM

2 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — K-303 — Butterwood Chapel —

Butterwood Chapel, one of three Anglican chapels constructed in Dinwiddie County in the 18th century, was built by 1763 on or near this site. It probably was the first church built after the creation of Bath Parish in 1742. The Reverend Devereux . . . — — Map (db m31054) HM

3 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — S-69 — Darvills School —

A public school operated here as early as the 1880s. In 1907, three other one-room schools nearby were consolidated here as Darvills Graded School, which was expanded and made a high school in 1913. It was the heart of community activities, notably . . . — — Map (db m31055) HM

4 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — S-86 — Origins of 4-H in Virginia —

F. Southall Farrar, farm demonstration agent for Southside Virginia, organized the state’s first corn clubs for boys in 1909. Such clubs, a feature of the nation’s emerging agricultural extension movement, had originated in the Midwest . . . — — Map (db m107770) HM

5 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — K-304 — Sallie Jones Atkinson — 1860-1943 — Reported missing

Sallie Jones Atkinson, prominent educator and community leader in Dinwiddie County and her husband, John Pryor Atkinson, gave the land on which Sunnyside High School was built in 1911. By her vision, tireless industry, and determination, the school . . . — — Map (db m26838) HM

6 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — S-40 — Sapony Episcopal Church —

Sapony Episcopal Church stands approximately 1.5 miles to the north. This simple frame building was first constructed in 1725-1726. The Rev. Devereux Jarratt served as rector here and at two other congregations in Dinwiddie County from 1763 until . . . — — Map (db m26841) HM

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