The Messenger OF THE CHESTERFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA
Number 96 Jan 2011
January Quarterly Luncheon Meeting President‘s Letter 2 Sunday, January 23, 1 p.m. Howletts‘s Tavern, Who is the person in the painting? 2 Chester Village Green at 3530 Festival Park Plaza in Chester William Bolling Diary 3-4 Fundraising 4 The Annual Luncheon Meeting will be held at Howlett's Tavern Jefferson‘s Isaac 5 located in Chester Village Green. After the business meeting, a The War with Many Names 6-7 presentation on the original Howlett's Tavern will be provided by Library Donations 7-8 Tamara Evans. The original tavern stood near Magnolia Grange. Cemetery and Membership 8 Lunch options will be with a choice of pot roast or turkey with Veterans Database 9 dressing, each with mashed potatoes, green beans, bread, soft drink and American Match Factory 10 dessert included for the cost of $20/person. Pre-paid reservations with Winter Lecture Series 11 meat choice are required by sending check to Chesterfield Historical Event Details 12 Society, P.O. Box 40, 10201 Iron Bridge Road, Chesterfield, VA 23832 or call 796-7131 for more information. Seating is limited to 50 people and this event usually sells out early, so reserve today! Deck Your Halls Fundraiser is a resounding success!! Under the direction of Pat Roble and volunteer Patty Watts, a team of women planned a new fundraiser in December called Deck Your Halls craft market and workshops. Many holiday items were assembled into kits such as pomanders and kissing balls, dozens of table top arrangements were made and other pre-made crafts were available for sale. With a flurry of activity accompanied by hot cider and cookies, visitors to Castlewood scooped up these holiday decorations and the fundraiser brought in $2449.70! Many thanks to all the women involved in this event!
Mission Statement The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia serves as the center for Chesterfield County history. Its purposes are to collect, preserve, interpret and promote the county’s unique past for the education of present and future generations Chesterfield Historical Society CHS Events of Virginia Historic Castlewood See the detailed event information on the back cover. View our website 10201 Iron Bridge Road, P.O. Box 40, for the most up-to-date information on any event. - editor Chesterfield, VA 23832 www.chesterfieldhistory.com [email protected]
From the President – Happy New Year! 2011 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia which was established on September 23rd, 1981. The signatures of all our charter members are listed on a historic document which hangs in the ballroom at Castlewood, and we look forward to honoring these pioneers at events throughout this coming year.
Much has changed since 1981. At the time, we operated out of a small Officers room in the Old Jail next door to the Museum. We didn‘t have a research library or a President –Liess van der Linden-Brusse Gift Shop. Today, thanks to the support of our members and the Chesterfield 1st Vice-President – Therese Wagenknecht community, our historic sites have expanded to include Magnolia Grange and Recording Secretary – Diane Dallmeyer Castlewood as well as seven Civil War parks where much of the Bermuda Hundred Treasurer — Jim Evans campaign was fought. Directors What has not changed since 1981 is our mission. As the center for David Goobic Mike Thomas Don Wells Chesterfield history, the Society continues to collect, preserve, interpret and promote Lynn Waymack George Cranford the County‘s unique past for the education of present and future generations. W. Guy Smith Michelle Collins-Robinson Since 1981, our artifacts and library collections have grown to include Scott Williams Jim Triesler thousands of items and our current databases for Chesterfield cemeteries and for Past President – Dr. Peter Lipowicz Chesterfield veterans also number in the thousands. Our programs calendar has grown from four quarterly meetings to more than four dozen events, including Committee Chairs lecture series, historic re-enactments, rotating museum exhibits, historic site tours, Cemetery – Rachel Lipowicz 804-739-7225 antique evaluations, the annual honoring of our veterans, and Halloween and Finance – Jim Evans Library – Liess van der Linden-Brusse Holiday Season festivities, to name a few. In 30 years, our Society has grown Membership –– Rachel Lipowicz steadily, received recognition for its commitment to historic preservation and faced Military History – Scott Williams many challenges which have only made us stronger. Genealogy – Angie Wilderman During the past year, our major challenge was fundraising and this will Events - Liess van der Linden-Brusse continue throughout 2011. To keep our historic sites open, we set a goal of $25,000 Collections- George Cranford which we reached in December, thanks to generous donations from our members African-American – Cornelia Owens Goode and from the local business community as well as the hard work and creativity of our Archaeology – Bryan Truzzie volunteers. For example, volunteer Patty Watts and our Museum curator Pat Fundraising – Peter Lipowicz Roble joined forces in December to create a new fundraiser, ―Deck Your Halls.‖ Gift Shop – Tamara Evans
This one-day crafts workshop and sale raised more than $800 to which we added a Castlewood Office & Library check for $1,500 donated by Walmart in lieu of products! Thank you! Diane Dallmeyer — Administrator Since 1981, volunteers have been the lifeblood of our Society. Their Hours: 10-4 Mon-Fri passion, commitment and dedication enable our Society to fulfill its mission. Will (804)796-7121 you consider becoming a volunteer this year? Magnolia Grange & Gift Shop Thank you. -Liess van der Linden-Brusse Tamara Evans — Curator Hours: 10-4 Tue-Fri & 10-2 Sat From the Messenger editor – please e-mail by March 10 any submissions you (804)796-1479 would like to see in The Messenger to [email protected]. Your stories, The Museum Pat Roble - Curator research, and photos are all welcome. Hours: 10-4 Tue-Fri & 10-2 Sat (804)768-7311 Who is the person in the painting? This painting was recently given to the Society. Historic Sites Specialist: It depicts an unknown person. Please contact me if you know who she is. Bryan Truzzie (804)751-4946 Event Reservations: ( 804)796-7003
Messenger Editor Peter Lipowicz
