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Both the county, formed in 1767, and the town of Chatham were named for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, then the de facto leader of the British government. The present court house replaced a structure built in 1783, one block west of where the old offices of the clerk still stands. The court was removed to this locality from Callands in 1777.
Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 60,501. [1] The county seat is Chatham. Pittsylvania County is included in the Danville, VA Micropolitan Statistical Area. [2] The largest undeveloped uranium deposit in the United States (7th largest in the world) is located in ...
The Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office is a historic county clerk's office located at Chatham in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was built in 1812, and is a one-story, L-shaped brick structure. It housed the county clerk's office until 1853, when those offices were moved to the newly constructed Pittsylvania County Courthouse. [3]
A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [ 2 ] or courts of ordinary.
Benjamin Lankford (1727 – August 12, 1810)(sometimes spelled "Langford") was an American patriot, planter and politician who represented Pittsylvania County, Virginia during the final session of the House of Burgesses, several of the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions and in the Virginia House of Delegates most years until 1790.
UPDATE 11/19 4:56 P.M. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – The Pittsylvania County Sheriff has released an update regarding new activity in the 8-year missing person investigation for Soledad Najera.
Chatham is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Pittsylvania County. [5] Chatham's population was 1,232 at the 2020 census. [2] It is included in the Danville, Virginia metropolitan area. The town was originally called Competition, but the name was changed to Chatham by the Virginia General Assembly ...
At the same time a 7-mile section of track was laid by the Washington City, Virginia Midland & Great Southern Railroad to connect Pittsville with Franklin Junction (Gretna). This branch was called the Pittsylvania Railroad. It connected to the Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad which ran west from Pittsville to Rocky Mount.