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David Greenhill Member of the Colonial House of Burgesses; Edmund Harrison (1764–1826), Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (1802–1803) John Winston Jones, (1791–1848), born in Amelia County. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [22] Nellie A. Ramsey Leslie (c.1840s–c.1920s), born into slavery in Amelia County. [23]
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 ...
They are the Customs House (c. 1750), Scot's Arms Tavern, Five Cents and Dollar Store, Ritchie House, Beale Memorial Baptist Church (Early Essex County Court House; 1728, 1814), Old Clerk's Office (c. 1808), Essex County Court House (1848, 1926), Debtor's Prison (c. 1769), Henley House (c. 1757), Anderton House (c. 1750), Brockenbrough House ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
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 districts for which the latitude and ...
Amelia County United States: District information; Type: Public, Rural: Motto: EXEMPLARY CITIZENSHIP — FORWARD THINKING — FUTURE READY: Grades: Pre-K-12
By Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -California's public health department reported a possible case of bird flu in a child with mild respiratory symptoms on Tuesday, but said there was ...
The word "Chula" was likely derived from a Native American word meaning "fox" or "red fox". [5] [6] The town apparently was founded in the 1850s as a stop on the recently completed rail line from the state capital: Chula is notably absent on a map of Amelia County circa 1850; [7] but a postal facility using the name "Chula Depot" was established in 1857, [8] and an 1860 map shows the town as a ...