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Q , 1., HISTORICAL SKETCH _ ,
$5 Amelia County, named for the youngest daughter of George II,} was founded
if in 1735 when the “upper inhabitants" of Prince George County petitioned for
fi the division, on the grounds that they were at an inconvenient distance from · "
;` the courthouse. As the line was drawn at that time, the new county, Amelia,
ji contained a portion of both Prince George and Brunswick Counties, and the ° I l `·
Q old parish lines of Bristol and Saint Andrews were changed to form Raleigh '
{ Parish with bounds coterminous with those of the county.3 The boundaries of
g the county changed in 1754 when Prince Edward County was cut off3_and again _
y} in 1789 when Nottoway County was formed from Amelia.4 , 4
Y Today Amelia County, with an area of 371 square miles, is one of the " °
1 snalleet counties in the State, extending to Cumberland and Powhatan Counties he
j on the north, to Chesterfield County on the east, to Dinwiddie and Nottoway ‘
{ on the iouth and to Prince Edward on the west._ This land, with its length of
cj approximately 30 miles and mean width of 10 ndlesb lies in the Piedmont area
Q south of the James River, sometimes called the Middle Country, an undulating y
{ plain crossed by streams which have out deep channels and are bordered by
5 alluvial bottom lands.6 Its climate is determined largely by its latitude, `
Q about 37°30'N, and by its comparative proximity to the ocean.? ‘ "`·
Am lia is predominantly agricultural; its total income_in 1930 from crops,
j dairying, and live stock amounted to approximately $1,869,000.B ` J
jr Although there are no·large towns, several small towns and villages dot
T%. the countryside; of these Amelia, the centrally located county seat with a -
·f population of 887, is the 1argest.9 The total population in 1930 numbered ‘ _
Q 8,979, while the density of population was 24.2 per square mile. Nearly all ’
E of the inhabitants are native born and about 50 percent are Negro. In 1936 Q, "
§ there were 41 Federal personal income tax returns in the county.lO ' V '
F 1. Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, Virgiggg Counties . . ., Virginia State Library
V i Bulletin, IX, nos. 1-3, Richmond, 1916, p. 174. _ _
f 2. William Waller Hening, compiler, The Statgteg gt garge . . . (1619-1792), V ‘
,_ of lst. ed., Richmond, gtg., 1809-23, [hereinafter cited as Hening, §tgtgtes;.
{ for complete_citation, see Bibliography], IV, pp. 467-468. 5 _ ` I -~- _
_.§* 3. Ibid., VI, p. 379; H. R. Mcllwaine and J._P. Kennedy, eds. and compi1ers,‘p `4
{Q Jogrnals gf the House gg Burgesses (1619-1776), Richmond, 1905-15, VI1I,·~
:§ p. 125 (Nov. 17, 1753).,. l ` "
‘§ 4. Hening, Statutes,_XII,_p. 273} Jourggl g§‘thg‘House_gQjQglegatqg_.·. . `i;` "
__ it (1788), Richmond, 1828, p. 117 (Ce;. 23, 1788). " I I run ‘
? 5. Rand Mgyglly Commercial Atlas EQ2 Qgghetin Qgigg, Chicago, 1939, `, Q `
l i lhereinafter cited as Commergigl Atlasl, pp. 406-407, 409. q;i, · · *{ ‘ `
‘   6. wuiiam F. Switz1er_,_Report _qp_ gg Intsgng _Q3:>_m;¤_g_¤;g9_ Qi its §niis=.€_§;@ss¤.» ,
1 Commerce and Navigation, II, The Qgmmgrgigl, Industgigly Transportation,
ig ggg Other Interests gg the §ggtherp States, Washington, 1886 (hereinafter ~
it cited_as Switzler, Repontj, pp. 184, 186. l' A ·
` Y; 7-   miss. p- 407-   A
 g 8. {big., p. 409; Charlotte Allen, ed., Virginia, Richmond, 1937, p. 121.
‘ ’g 9. Commercial Atlas, pp. 410-415. ‘ * 4 ·- < ‘ `
y 10. Fifteenth Census of the United States, l930,`f$pulation, III, •§Eports by
Q States, pt. 2, Washington, 1932, p. 1150; Qgmmgrcial Atlas, p. 409.
