University of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository Master's Theses Student Research 5-1983 A history of the village of Midlothian, Virginia, emphasizing the period 1835-1935 Barbara Irene Burtchett Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses Recommended Citation Burtchett, Barbara Irene, "A history of the village of Midlothian, Virginia, emphasizing the period 1835-1935" (1983). Master's Theses. Paper 479. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Research at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE OF MIDLOTHIAN, VIRGINIA EMPHASIZING THE PERIOD 1835 - 1935 BY BARBARA IRENE BURTCHETT A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF ARTS IN HISTORY MAY 1983 , LlliilRA"Y VNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface •.•.•••. i Chapter 1 - Midlothian 1700 to 1835. 1 Manakin Indians, Huguenot settlers, English settlers, discovery of coal, American Revolution's effect on Midlothian the Heth Family, early coal mining, Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Coach, Taverns, Bellona foundry and arsenal, Chesterfield Railroad, Haley Cole School, Bethel Church, social life Chapter 2 - Growth of Midlothian from 1835 to 1850. • . • • • • • • 22 Changing mining methods, slaves work mines, list and locations of mining companies, Black Heath Company - Chester field Coal and Iron Mining Company, influx of British miners, Midlothian Coal Company, Mount Pisgah Church, Midlothian African Church, Jewett's and Manders' Stores, Richmond-Danville railroad Chapter 3 - Midlothian from 1850 through the Civil War .