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Dinwiddie County Virginia
A Proud Member of the Genealogy
Trails Group
Committed
To Providing FREE Genealogy Data For All!
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Hello
and welcome to the Genealogy Trails Website for Dinwiddie County,
Virginia. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through
time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it
online for the free use of all researchers.
This is a continuation of our original and highly successful Illinois
Genealogy Trails, History and Genealogy Project, and we are excited
about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome
your feedback and comments, and of course any data contributions you
might have. Please contact me at the EMAIL link below if you
would like to contribute.
We're looking for people who share our dedication to putting data
online and who are interested in helping this project be as successful
as our Illinois websites are. If you think you might be
interested in joining our group, please view our Volunteer
Page for further information and instructions to sign up.
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You are welcome to browse the information on these pages and at the
many links provided to build the data needed to continue research into
your familiy history. However, please remember that this
information in many cases, represents years of painstaking research on
teh part of myself, or the many generous volunteers who have donated
their information to this site. You can show your respect for these
efforts by not taking things to use on other websites and/or claim as
your own. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
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A LITTLE INFORMATION ON DINWIDDIE COUNTY VIRGINIA
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Dinwiddie County was formed May 1
1752 from Prince George County. The county is named for Robert
Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. The first inhabitants
of the area were in fact Paleo Indians. They are believed to have
been nomadic hunter gaterers following animal migrations. Early
stone tools have been discovered in various fields within the
county. The county raised several militia units that would fight
in the American Revolution. Dinwiddie county was the birthplace of
Elizbeth (Burwell) Hobbs Keckly who workd for Mrs. Jefferson Davis and
later Mrs. Lincoln as a free black dressmaker; of Thomas Day, later at
Milton, NC, well noted there as a free black cabinetmaker within the
state of NC and southern VA; and of Dr. Thomas Stewart, perhaps
Amrica's first free black 18th century rural physician.
During the Civil War the Battle of Lewis's Farm, fought along Quaker
Road occurred on 29 March 1865, this was the first in a series of
attempts by Grant's army to cut Lee's final supply line -- the South
Side Railroad -- in spring 1865. Here the Union forces led by
Brigadeer General Joshua L Chamberlain engaged Confederates under Major
General Bushrod R Johnson. After sharp fighting, the Union troops
entrenched nearby along the Boydton Plank Road and Johnson withdrew to
his lines at White Oak Road. The Union army cut the rail line
four days later, after capturing Five Forks on the first of April in
1865 at the Battle of Five Forks. Several other engagements were
fought in Dinwiddie county, including the Battle of Dinwiddie Court
House, battle of Sutherland's Station, and Battle of White Oak
Road.
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SURROUNDING COUNTIES & INDEPENDENT CITY
Amelia Co VA- Brunswick Co VA - Chesterfield Co VA - Nottoway Co VA -
Petersburg VA - Prince George Co VA - Sussex Co VA
NATIONAL PROTECTED
AREA: Petersburg National Battlefield Park
TOWN: McKenney
UNINCORPORATED
COMMUNITIES:
Ammon - Carson - Church Road - DeWitt - Dinwiddie - Edgehill - Ford -
Sutherland - Wilsons
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CIVIL WAR BATTLES:
Battle of Peebles' Farm - Battle of Lewis's Farm - Battle of Dinwiddie
Court House
Battle of White Oak Road - Battle of Five Forks - Battle of
Sutherland's Station
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DINWIDDIE COUNTY VIRGINIA -
Official Site - Not a Genealogy Site
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