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Serving the inmabitsnts are various public service agencies, among which ;@
are the Western Union and four Postal Telegraph stations, sight railway express lj the
sgsncissé six post offices, and ons ba¤k,ll the Union Bank and Trust Company at if bec
Amslis.l The county is traversed by 0ns railroad, the Southern, which crosses §g ini
  the ndddls of the c0unty,l3 and by appr0xim1tsly 80 miles of primary roads and Qi abc
h 250 miles of secondary roads. U. S. Route 360 and Routes 49 and 38, rbads if com
which intersect at Amslia, are the main highways; Over the former the { [Or
Greyhound bus travels, making approximately B6 scheduled stops per day4l4 § iss
Comprising thrss umgistsriul districts ~ Leigh, Giles, and Jackson — é ¥;;
` Amelia operates under the board of supervisors form of county g0vernment.l5 1§{ (
With Nottoway, it hud one nwnmcr in the House of Dslegstssg with Chesterfield, ? mg`
1 Dinwiddis, Nottowuy, sud Powhstgn Ccuuticssind the city of Petersburg, it $ :01
1 constitutes a Stats judicial district. With Nottowuy, Lunenburg, Pri?gs Q Or
Edward, and Powhstan it is included in the Ninth Ssnmtorial District. g COI
. Within 2 decades from the time Amsliu County was established, there were % gg
1OO or more plantations in the original boundaries, stretching “s0 fur as to 1% age
‘ take in the ridges bstwssn Roanoke and Appomuttox Rivers . . ." thence "to the 1 hot
great mountains . . . ." Thsss plgntstions varied in size, with 500 ucrss the g` and
1 average h0lding.l7 In 1735 or shortly thsrsaftsr many larger estates were g rec
l patented, many of these containing at lsast 1,000 acres and soms larger ones Q Whg
as many ss 8,000 and 10,000 scrss.lB Of the earlier days in the county one Q thc
_ writer stated: "Msny years prior to this dats [1789} the fertile lands along ? ree
“ the upper parts of Deep Creek and West Crack in Amelia County had sttr1ctsd  y whj
E the more industrious and substuntisl slsumnx of ’10w country' planters who 3; n6(
Q developed its resources to thc fullest extent. An examination of the wills Q1 lar
§ and inventories of the people who lived at an csrly dsy in this isolgtsd pg nav
Q section show them to have been possessed of extensive means; their holdings fj No
1 in lands and Negroes were lgrgs sud their homes ware not without comparative UQ bcc
comforts. Wealth, for thcss people, grew with the passing of years, and at HQ are
the time of the creation of Ngttoway County ws find within its precincts a YW dov
1 markedly large representation of the wcalthicr planter c1ass4"lg ~%
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  20.
1 ll. QQEQQQQL;1 Atlas, pp. 410-415. jN 2l_
12. Information supplied by Virginia Bankers Association, Richmond, Virginia. i’ 22_
13- ......¤¤m&;2i2·.1 e>&1¤;_=;» p- 407-   23_
14. Virginia, State Department of Highways, Countv MER; gf Egg fyimsry Egg —Q% 24_
Ssc0nd1ry Qggggiy Systqgg, 1Q§§, Richumud, 1936, p. 4; Time Tubls, sy_ 25_
Greyhound Bus Line, Aug. 1938, p. 8. Q_ 26.
15. éggg gg jg; Qcnsrul éggggplx gi jgg Qyggg 2; Virzigig, 1809--, Richmond, &f
1810-- Ltitlss vary; hereinafter cited ss Acts , 1938, p. 1067; Board 0f 1* 27.
Supervisors p. 59. ri  g 28.
16. Qgg Yirginis Code gg lggg, Charlottesville, 1936 [hereinafter cited as [J' 2g_
Qggg 1936], secs. 78, 79, 5888. 5
17. Egg Xgggggig Magazine gg Histogx &gg_§g0grsphy, XXII, no. 1, (Jun. 1914), i
pp. 94-96. T
18. [Index tc] "Patents Issued During the Regal Government, Amsl1a" (1735-76) gi 30.
iu Counties, I[munuscript index to recorded pstsnts, Stats L1nd Office, if 31.