The Messenger #96 Jan 2011 2 Diary of William Bolling of Cobbs Part IV when we had eaten them for he had them in such grt Quantities d Rachel Lipowicz that if we did not eat them he sh give them to his Hogs a The original diary is part of the collection of the Virginia greatful Message! wch we availed ourselves of several times Historical Society. It is a leather bound, pocket sized diary while near him. written in William Bolling‘s own hand. Rachel transcribed all 94 AUGUST pages in early 2010. Parts I, II, and III have been published here 2d A Violent Gust of Wind & Rain which continued all Day & in 2010. The final Part V will be in the next issues. part of the Night, occasion‘d great injury to the Corn, & will very 1795 much obstruct the sowing of wheat. ~ 4th Went to Petersburg & found the Canoes going over the low parts of the Town, the JULY River not having fallen since the Gust – went to the Borough 1st Mr Robertsons Family dined with us ~ My Father sold his r t r Court Where I met with J. Thompson & B. Talliafferro the latter Crop of Corn to M White a Merch in this City for 22/ p Barrell of whom treated me with punch at Armsteads Tavern, & the ~ 3 Spent the Evening at Mr Robertson‘s with the agreeable & th former invited me to dine with him, but he being engaged at Handsome Miss Betsey Randolph walked home with her ~ 4 Court I did not except of his Invitation, but went to my Aunt Went to the Rhetorical Society Question of Debate Whether the st Buchanan‘s who I found well, & just sitting down to her little British Nation were justifiable in executing Charles 1 Table that supported a good little dinner of which I partook with determined in the negative I voted with the minority// Rode out g r a very sharp appetite I remained here all Night & the next morn before Breakfast with Sister Robertson to M John Mayo‘s (5th), returned to Petersbg called at Mrs Thomsons where finding y o grac‘d none of the Fam at Home went to Col Davis‘s where I saw Miss Behold a Nymph with ev‘ry Virtue Ann M. Gordon who seems to be safely Moored till the Return of Minerva‘s Head on Venus‘ shoulders plac‘d, her Irish Sweetheart who is gone to Europe & is anxiously Kind Nature here displays her nicest Art, expected back by the fair one, but if he don‘t come it will be a sad With sweet Relievos hides the soundest Heart, thing! from whence I sat off to Cobbs where I arrived about dinner But while it hides, it elegantly tells Time after a very Hot Ride ~ 6th The County Surveyor (Edwd With what benevolence her Bosom swells, Fetherstone) came and ran the Line between my Fathers Plantation Here‘s Beauty mental, moral, & divine, & Mr Worsham‘s concerning which my Father has brought a Suit To charm the Lover & his thoughts refine. vs. Roane who attended & seemed very much disposed as usual to Eleg: Ex: dispute (particularly when the line ran 20 or 30 Yards into his Corn Jocose Satire on Silence….Shak: Mer: Ven Field) but no person joining him he at last got in a tolerable good p. 57 & 58 (long quote from Shakespear‘s Merchant of Venice) Humour ~ 8th My Aunt Buchanan (Turn over two leaves)
5th Rode out before Breakfast with Betsey Robertson & Nancy r In her was ev‘ry Art, & ev‘ry Charm, Minor ~ After Breakfast went to Church M Robertson‘s Fam‘y To win the Wisest, & the Coldest warm: dined with us & they with Mr & Mrs Harrison Mrs Smith & the s Fond Love, the gentle Vow, the gay Desire, Miss Smiths drank Tea with us after which Tho B Manlove The kind Deceit, the still reviving Fire, came here 6th Rode out before Breakfast with Betsey R. & y Persuasive Speech, & more persuasive Sighs, overtook the Beautiful Miss Nancy Randolph ~ Our Fam with Silence that spoke, & Eloquence of Eyes.// Mrs Smith & the Miss Smiths, Mrs Harrison Mr Wythe & Miss r th Nelson drank Tea at M Robertsons 7 Rode out before Buchanan came to visit us, she got here very early but not until Breakfast with B. Robertson – saw Miss Fouchee & Miss we had breakfasted, 9th went to Church where I saw an old Gamble Went to Mr Harrisons in the Evng where was Mr Smith r acquaintance Geo Cox who I think (according to his own elegant my Sisters Robertson & Polly, Betsey R. M R. my Father & d th th y r r Language) mought have p me a little more civility – 10 My Brother ~ 10 Our Fam & M Robertson drank Tea at M Hays ~ Aunt went Home – 12 Went to Chesterfield Court to attend the 11th Went to the Law Society + 12 Dined at Mr Robertsons Mr + r suit of Bolling vs. Roane & after the Jury were empanneled, after Wythe & Miss Nelson came there in the afternoon] M several Witnesses were examined, & after the Lawyers had Robertsons Famy dined here & Mr Wythe & Miss Nelson came th r squabbled an hour & ½ about the legality of the Testimony after dinner – 14 in the morning went to M Wythe‘s offered agreed to continue the suit till the next Court, & in the where there were several Ladies & Gentln to see a course of r ? Interval to have a Jury to view the land & to Run the lines again Philosophical Experiments which M W. entertained us with (ab ) r r y and altho‘ M Roane was a Party in the Cause & had three 17 M Robertsons Fam dined with us 19 Went to the Rhetorical lawyers to defend him, neither my Father‘s Lawyers, his own or Society, 20 Went to Church where there was a Sermon by the even the Court cld prevent him from putting in a Word now & Rev. Mr Robinson 21st Rode out before Breakfast with rs then we went in the Chariot via my uncle John‘s to Court, it was Robertson, 22 Rode out with my Sister R. Miss Fouchee M t c r r d after sunset before we left the C House & we had a very dark, M Carr M Southal M Selden & others 23 Rode out with Betsey rainy & disagreable ride Home – 13 Miss Jane Eldridge came to Rob. Miss Fouchee a very handsome Girl 23d Mrs Wickham & th Cobbs in order to go to Amelia with my mother to Nurse my Miss Sophia Ann Tazewell drank Tea with us, 26 Went to the th th th r Sister Murray during her laying in, 14 A More violent Gust than Law Society 27 to Church – 28 Went to M Wickham‘s to see d r that on the 2 which occassioned greater Freshes in Appomatox Miss Tazewell & was introduced by her to her admirer M Ben: River & Swift Creek than has happened for a long Time leaving Talliafferro – 29th Went from Home to Cobbs was caught in a t th t few or no Mills uninjured & carried away several Bodily it was Rain before we got down wch was ab 1 OClock 30 Cap John within three Inches of being as high as one that happened in 1724 Stratton sent us a large Basket full of the finest Watermellons I and swept away several houses from the lower part of the Town on James River it was had seen this year, with a message that we must send for more not so injurious, but it broke the Stone Dam of the James R.
