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Prior to its founding, the county had been without a newspaper since the 1940s, when the Amelia Gazette shut down. The Monitor, as the current paper is known, was founded by Ann B. Morris (now Ann B. Salster), who was the paper's owner and publisher until she died July 14, 2017. Her daughter, Rebecca "Bekki" Morris, now runs the weekly newspaper.
Lester J. Cappon. Virginia Newspapers, 1821–1935: A Bibliography with Historical Introduction and Notes. New York: Appleton-Century Co., 1936. Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", Virginia: a Guide to the Old Dominion, American Guide Series, Oxford University Press, pp. 130– 137, ISBN 9780403021956 – via Google Books; Harrison A ...
Amelia County lies in the Piedmont region of Virginia, known for rolling hills and small ridges that lie between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Coastal Plain of Virginia. The county is bordered by the Appomattox River to the north and west, and Namozine Creek to the east. Amelia County is drained by tributaries of the Appomattox. The lowest ...
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The Amelia Bulletin Monitor for Amelia County, Virginia Capital News Service at VCU for regional and national news [14] The Chesterfield Observer for Chesterfield County, Virginia [15]
Amelia Court House (also known as Amelia Courthouse and Amelia) is the county seat of Amelia County in the U.S. state of Virginia [2] [3] and a census-designated place (CDP). [4] The population as of the 2010 census was 1,099. [5] The town was named for Princess Amelia of Great Britain, the second daughter of Great Britain's King George II, in ...
He was born to Jane Booker (circa 1697-after 1758) and her husband Edmund Booker (1693–1758) probably in Tidewater Virginia's Essex County. [2] His grandfather Richard Booker (1642-before 1711) had emigrated from Amsterdam, Holland, where his English religious dissenter parents had fled, and immigrated to the Colony of Virginia where he settled in Abingdon Parish of Gloucester County.
Location of Amelia County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Amelia County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Amelia County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...