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Sharpe reportedly became one of the best-known rum runners in Virginia, having involvement in the movement of somewhere between 79,000 and 200,000 gallons of illicit liquor. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] In 1932, Sharpe commenced a 3-year sentence in the Alderson Reformatory for Women for violations of the National Prohibition Act.
William Sharpe (sometimes referred to as Sergeant Sharp or William Sharp) was an early Virginia colonist, soldier, ancient planter, and Virginia Company shareholder who settled in the Bermuda Hundred area that became part of Charles City County, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1629.
Sharps (formerly, Griffin, Milden, Milden Village, Milden Wharf, Milton, Milton Wharf, Sharp's Wharf, and Sharps Wharf) is an unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia. It lies at an elevation of 30 feet (9 m).
Samuel Sharpe, sometimes referred to as Samuel Sharp or "Ssamuel" [1] was an early Virginia colonist who settled in the area that became Charles City County, Virginia.He came to Virginia in 1610 with most of the passengers and crew of the Sea Venture as they made their way to the colony after 10 months in Bermuda.
The logging company wangan train, called a Mary Anne, was a caravan of wagons pulled by four- or six-horse teams where roads followed the river to transport the tents, blankets, food, stoves, and tools needed by the log drivers. [12]
Logging railroads in the United States (2 C, 64 P) Pages in category "Logging in the United States" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
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The 55th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [1]In May 1861, Major William N. Ward raised a unit known as 'Essex and Middlesex Battalion,' one company of which, the 'Essex Sharp Shooters' had been in existence since the summer of 1860 as a volunteer company.