The Messenger #96 Jan 2011 3 Canal & the water carried away the Gable Ends of Mr Arthur‘s success – 23d Got Home to dinner 24th The Miss Smiths Miss Distillery entirely, & pt of the broadside it also broke the Bank of Claiborne drank (& John Hay) Tea with us ~ 25th Went to see J the Canal abt ¾ mile from Richmd 16th Went to Osbornes where Hay ~ (Omitted) 18th Mr Hay‘s Famy drank Tea with us - 26th I saw T. Friend who told me he was going to Richd the 18th & went to the Society - 27th Went to Church & Dined at Mr that being the Day I was to go up invited me to Breakfast with Robertsons – 28th my Sister R & Famy & Mr & Mrs Harrison him that morning wch I did & (18th ) we went to Richd together, dined with us – 29th On this Day James River was several Feet the Fresh havg carried away the Bridge over Falling Creek & pt higher than it has been since the year 1771. It carried away of Mayo‘s Bridge had to pay Ferriage at Wardrops Mill & almost all of Mayos Bridge and several Houses, Sheep, Hoggs, Richmd got Home before Dinner where I am left to keep Stacks of Wheat, a vast quantity of pumkins &c came down the Batchelors Quarters the Famy being at Cobbs to go to Amelia – Falls; most of the Houses at Rocketts were under water as well 19th John R. Archer & Archd Robertson dined with me & after as those near the market 30th My Sister R. & Betsey dined with they went away I went & sat a little while with Mrs Smith. Staid us ~. all Night at Mr R‘s, who is also keeping Batchelors Quarters my Fundraising th Sister being in Amelia – 20 went to see John Hay – when I got Peter Lipowicz rs home joined M Smith in a Walk My Sister R. came Home this I am pleased to thank our donors who have collectively given g Even John R Archer promised to come & stay all Night but he over $7000 in the fourth quarter. Over 140 members responded did not come - ~ I subscribed to Winterbothams History of to the fall letter! Thanks to all of you the Society has surpassed st America 21 John Hay supped with me & A & TBR. stayed all its $25,000 target for this year by $2000! d rs r Night 22 Dined & drank Tea with M Harrison (M H. gone to g k rs o Petsb & Brunsw ) & staid all night with M Smith (Col S. gone Donations of $500 or more - Walmart -$1500 d o to the Springs) 23 Breakfasted at Col S. went to Church Dined Donations of $100 - $499 - Tomahawk Ruritans, Kenneth r o th r at M Harrisons & slept at Col Smiths 24 Dined at M Ramsey, Ray Robertson, Trustee, Nina Thaxter, Hazel Cole, o o Robertsons & slept at Col Smiths 25 Breakfasted at Col S. TBR Dottie Parker, AP Hill Camp 167 SCV, Kendra Warren, George rs r dined with me M Smith Miss Polly & Maria, Sister & M Hoover, Tom Fulghum, Peppy Jones, Village Bank, David rs r Robertson, Betsey, M Harrison, M Graham & A & TBR drank Barfield, Sue Fulghum, John & Janet Cogbill, William Jones, o th Tea with me, I slept at Col S. 26 TBR breakfasted with me. Terry Roach, Bernard & Charlene Anderson, John Gallacher, Papa came Home, slept at Home. 27 AR breakfasted with us – Susan & Lloyd Poe Chris & Michele Welch, Scott Welch, th r g r 30 Went to Church, & Dined at M Robertson‘s, in the Even M Howlett'sTavern, Tre and Robert Wagenecht, UDC Chesterfield r r Harrison, M Clay M Archer went there ~ Chapter, E. P. Gates SEPTEMBER 1st The District Court Met 2d in the Afternnoon Walter Jones came Donations up to $99 -David Barfield, Russell Leonard, Irene to see me, & Uncle Gay & Capt Bentley staid with us all Night 3d Nuttall, Ken Shiflett, Waymacks, Suzanne Rudd, Nancy Frantel, Uncle Gay & Mr Bernard staid all Night Mr Richd Baugh dined with Nathan Bushnell, George Cranford, James Rooks, Doris us 4th Mr John Royal of Amelia dined with us 5th Papa Went to Hancock, Mike & Dee Thomas, James Brandt, Faye Crenshaw, Amelia & left me again by myself – went to the Rhetorical Society Beta Pi Chapter, Clara Davis, Hazel Cole, in memory of Marla A & TBR dined with me & we drank Tea at Mr Harrison‘s – Jones, Phyllis Hancock, Kim Holland, Joyce Smith, Rita (omitted) 3d Papa & myself Dined at Colo Smiths – 5th Little Jack Johnson, Dallmeyers, Mark Merson, Elaine Gardner, Anne Robertson staid all Night with me 6th & 7th Went to District Court the Smith, Edward Bothe, Amber Cantarell, Ann Rest, Herbert Gill, Boys & TBR staid with me – 8 Papa returned from Amelia – Sr., Peter & Rachel Lipowicz, Helen Hall, Richard Mason, Margo Henry, Will Vehrs, Don Marsh, Philip Wallace, Sr., 10th Went up to G Brook for my Mother who has been staying Barbara Yandle, Ley Diller, Liess, Lois & Larry Buchanan, with my Sister, during pt of the Time that she lay in her Son Wm George Partin, Franda Pedlow, Linda Powers, William Shelton, was born on 31st Aug ? ~ 12th Rode with Mr Murray to his Patricia Rollston, Don Wells, Lydia Derasmo, Charlotte Carr, Quarter, from thence to Meades Mill where we joined the hot Nancy Hill, Lorraine Moody, Louise King, George & Dorothy headed Brigadeer (Meade) & went together with him & Mr M. to Reynolds, Jennifer Waugh, Beverley Berry, Charles & Barbara Castles‘s store & returned to GB to dinner ~ 13th Mr & Mrs D. Barham, Jane Kulikowski, Stuart Short, H. Christine Duty, Sara Meade dined at GB ~ 14th Returned with my Mother home, we Eanes, Carole Crist, Richard Martinko, James Vaughan, Jennie had a very hot Ride – left my Sister very well Mr & Mrs Harrison Howe, Ruth Stover, Donna Orr, Marie Butler, Dee Ann Knaggs, & Colo Smith called to see us after we got home 15, Mr & Mrs Dorothy Thomas, Nick & Marie Paradiso, Catherine Ericson, Har: My Sister R, Betsey &c drank Tea with us – 17th Finished Arline Mcguire, Betty Hay, Thelma Ayscue, Margie McGee, reading the 8th & last Vol: of Humes Hist. of England – 19 went Jean Welch, Helen LaPrade, Ella Lee Crump, Frank Nause, Jr, to the Society 20 Sett off to bring my Sister Polly Home who Virginia McDaniel, Jon Schmidt, Gwen Davis, Page Steele, had been absent 5 weeks, got