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The Hanover County Courthouse is located in the center of the small community formally called Hanover Courthouse (but is more colloquially known just as "Hanover"). It is set on a grassy quadrangle on the north side of United States Route 301, with other 18th-century buildings nearby that make up the Hanover County Courthouse Historic District ...
The Battle of Hanover Court House, also known as the Battle of Slash Church, took place on May 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. On May 27, elements of Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter 's V Corps extended north to protect the right flank of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan 's Union Army ...
The district includes four contributing buildings in the county seat of Hanover Courthouse. They are the separately listed Hanover County Courthouse (1735), the old jail (1835), the clerk's office (c. 1835), and the Hanover Tavern now known as the Barksdale Theatre. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]
Hanover is located in northeastern Hanover County, south of the Pamunkey River, which forms the border with Caroline County. U.S. Route 301 passes through the center of the CDP, leading south 18 miles (29 km) to the center of Richmond and north 20 miles (32 km) to Bowling Green. Virginia State Route 54 leads west 6 miles (10 km) to Ashland.
Hanover: 15: Hanover Meeting House: Hanover Meeting House: September 4, 1991 : 6411 Heatherwood Dr. [6: Mechanicsville: Site of the first non-Anglican church in Virginia 16: Hanover Town: Hanover Town: September 17, 1974
Division Brigade Regiments and Others First Division BG George W. Morell. 1st Brigade BG John H. Martindale. 2nd Maine; 18th Massachusetts; 22nd Massachusetts; 13th New York
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John Shelton built Rural Plains in 1670. A subsequent John Shelton, the tavern keeper at Hanover Court House, was the father of Sarah Shelton, who married the statesman Patrick Henry in 1754. [5] Shelton family, as well as popular, lore state that this marriage took place in the house's first floor parlor, though evidence cannot confirm this ...