Richmond, Vs.], pussim. QE
19. Qgg yilliam ig; yigy Q911Egg Qyurtsr1X j;gjcr1cs1 Qggazins, first series, gf
. XXVI, nc. 1, (July 1917), p. 41. Xgs 32,
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_ ag Where the first courthouse was located is a matter of conjecture. When
S° if the upper inhabitants of Prince George petitioned for a division, they did so
at (Q because they were at a great distance from the courthouse,2O but the earliest
GS 3g information concerning the erection of a courthouse was in 1746 when complaint
d H, about the location of the courthouse was again made. The court ordered a
i committee to "view the most convenient place near the road from Ly1e's Ford
, [on the Appomattox River] to Nottoway Rivor.”2l A year later an order was
i issued by the magistrates that the courthouse should be blocked up and the
; windows nended with sash gLass.22 Still Liter, in 1756, the court petitioned
; the governor for perndesion to erect a courthouse in that part of the county
. most convenient for the inhabitants in general; they further requested a writ
" { of adjournment to the place proposed for the new courthouse but the site was
Q not specified.23 No information appears in the extant records of the county
{ or of the legislature as to whether this request was grunted. In 1760, a
, committee waited upon the Governor stating that the courthouse was situated
Q in one corner of the county and asking for a writ of adjournment to the lands
5 Q of Peter Bensly near the center of the county.24 In 1764 an appeal was made
{ again, the plea stating that the winter season was coming on, that the court-
*6 1 house was not fit to hold court in, besides being inconveniently located,
*6 2 and requesting an adjournment to a place near nvery's Church.25 There is no
Q record as to whether the plea at this time was sanctioned or not. However,
" when the division of the county was discussed in 1766-67,26 it wis apparently
? thought best to remove the courthouse; in April of the latter year there was
i vs read for the third time an act authorizing the justices to purchase lands on
i which to build a courthouse.27 When Nottoway County was formed in 1789,
j necessitating the location of a new central site for county bui1dings,28 the M
fg lands of Henry Anderson were considered and finally chosen;29 and until the
jé new buildings were completed, court was held at the house of Edward Booker.3O
i No further mention of a new courthouse is made in Council Journal or order
gf books until the middle of the nineteenth century, when a new building was
(Q erected on the property of Lewis E. %iYV1G.3L This courthouse was torn
? down to make room for a new one which wis erected in 1924.32
g 20. Hening, §tatgtes, IV, p. 467. ‘
j 21. Order Book, no. 2 (1746-51), Mar. 20, 1746, p. 36, see entry 158.
a'.   22• Ibid., NOV• 2].,   p•  
Q 23. Ibid., no. 4(l755-57), Jan. 22, 1756, p. 26.
" 2/'1*•   Y10• 5   AUg• 28,   p• 46•
Q 25. Ibid., no. 8 (1764-65), Oct. 25, 1764, p. 279.
ty 26. Mcllwaine and Kennedy, Journals gg the Qgugg gg Bur,esggg, XI, pp.
» M 59 (December 9, 1766), 62 (uecember 10, 1766) 81 (rama 16, 1767).
2 28. Hening, Statutes, XII, pp. 723-724.
{ 29. Order Book, no. 19 (1788-91), Jan. 28, 1790, p. 185, see entry 158;
T William P. Palmer, et gig, eds., Cslendqg gg Virginia State Qapers gpg
)v { Other Manuscri ts . . . (1652-1869), Richmond, 1875-93 (hereinafter
,, cited as Calendar), V, pp. 201-202.
6) _, 30. Order Book, no. 19 (1788-91), May 28, 1789, p. 152, see entry 158.
it 31. Acts 1850-51, p. 28; Order Book, no. 42 (1846-50), Aug. 22, 1850, p. 488
i (the new courthouse being completed, the court adjourns to that place),
Ss 1t see entry 158.
1 32. Date on cornerstone of p esent courthouse; conversation with Mr. S. L.
1 Farrar, Jr., county clerk, Amelia County, August 1939. A

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Among the early justices of the new county were Edward Booker, Charles L
Irby, Richard Booker, Abraham Green, James Clarke, John Dawson, Thomas Tabb, l? ro;
Henry Anderson, William Watson, Francis Anderson,33 Thomas Jones, Robert Bj Chr
Tucker, Richard Clarke, William Clement, Samuel Tarry, William Archer, (Q ti;
Hezekiah Ford, William Booker, Henry Childs, Wood Jones, and James Branch.34 Y?