to the Wear Church in time to hear Marie Justis, Ben Uzel, Nasir Abdur-Rahim, Barbara a Sermon from thence I went to Colo Walthalls to dinner after Wheelhouse, Mary Webber, Virginia Chapman, Clarence which I went to Aunt Buchanan‘s where I staid all Night Solus Wilson, Ann Whipp, Preston Harrison, Cynthia Pond, Helen my Aunt & Cousin Betsey Gay being in Petersbg 21st Went to Patrick, Clyde Coats, James Kinzie, Carole Crist, , Norma Petersbg & breakfasted at Mr Thompsons, after Breakfast Corbin, David Gibson, Doris Barden, Magnolia Patron, Jeanette continued my pursuit after my Sister (for I did not know where Hamilton, Ian & Linda Stoddart, Jim & Marcia Alberston, Eva she was) called at Mr Poythress‘s where I was informed she was Cox, Jack Britton, Harold Himes, Kay Poindexter, Barbara at Jordan, where I found her dined there, after dinner went to Mr Lester, P W Taylor, Linda Biercz, Sue Whiteman, Betty Gilliams & we were from that place sett over to Cobbs. 22d Matthews, J. B. Cook, Guy & Phillipa Smith, Bonnie Eichler Went out to Shoot Soreas but the tide makg very low I had no
The Messenger #96 Jan 2011 4 Jefferson’s Isaac: From Monticello to Petersburg However, in 1804 Maria died and plans to build at Pantops halted.5 Ronald Seagrave The property passed to Maria‘s son, Francis Eppes, and was 6 The Monticello marriage of Maria Jefferson to John Wayles entrusted to his father until he came of age. In 1812, Eppes Eppes, in October 1797, Thomas Jefferson gave them not only offered Pantops for sale and Jefferson, upset at the prospect of land land, but several slaves those slaves made their way to within view of Monticello being sold out of the family, offered to 7 Eppington, in Chesterfield County. buy the property back. In 1817, Eppes sold the property to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Thomas Jefferson‘s grandson by his 1797 Sep. 24. ―I have made what I gave to my daughter other daughter, for $10,000. In 1825, the property was sold to 8 Randolph the measure of what I propose to give to Maria at James Leitch, who built the first house there. present.... For this tract [Pantops] with thirty one negroes, corresponding almost individually in value with the The gift of 31 slaves included: individuals given on the former occasion. I shall execute a Isaac Granger (later Jefferson) and his wife, Iris, and their deed expressing to be in consideration of the marriage and of children: the advancement he receives from you, considerations which Squire (b. 1793) being deemed valuable in law, shelter them against all Joyce (b. 1796) accidents....‖1 Lucinda (b. 1761), daughter of Sall (d. 1797), and her children: Clearly, Thomas Jefferson desired to equal his gift to Maria with Sarah (b. 1786) that he had made earlier to his other daughter, ―in value.‖ Isaac Sandy (b. 1789) headed the list. He was then 26 and a skilled blacksmith, as a Sousy (b. 1793) well as a tinsmith. He was followed by his wife Iris and their two Barrett (b. 1795) young sons, as ‗gifts.‘2 Isaac would have been of great value Judy Hix and her children: (see also Thamar below) being a skill blacksmith in the range of $2-3,000. The other Tim (b. 1778) adults were mostly trusted domestic slaves and farm labors. But Austin/Augustine (b. 1779) for the most part they were mothers with very young children. York (b. 1781) Philip (b. 1768), son of Phill and Molly, and Thamar (b. 1797 Oct. 12. An indenture Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson 1773), daughter of Judy Hix, and their children: of ―a certain tract of land whereof the said Thomas is now Rachael (b. 1790) seised in fee simple, in the county of Albemarle on the North Lucy (b. 1796) East side of the Rivanna river and adjacent thereto, called Scilla (b. 1778), daughter of Quash and Nell, and her children: Pantops,... and also the following slaves, to wit, smith Isaac Nelly (b. 1794) and Iris his wife and her two children Squire and Joyce, Letty (b. 1796) Lucinda and her four children Sarah, Sandy, Sousy, and Phyllis (b. 1771), daughter of Phill and Molly, and her //550// Barret, Judy and her three sons Tim, Austin, and daughter: York, Philip and his wife Thamer and her two children Sophia (b. 1796) Rachael and Lucy Scilla and her two children Nelly and Sally (b.1780), daughter of Phill and Molly Clarinda (b1788), daughter of Phill and Molly Letty Phyllis and her child Sophia, Sally, her sister 9 Clarinda, and her brother Goliah, all three the children of Goliah (b. 1791), son of Phill and Molly Molly, Val, Martin son of Doll, Lucy and her child Zachary Val (b. 1760), son of Squire and Belinda Betsey the daughter of Mary and Melinda the daughter of Martin (b. 1777), son of Abram and Doll Betty Brown being thirty one in number together with the Lucy Gillette (b. 1780), daughter of Edward and Jane plantation tooles and utensils heretofore appropriated to and Gillette, and her son: used by the said slaves and also a proper stock of horses Zachary (b. 1796) cattle and hogs for a farm of which said slaves and stock Betsy Hemings (b. 1783), daughter of Mary Hemings delivery shall be made on or before the 25st. day of Melinda Colbert (b. 1787), daughter of Betty Brown December next.... To have and to hold the said lands called Pantops with the said Slaves tools utensils and stock to the You‘ll have to purchase my work Jefferson’s Isaac: From said Mary and her heirs free of all encumbrances Monticello to Petersburg once it‘s in print in a few months to whatsoever.‖3 learn how Isaac made his way to Petersburg and gains his freedom in 1832, having been set free by another Chesterfield It was Jefferson‘s intent that Maria and her husband would settle County family. permanently at Pantops, and it was with this in mind that he paid to have a location for the house leveled out.4 Jefferson preferred that they not to stay at Eppington, but to be close to him at Monticello.
