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PS. message clipped in email, see full post here
Dear subscribers, I just saw that Gmail said I exceeded the file space of pictures for my last post so it cut off pictures and maps in the message. Here is the message in it’s entirety. I hope you enjoy the article featuring Mecklenburg and two of it’s ferries during the Revolutionary War. full article:…
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The Race to the Dan! Jefferson & Taylor’s Ferries
Taylor’s Ferry & the powder magazine General Nathaniel Greene wrote Thomas Jefferson a letter, requesting the State to “immediately lay up a Magazine of 10,000 barrels of Flour and 5,000 Barrels of Beef and Pork, at Taylor’s Ferry and upwards upon the Roanoke.” The General asked for enough to get them through the winter, including:…
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1774 earthquake & Buffalo Lithia
Earthquakes felt in Mecklenburg Picture from Virginia Department of Energy website Many of us living in Virginia remember where we were and what we were doing August 23, 2011 when a 5.7 earthquake was felt all along the east coast. The epicenter was near the town of Mineral, in Louisa County, Virginia. It was the…
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Juba from St. Vincent (born 1750), was a Mecklenburg VA runaway
Adding people from newspaper articles to the Mecklenburg, Virginia tree I am systematically adding everyone listed as residing in Mecklenburg on the 1910 Census (28,956 people) to the Mecklenburg , Virginia tree. In addition to this, I’ve also been adding people I find in newspaper articles. I add links to the newspaper clippings as a…
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1833 stagecoach routes & 79 schools
Stagecoach routes through Mecklenburg, 191 years ago: In the 1830’s, mail was delivered by stagecoach, which also carried travelers. This article shows these two passenger stage coach lines were added because Randolph Macon College was in Boydton. See the stagecoach page for maps, articles, and two videos from 1903. Richmond Times-Dispatch,Richmond, Virginia · Sunday, February…
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Clarksville Presbyterian & how old did people marry?
Clarksville Presbyterian History The church historian at Clarksville Presbyterian has preserved and made it’s long and rich history accessible. I recently visited there to meet with some of the church leaders and tour the inside of the church. I was able to listen to hymns played on the organ while I saw the newly restored…
Mecklenburg, Virginia Community History 