° The first clerk, who served until 1757, was Samuel Cobbs;35 the first sheriff, y
John Burton;36 and the first coroner of whom there is mention, Henry Anderson.37 1 Ri;
There were two constabdbr districts, John Bentley officiating above Deep Creek, Q sg;
p and William Near below this stream. In 1736 a county surveyor, whose name is Q tw,
A not mentioned, was appointed by William and Mary College. Among the early Q 175
¤ attorneys granted licenses by the court were Stephen Dewry, William Bottonby, Q (J4
Thomas Eldredy, and John Scott.38 1
i A considerable portion of the time of the earliest courts was given to 1 Pe:
road affairs such as appointing road surveyors and viewers, or authorizing Q Ed:
, construction or repairs of roads\and bridges or "turning"z(straightening) of € she
A old roads.39 Roads were routed to the mills, to stores which were often E
I located at cross roads, to bridges or ferries, to churches, to the county 3
Z seat and to ordinaries. Churches, stores and ordinaries, being focal points § the
for roads, were often used as polling p1aces.4O Other roads were constructed 1 eq
. to connect with roads outside the county.4l Sign boards were erected, and at 1 om
~ some places swinging toll gates were in operation.42 Each section of road had j wen
A its road surveyor, appointed by the court, who was assisted by "hands" from j
plantations adjoining the road. Neglect in keeping the road, bridges or sign j
Y . posts was subject to grand jury indictment ind records show a number of road 3 in
5 surveyors disch rged. The cure of the more important bridges was sometimes g of
1 contracted for; by one such contract, a bridge keeper was paid 4 pounds ?
y 17 shillings 6 pence for a period of 7 years.43 Some of the more important 1
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33. Order Book, no. 1 (1735-46), May 9, 1735, p. 1; April 8, 1737, p. 22, (
see entry 158. g
34. [Council Journal] (1722-73), Juno 10, 1741, p. 45 [ms.—¢ol. in Vi., § has
. Richmond, Va.].   __
4 35. Order Book, no. 1 (1735-46), May 9, 1735, p. 1, see entry 158; Frederick J
Johnston, Memorials dg Qdd Virginia Clerks . 3 ,, Lynchburg, 1888, p. 37. é 44.
( 36. Order Book, no. 1 (1735-46), May 9, 1735, p. 1, see entry 158. {
37. [Council Journal] (1722-73), October 23, 1739, p. 14 [ms. vol. in Vi., 1
Richmond, Va.]. I
38. Order Book, no. 1 (1735-46), M y 9, 1735, p. 1; July 11, 1735, p. 2; 1
Nov. 14, 1735, p. 4; April 9, 1736, p. 8, see entry 158. 1
39. Qdd., passim.   45
40. Ibid., Nov. 16, 1739, p. 83; Aug. 15, 1746, p. 19; ibid., no. 11 (1768-69),1 46·
Nov. 23, 1769, p. 5; ibid., no. 12 (1769-71), Mar. 22, 1770, p. 42; April Q 47·
26, 1770, p. 50; May 21, 1770, p. 71; May 23, 1771, p. 207k dddd., no. 18 1
(use-ss), April 27, ivev, p. ico; gg., no. ie (ivss-91), gssim; img., ,§ 48·
V ne. zo (1792-95), Esssim.   49·
41. Qddd., no. 1 (1735-46), April 15, 1740, p. 117. E
42. Lddd., no. 2 (1746-51), Aug. 19, 1748, p. 99; ibid., no. 13 (1772-76), Q 5O·
May 25, 1775, p. 316. 1 5l·
43. Qbdd., no. 1 (1735-46), Feb. 20, 1740, p. 138; dpdd., no. 2 (1746-51), 1 52·
May 16, 1746, p. 1; ibid., no. 6 (1760-63), May 26, 1753, p. 54; dddd., 3 53·
no. 12 (1769-71), June 28, 1770, pp. 75,`83; Mar, 28, 1771, pp. 169, 175; J? 54·
, dpdd., no, 14 (1776-79), May 22, 1777, p. 40. ¥ 55-
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[ Historical Sketch - (First entry, p. 66)
, ? roads BT thé*ear1y days were the Cox Road, the Petersburg—Farmvi11e Road,
p Church Road, Anderson_Road and Ly1e's Ford Road. There is mention from time to
4 jg time of other types_of wiys·such as clrt ways, bridle_wiys, and race paths.44
ff, i~ Among‘the early representatives from Amelia to the House of Burgesses were
0¤.37 f Richard Jdnesyand`Edward Booker, both serving from 1734 to_174O and the latter
eek? L again between 1742 and 1747.45 Samuel Cobbs served between 1742 and 1747.*1Be- -
is . tween 1748~and¢l758 Thomas Tahb re