1 TJ to Francis Eppes, Boyd, Papers of TJ, 29: 532. 5 2 Kay Collins Chretien, ―Pantops served as Jeffersonian dowry in 1797.‖ Thomas Jefferson actually recorded them in his farm book on page 25 6 as, ―Negroes alienated (given away or sold) from 1784 to 1794.‖ Sol Chretien. 7 Ibid. Feinstone Collection, The David Library of the American Revolution. 8 3 Lay. Boyd, Papers of TJ, 29: 549-550. 9 4 K. Edward Lay, 14 Mar 2007, research notes, Jefferson Library, Note: Five children of Phill and Molly included in this gift. Charlottesville, Virginia
The Messenger #96 Jan 2011 5 The War with Many Names 1860‘s the first known uses of ―War Between the States‖ D. Michael Thomas appeared, all from Southern sources. Most notable were From 1861 to 1865, the North and South engaged in the bloodiest Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens‘ A and most extended war ever fought on the North American Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States and continent. With over 10,000 engagements stretching almost from Raphael Semmes Memoirs of Service Afloat during the War coast to coast and from the Gulf of Mexico nearly to the Great Between the States, each appearing in 1868. General Joseph E. Lakes, it resulted in the deaths of an estimated 620,000 men from Johnston published his Narrative of Military Operations, both sides with many thousands more maimed or incapacitated Directed, During the Late War Between the States in 1874. from battle wounds or disease as well as the deaths of a However, a difference of opinion over the war‘s name changed minimum of 50,000 Southern civilians. from a matter of regional perspective to a major national issue in 1880 when the U.S. War Department began printing the A review finds more than 30 names for this war with the most collection of wartime correspondence from both sides in a 70 commonly used being ―The Civil War‖ and ―The War Between volume work entitled The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the States.‖ The question of which name is correct for this tragic the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. conflict often arises. The short answer is that this war has never been officially named nor have generations of historians, To the North, this was a fair and just name. Their soldiers, sailors veterans groups or heritage groups agreed on a final and and marines had fought to put down the Southern Rebellion and definitive designation. In fact, this topic has been debated since had won. The South, however, saw it as distorting the true just after the war‘s conclusion and with the Sesquicentennial history of what had happened and contesting the fact that the observance (2010-2015) already in place it will almost surely Confederacy was a legitimate nation comprised of states lawfully arise again. To understand the quandary, it is necessary to seceded from the Union. The protests were to no avail for several understand the pertinent issues. reasons. First, the South was still struggling to recover from the war and the subsequent period of occupation and Reconstruction Political and military leaders of each side referred to the 4 year which ended only in 1877. This consumed the time and efforts of conflict as ―a civil war‖ in official & personal correspondence former Confederates until about 1890. Secondly, the U.S. and in personal discourse even though the two sides had different government had no reason to give much attention to this goals. The South wanted to retain the independence it manifested complaint since the term was one that had been used for years. by secession. General P.G.T. Beauregard wrote that on the eve of Politically it would have been disastrous to have given any the first, and what each side predicted would be the only, battle consideration to the alternative for Union veterans comprised a of the war at Manassas in July 1861, ―I reminded them [the men substantial force in Northern elections until nearly World War 1. and officers of his command] that we fought for our homes, our The leading power of these men was the Grand Army of the firesides, and for the independence of our country‖[italics Republic, formed in 1866, which possessed such political clout added]. These sentiments were expressed thousands of times that few men without its endorsements could reach positions of over by other Southern generals and political leaders over the high office. No less than 5 presidents (all Republicans) were next 4 years. The North was determined to preserve the Union. Union veterans and the G.A.R. support was coveted. The Northern viewpoint was that the South was in rebellion, Additionally, in 1885 the Sons of Veterans [In 1922 the group secession was illegal and force was needed to return her to the amended its name to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Union. In July 1861, just 4 days after the Confederate victory at and exists today] was formed to augment and support the G.A.R. Manassas, the Johnson-Crittenden Resolutions were passed with In contrast, the South possessed a comparably feeble voice. The little opposition by the U.S. Congress. The resolutions stated war ended with over 2 million Union veterans and less than ―That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the 500,000 Confederates. Finally, the nation‘s population remained country by the disunionists of the Southern States now in predominantly Northern and their viewpoint enjoyed a 25 year revolt…‖ They further stated emphatically that this war was head start over the nearly prostrate South. waged ―…to preserve the Union…‖ The number of stars in ―Old Glory,‖ 1 for each state in the union, remained unchanged despite In 1889, Confederate veterans started their own association, the having 11 of the 34 states fighting for the Confederacy. United Confederate Veterans. In 1894, the United Daughters of the Confederacy was formed and just 2 years later the Sons of The North used the terms ―The Rebellion‖ or ‗The Great Confederate Veterans took shape. Now 30 years after the Rebellion‖ throughout the war and the South simply called it ―the formation of the G.A.R., the South had voices and intended to be war‖ for the most part though ―independence‖ was always heard. In 1898, the UCV adapted a resolution condemning the implied. Surprisingly, ―the cause‖ was used by North and South. use of ―war of the Rebellion‖ because it was ―a reflection on The soldiers on each side, by all accounts, usually referred to the patriotism of the Southern people and the cause for which they conflict as ―the war‖ or ―the cause‖ with the term ―rebellion‖ fought so heroically…‖ The resolution ended with a request that used on a smaller scale in the North. No formal name for the newspapers and publishers in the South to designate it as ―the conflict was applied by either government and the soldiers civil war between the States.‖ A year later the UDC took up the themselves saw no need for one since each knew what he fought matter and called for the war to have the official title of ―War for. Between the States.‖ In 1900 the UCV amended its resolution to delete ―civil war‖ from its earlier proposal thus matching the The wartime uses of ―Rebellion‖ and ―The Great Rebellion‖ name proposed by the UDC. carried over in the North for many years after the guns fell silent in 1865. These terms were used in speeches, newspaper accounts The UCV, SCV & UDC, with justification, also took issue with and early histories of the war all over the North. In the late the way the war was presented in history books, many of which
The Messenger #96 Jan 2011 6 smacked harshly of Northern wartime propaganda rarely Old photos and books, newspaper clippings, brochures, yearbooks, providing a glimpse of Southern views. These organizations research notes of Chesterfield families and places, maps and other assumed the mission of educating the Southern public of ―the printed or digitized items about our county are always welcome truth‖ regarding the war. The SCV included in its 1896 ―Charge‖ additions to our reference library. Please keep us in mind when you to members the statement ―Remember, it is your duty to ensure ―spring clean‖ your attics and basements! Thank you. The following the true history of the South is preserved for future generations.‖ items were recently added to our Library: A statement from Edward Ward Carmack (Senator from Church History: Tennessee) in 1903 sums quite clearly the Southern stance at the Bethlehem Baptist Church History 1790-2009, written and time. ―The Confederate Soldiers were our kinfolk and our heroes. compiled by JTEC Consulting Solutions Inc., a gift from Hazel We testify to the country our enduring fidelity to their memory. Cole. We commemorate their valor and devotion. There were some First Baptist Church, Centralia – Yesterday, Today & things that were not surrendered at Appomattox. We did not Tomorrow, DVD, Black History Month (2010), donated by Dr. surrender our rights and history, nor was it one of the conditions Jane Baskerville and Pastor Dr. Wilson E. B. Shannon. of that that unfriendly lips be suffered to tell the story of that war or that unfriendly hands should write the epitaphs of the Early African-American Churches of Chesterfield County, Virginia, compiled by CHS African-American History Confederate dead. We have a right to teach our children the true Committee, donated by Cornelia Owens-Goode. history of that war, the causes that led up to it and the principles involved.‖ Genealogy & Family Histories: The BAKERS Gone Ahead, by Leland E. Smith, donated by Pattie Grady. Use of ―War of Rebellion‖ began a drastic decline about 1900 through the efforts of Southern heritage groups combined with a Diary of William BOLLING of Cobbs (1794), two photocopies groundswell of reconciliation between the warring sections. The donated by Rachel Lipowicz. surviving soldiers themselves significantly advanced the process The EPPS Connection, by Kathy Dodge Loyd, donated by Maj. by having joint reunions on the very battlefields where they had Gen. Donald R. Gardner. fought each other so desperately as young men. Additionally, HUGUENOT Pedigrees, Volumes I & II, by Charles E. Lart, substantial Southern support in the Spanish-American War was a purchased. major affirmation that it was part of the nation. By 1915, ―The War of Rebellion‖ was a thing of the past. However, the LOCKETT Family Records, Chesterfield County, VA (1750- replacement term ―Civil War‖ presented by Northern sources 1820), compiled by James Lockett, donated by the author. was not well received in the South since it maintained the Gravesend Parish Register, 1547-1729: Entry for the burial of established Northern view. With the UDC in the vanguard, POCAHONTAS, two photocopies, donated by the Mayor of several unsuccessful attempts were made between 1911 and Gravesend, Kent, UK. about 1930 to have ―War between the States‖ designated the My Diary of 1903-1905, by Mary ROBB, donated by Dona official name for the war through congressional action. Little has Spencer Link. changed since. WEST Family History Papers, donated by Waverly Payne.
