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Julian used the money to buy a manufactured home on five acres of land in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [3] In August 2002, Julian's younger son, Charles J. Lewis, obtained a $250,000 insurance policy in preparation for his impending deployment to Iraq as part of the United States Army Reserve. Charles designated his father as the primary and ...
When Walter was seven years old, his family moved to Pittsylvania County, where his father inherited land, then operated plantations using enslaved labor.Isaac Coles thought Pittsylvania County more healthful than his low-lying Halifax County plantation, which he left in the care of his eldest son Isaac Jr., who would continue the family's planter and legislative traditions, but died shortly ...
Peter Perkins (March 26, 1739 – February 12, 1813) 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 first session of the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as led the county militia during the American Revolutionary War.
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.
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 ...
Tickle lives in rural Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and is shown as working in the town of Gretna. In 2013, he was reported to be a union carpenter and to have "lived in the Washington D.C. area for two years recently as a top carpenter while building the popular Clyde's Restaurant near the Verizon Center downtown." [1]
Whitmell Farm-Life School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Whitmell is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is the location of the now-closed historic Whitmell Farm-Life School named for Whitmell P. Tunstall, a lawyer and state legislator. It was originally named Chestnut Grove. An 1855 ...
Oak Ridge is a historic plantation estate at 2345 Berry Hill Road (United States Route 311) in rural Pittsylvania County, Virginia, west of Danville. Originally part of a large antebellum estate, it now consists of 32 acres (13 ha) overlooking the Dan River. The estate complex includes a c. 1840 Greek Revival frame residence with a Doric temple ...