Historic Sites in Crewe, VA

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The Blackstone Female Institute was conceived in 1891 by George Pierce Adams, a Blackstone merchant, and Joshua Soule...

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Schwartz Tavern, Blackstone’s oldest building, was purchased by an early settler in Nottoway County named John ...

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On this site stood the Nottoway Training School, the first public school to provide secondary education for African A...

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Roger A. Pryor was reared at Old Place near present-day Crewe. A lawyer and newspaper editor, he won election to the ...

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In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulys...

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(Obverse) Prince Edward County Area 356 square miles Formed in 1753 from Amelia, and named for Prince Edward, son of ...

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Mt. Nebo Church was founded shortly after the Civil War in 1867. A northerner named Mr. Rickets bought the place call...

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This location, the junction of the South Side and Richmond & Danville Railroads, served as an important hospital, log...

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First women extension agent for Virginia and U.S. Department of Agriculture, born and buried nearby. In 1910 she orga...

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In late June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were engaged in a desperate defen...

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When the Russell Grove School in Amelia County grew too big for its building, land was found in Nottoway County near ...

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First Farm Demonstration Agent in Virginia lived one mile south. Appointed State Agent in 1907. Under his able leader...

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(Obverse) Nottoway County Area 310 Square Miles Formed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton p...

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Erected by the Ladies Memorial Association of Nottoway July 20, 1893 Jeffress Artillery C.S.A Co. G 18 VA. Regt. A.N....

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This is the site of the Old Nottoway Meeting House, built in 1769, the second Baptist church established south of Jam...

Blackstone Female Institute