With the advent of the Great Depression followed by World War Military History: II, the onset of the Cold War and the Korean War, the matter American Civil War Marines 1861-1865, by Ron Field, dropped off the screen almost completely until the 1950‘s. The purchased. Centennial observance (1961-1965) re-awakened passions long Capital Navy; the Men, Ships and Operations of the James River dormant across the nation. Debate began again on the matters of Squadron, by John M. Coski, purchased. secession, slavery, emancipation, the conduct of the war, Reconstruction and, not surprisingly, what name should be used. Virginia Military Records: Colonial Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, CD, Family Archives, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Proposed names from ages past were re-introduced and new purchased. suggestions became common. A partial listing includes ―The Brothers‘ War,‖ ―The War of Secession,‖ ―The War of the Baron von Steuben’s Revolutionary War Drill Manual; a Southern Planters,‖ ―The War of the Sixties,‖ ―The War for the Facsimile Reprint of the 1794 Edition, by Frederick William Baron von Steuben, donated by LeeAnne Ball. Union,‖ ―The Second American Revolution,‖ ―The War against Slavery,‖ ―The War for Abolition,‖ ―The Confederate War,‖ Chesterfield Remembers World War II: Service at Home and ―The War of the North and South,‖ ―Mr. Lincoln‘s War‖ and Abroad, Interviews with WWII Veterans, DVD, compiled by the ―The War for Southern Independence.‖ ―The Civil War‖ Chesterfield Historical Society of VA, edited by Rodney Mack, Public Affairs Dept of Chesterfield County. remains the most widely name used today but ―The War between the States‖ retains strength in the South. Chesterfield County Veterans Database Summary – Update July 2010, compiled by Michael Thomas and Dr. Peter Lipowicz, Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia. Library: Recent Donations & Acquisitions Liess van der Linden-Brusse A History of the Confederate Navy, by Raimondo Luraghi, At the Society Library in Castlewood, we are delighted to welcome purchased. a new volunteer Donna Siebold who has taken over the Revolutionary Virginia: The Road to Independence, a accessioning of donated and acquired items into our collection. A Documentary Record, published for the Virginia Independence trained librarian, Donna has many years experience and we very Bicentennial Commission by University Press of Virginia (7 much appreciate her dedication and enthusiasm! Thank you, Donna! Volumes), donated by Therese & Robert Wagenknecht.
The Messenger #96 Jan 2011 7 General Interest: Also donated by Therese & Robert Wagenknecht: Virginia History in Proposal for the Reconstruction of “Rocke Hall” the Rectory of Documents, 1621-1788, 2 Volumes, by William H. Gaines, Jr., Rev. Alexander Whittaker at Henricus Historical Park, by Tom Archeological Investigations of Site 44C F7, Falling Creek Ironworks McLaughlin, anonymous donor. and Vicinity, Chesterfield County, VA, submitted by William & Mary Center for Archeological Research, The Ancient City of Henrico, by Proposed “Holly View” Development Phase II Archeological Martha McCartney, The James River Batteau Festival Trail: A Guide Evaluation of Sites 44CF0716 & 44CF0717, by Cultural Resources to the James River and its Canal, from Lynchburg to Richmond, Inc, gift of the authors. prepared by W. E. Trout III. Discovered in the basement of the Museum during our annual Bermuda Hundred National Archeological & Historic District clean up: Home Demonstration Club Year Book 1941, The Story Nomination (1996), compiled by L. Daniel Mouer, gift of the of Old Petersburg and Southside Virginia, by J. T. Morris & Son, author. Inc., Blandford Colonial Church, Bristol Parish, Petersburg, VA, Erected 1735, by T.S. Beckwith & Co., Fonticello Lithia Henrico County, Virginia, land Patents, Volume III, by Selena Spring, Chesterfield County, Virginia: History & Testimonials, Mayes Du Lac, purchased. Invitation Card, c.1900.
History of the “Sycamores,” by Patsy Jewett, copy of a Power 1780 Jail Archeological Dig in Chesterfield County Courthouse Point presentation (2010), donated by the author. Complex (2003), papers compiled by Daniel Weiskotten, discovered in Castlewood. Pocahontas Park Tract Records, donated by Shirley Diller. Chesterfield Museum 2007 Historical Exhibitions, by Studio Richmond, Virginia, Uncovered; the Records of Slaves and Free Amons, RFP provided by the authors. Blacks Listed in the City Sergeant Jail Register, 1841-1846, compiled by Nancy C. Frantel, donated by the author. Chesterfield County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the year ended June 30, 2008, by Mary Lou Lyle, CPA, Director, “Racing in America” Volume I – Early Colonial Period 1665-1865, by Accounting Department. John Hervey for the New York Jockey Club (Limited Edition #204 of 800 printed), donated by Vernon Creekmore, who also loaned “Racing Chesterfield County Specific Tax 1782, by Minor T. Weisiger, in America” Volume II – Early Colonial Period 1665-1865, by John Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Volume 48, Number 2, May Hervey for the New York Jockey Club (Limited Edition #164 of 800 2010. printed), Documentation on Broad Rock Race Track & History, Documentation on Broad Rock Plantation, by Patsy R. Moody, Chesterfield County Strategic plan, 2003-2005, donated by the Dept. of Documentation on Broad Rock Plantation Families, by Patsy R. Planning. Moody. Chesterfield County Tithables, 1751 & 1752, by Susan B. Application Process for Matoaca Mill Site Historic Highway Chiarello, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Volume 48, Number Marker, by the Matoaca Women‘s Club, donated by Larry Holt. 3, August 2010.
