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A HISTORY OF

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY

VIRGINIA

FROM ITS FORMATION IN 1753, TO THE PRESENT

Compiled mainly from

ORIGINAL RECORDS AND PERSONALLY
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES.

With a Brief Sketch of the Beginnings of Virginia,
A Summary of the History of the County Seat,
And a Special Chapter on the Churches of the County

BY CHARLES EDWARD BURRELL, LL. B., D. D.

THE WILLIAMS PRINTING CO.,

RICHMOND, VA.

1922

U518606.25

HARVARD COLLEGE

JUN 5 1923

LIBRARY

Bright found

Copyright, 1922

BY

CHARLES EDWARD BURRELL, LL. B., D. D.

Printed and Bound in the United States of America, 1922.

To The

Good people of Prince Edward County, Virginia;

the noble offspring of a splendid ancestry;

this work is most humbly dedicated.