Development Plan for the Falling Creek Ironworks Site as part Cumberland Parish, Lunenberg County, Va., 1746-1816 Vestry of the Falling Creek Greenways Trail, Chesterfield County, VA, Book, by Landon C. Bell, donated by Mary L. Wilson by Resource Planners, Richmond, VA, anonymous donor. Bridgeforth.
The Politics of Annexation; Oligarchic Power in a Southern City, Midlothian Mines Park Access Road, Chesterfield County, VA, by John V. Moeser & Rutledge M. Dennis, donated by George Phase I Cultural Resources Intensive Survey Report DHR #2004- Cranford. 1549, by Lyle E. Browning, donated by the author.
History of Magnolia Grange, Chesterfield County, VA, by Jan Maps: Westbrook (2000). Chesterfield County, Virginia, Bicentennial Map 1976, compiled by the Engineering Department, Chesterfield County, donated by Home At Last: Mortuary Commemoration in Virginia Slave Cemeteries, Chris W. Hall. by Lynn Rainville, Markers XXVI, 2009 issue, donated by George Reynolds Community Locator Map: State of Chesterfield County’s Communities – 2000, by the Dept. of Planning. Native American Indian Music, CD, by Youghtanund, performed at 2010 Falling Creek Ironworks Day, donated by Shirley Diller. Photographs: Photograph of Fruit Hill (circa 1920), donated by Betty In the Footsteps of George Washington, a Guide to Sites Michalek. Commemorating our First President, by William G. Clotworthy, donated by Liess van der Linden-Brusse.
Membership and Cemetery Reports 4th Quarter Rachel Lipowicz Membership stands at 594 members. This quarter we extend a warm welcome to 15 new members: Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas F. Carico (Kristen); Mr. & Mrs. Robert Crist (Carole); Ms. Jerri Garofalo; Ms. Victoria Heland; Mr. & Mrs. Aubrey Lindsey (Helen); Ms. Mary Ann Locklear; Ms. Delores P. Martin; Mrs. Stephanie W. Martin; Ms. Betty H. Odom; Mr. Jon Schmidt; Mr. & Mrs. Mark Smith (Susan). Dues notices for 2011 will be mailed shortly. If the label on your Messenger says 2011 you are paid thru the year. Thank you!
The big news from the Cemetery Committee is that Chesterfield Churchyards has been printed and is selling very well. More than half the 200 books were sold during the first month, so if you haven‘t gotten yours yet, do so while they‘re still available! The price is $25 plus $1.25 tax. Shipping is $5 if needed.
Cemetery Committee members are: Pat Alling, Pattie Grady, Rachel Lipowicz, Betty Michalek, Terry Roach and Ann Shelton. We are assisted throughout the year by Peter Lipowicz, Ken Shiflett and Anne White. During 2010, 1,731 hours of volunteer time was given by the Cemetery Committee members and assistants.
The Messenger #96 Jan 2011 8 Veterans Database Update Printed - Peter Lipowicz If you are interested in purchasing a copy of this book, please contact Diane. If there is sufficient interest, we will make it available at a reasonable cost. I have the pleasure of working with Mike Thomas on the database, which was begun by Sue Peek. To make it better available to our members and the public, I have printed it out in book format in 2007 and now have printed a second edition. It includes veterans added since 2007 and many corrections. It is 249 pages long and includes information on 6226 veterans. A sample is excerpted here: Martin Adkins War of 1812, Virginia Militia, 23rd Regiment, Rank: Pvt, Capt John Gregory's company from 23rd Reg, commanded by Col William Brow n, in service March 18-29, June 27-28 and July 1-2, 1813 Percy M. Adkins World War II, US Army, Rank: Pvt, Died in Service, killed in action, Source: National Archives & Records Administration Peter P. Adkins Civil War, Confederate States Army, 41st Va Infantry, Co B, Rank: Private, Died: Jun 1, 1862, Died in Service, WIAat Battle of Seven Pines on June 1, 1862 & died of w ounds June 28, 1862; First know n member of Hephzibah (later Branch's) Baptist Church killed in the Civil War While this printout has plenty of useful information, the database contains more. Below I have included a complete list. Of course, there are many blanks. We may know the birth date, but not the enlistment date or death date. For some, the war in which the veteran served is not known. Sometimes the same veteran may be listed twice, because the information was taken from two different sources at two different times. The database itself is not accessible to the public. The best way to become familiar with it is to volunteer to work on it. The lists below are examples of searches that can be done on the database. The lists shown below may contain errors and be incomplete. If you see an error, please contact the Society so that it can be fixed. If you know of someone who should have been listed but is not, please contact the Society. These lists are only as good as the information in the database. That is why we keep working on it.
Database Fields Henry Heth Moses Campbell Thomas Leslie Bridge Thomas Matthew Thomas ID Edward Johnson Riluth Hamilton Cooley Scott Alan Brown Larry Donell Todd Last Name Napoleon B. Long Willie B. Crawley Tyonia Sue Burns Christopher A. Watson First Name James Lunsford Burrell Fischer Gary Jonathan Buro David S. Weisman Middle Name Nickname M Martin Marion James Gardner Matthew Chase Michael J. Weisman Sex James Arthur Robinson Daniel Goff Jeremiah A. Clark Michael Wheeler Ethnicity John Totty Joseph Good Jamie Cogbill Michael Whichard Service ID Paskil Vaden Arthur Graham Wayne Cole Robert White Date of Birth Robert H. Vaden Pascal Hanser/Hanson Darius Daniels Tom Wilkinson Place of Birth Mordecia Vaden Edward Harris Conway IV Dooley Jeffrey Wilson Connection to Chesterfield Thomas E. Watkins James Kenny David Farmer Meredith York Date of Enlistment Place of Enlistment David Addison Weisiger Thomas Lively Oronde K. Foster James Russell Young Branch of Service 1 James L. Weisiger John Lomax Adam Fus John E. Zetak Branch of Service 2 Francis Morris Levi A. Gholson Unit of Service Prisoners of War John C. Moses Brian Edward Gibbs Women Rank (does not include 393 Civil James Roye Randall Paula Graham Felicia Barwell War/Conflict 1 War veterans) Washington Robinson John D. III Harrill Margaret M. Bell War/Conflict 2 Alan Maurice Baldwin Paden/Payton Stokes Lee D. Hutchinson Tyonia Sue Burns War/Conflict 3 Honors Johnny Ballard Archer Taylor Brandon Islip Gwen Cannady Prisoner of War Garrett Manville Bartle Robert Thomas Donald John Kappel Lena C. Chambliss Location of Stephen Blankenship Charles Walker Melissa Margaret Kelly Janet Gray Cook Imprisonment J. Paul Brown William Walker Hans Kirkman Aileen Maxey Coppridge Discharge Date Robert Dinsworth/ Edward Wilkerson Kevin Koch Alice Dolbear Died in Service Dainsworth Robert Winston Nicholas David Kron Joan E. Eanes Date of Death Additional Information Elam John Farmer Jesse Wood Clinton Delford Jr. Paula Graham Source of Information William Heth Lassiter Sherry Hankins Biographical Information John Heth Served in WWII & Korea Karl Leonard Jeanne M. Harrison Edward Johnson & Vietnam Karl Linn Kathryn Kahlson Spanish American War Thomas Morriss Walter Emerson Coleman Perry Lynch Kate E. Kelley John N. Bransford Andrew Nunner William Robert Floyd Clayton Maciorowski Melissa Margaret Kelly Loren D. Fendley Aaron Powell Joseph Anthony Gagliano Donna Mattson Gertrude Manley Robert L. French Timothy Price Chuck Gallagher Donald C. Jr. May Donna Mattson T. L. Hall Joseph Carl Pruden Leo Doyle Johns Jonathan McMullan Sandra Garrison McNeely James S. Hazen William Ross O. Ogden Paredes Sean H. Miles Harriet B. Pollard Thomas S. Howlett Hilary T. Wells Anthony L Pullano Rollin Lee Neale Esther Pope J. Clifton Robertson Joseph Edward Schaperjahn Daniel Allen Nelson Suzanne L. Pryse Worthley F. Rudd African-Americans Flemming Morris Sr.Wakefield Everton Nevers Steffanie Pyle Robert D. Stephens William Henry Austin Robert Allen Watts John Pancoast Jessica M. Rousch Walter L. Waugh Joseph Wilson Austin John M Winn Walter Patrick Vera Sadler Albert B. Wells Randolph Elridge Austin Govie Andrew Peebles Bessie J. Sawyer Raymond Austin Gulf War, Iraq, War on Timothy Price Joanne R. Smith Mexican War Watts Austin Terrorism, Afghanistan Jeffrey Reed Edith P. Smith Jasper S. Clayton Howard Baugh Will Bailey Richard Reese Evelyn Kathryn Stanley Peter Creed Flournoy Edward Bland Felicia Barwell John Wayne Schnieder Judy D Stoneman James Herbert Fowler Charles Brown Brad Berryman Mark Shaylor Georgia Janelle Wilson Larkin M. Gill Kitt C. W. Brown Carey Bond Donald W. Smith Meredith York Thomas B. Greenhow Andrew Lee Brown Darryl D. Booker Tyler Thomas Linia Virginia Young
The Messenger #96 Jan 2011 9 This map of the American Match Manucturing plant site in Winterpock was researched, drawn and contributed by Ken Shiflett.
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January CHS Events 14th, Fri, 7pm CHSV Winter Lectures: Mike Gorman, historian, ―Civil War Photos: Richmond in 3-D‖ (Lucy Corr Village, Community Hall)10 15th, Sat, 8pm Spirited History Tour of Castlewood. $10/person. Prepaid Reservation: 804-796-7121. 28th, Fri, 7pm CHSV Winter Lectures: Keith McCray, historian, ―Virtual Tour of 19th Century Matoaca Mill‖ (Lucy Corr Village, Community Hall) 23rd, Sun, 1pm CHSV Members Quarterly Meeting – Lunch (Howlett’s Tavern, Chester) 31st, Mon, 6-8pm CHSV ―Tavern Talk‖ (Howlett’s Tavern). Reservations: (804)930-1034. February (Black History Month) 5th, Sat, 8pm Spirited History Tour of Magnolia Grange. $10/person. Prepaid Reservation: 804-796-7121. 9th, Wed, 2pm CHSV ―Valentine‘s Day‖ Tea (Magnolia Grange). $25, Pre-paid reservations required: (804)796-1479. 11th, Fri, 7pm CHSV Winter Lectures: Christy Coleman, President, Historic Tredegar, ―Ladies Calling: How Women Helped Shape Post Civil War America‖ (Lucy Corr Village, Community Hall) 25th, Fri, 7pm CHSV Winter Lectures: Ronald Seagrave, author, ―Early Artisans & Mechanics of Petersburg, 1607-1850‖ (Lucy Corr Village, Community Hall) 28th, Mon, 6-8pm CHSV ―Tavern Talk‖ (Howlett’s Tavern). Reservations: (804)930-1034. March (Women’s History Month) 11th, Fri, 7pm CHSV Winter Lectures: ―Recent Discoveries at the Fort‖ by Jamie May, Sr. staff archeologist at Jamestown (Lucy Corr Village, Community Hall) 12th, Sat, 8pm Spirited History Tour of Courthouse Green. $10/person. Prepaid Reservation: 804-796-7121. 19th, Sat, noon-4pm ―Falling Creek Ironworks Day‖ (Falling Creek Park) (804)751-4946 25th, Fri, 7pm CHSV Winter Lectures: Francoise Bonnell, Director, US Army Women‘s Museum ―From the American Revolution to the Present: Women‘s Role in the US Army‖ (Lucy Corr Village Community Hall) 26th (?), Sat, 9am-1pm CHSV/Chester Lions Antiques Evaluation ―Roadshow‖ Fundraiser (Chester Christian Church?) 28th, Mon, 6-8pm CHSV ―Tavern Talk‖ (Howlett’s Tavern). Reservations: (804)930-1034.
April (Confederate History Month) 2nd, Sat, noon-3pm CHSV Confederate History & Heritage Day (Courthouse Green) (804)796-7121
10 CHSV Winter Lectures: Free for CHSV members, $5 Non-members.
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