1955 HISTORY PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY VA HERBERT BRADSHAW

1955

Above is the complete title page,

year from verso copyright.

First edition; contains 33 photographic plates including frontispiece (see Plates below for full listing).

BIOGRAPHY:

Herbert Clarence Bradshaw (1908-1976), Virginia Baptist author, historian, journalist, churchman, educator and civic leader in Virginia and North Carolina, editorial page editor of Durham Morning Herald.

Bradshaw wrote Toward the Dawn, History of Hampden-Sydney College, General Marshall’s Victory Report, History of Prince Edward County, Virginia and The Historical Background and Content of Roman Satire.

CONTENTS:

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

1. The Settlement of Prince Edward

2. Establishing a County

3. The Established Church and the Dissenters

4. Life in Colonial Prince Edward

5. The Talk of the County

6. The Break with the Old Country

7. The Aftermath of War

8. The Lamp of Learning

9. A Great Age for Politics

10. Faith’s New Day

11. Of Social and Moral Concern

12. The Flowering of a Civilization

13. The Nation Divided

14. Reconstruction

15. The Churches after the War

16. Education after the War

17. Building a New Economy

18. Three Wars

19. Public Affairs

20. These Attained High Rank

21. The Pleasant Life

Appendices

1. The Population of Prince Edward

2. Petition for Religious Liberty

3. Names of Prince Edward Voters in the Presidential Election in November, 1840

4. The County Court: Justices

5. The County Court: Judges

6. The Circuit Court

7. County Officers

8. The Board of Supervisors

9. The Virginia General Assembly

10. The National House of Representatives

11. The Public Schools

12. Town Officials of Farmville

13. Soldiers from Prince Edward in World War I

14. Prince Edward Men and Women who were in service during World War II

15. Prince Edward Bicentennial Committee

Notes to Chapters

Notes on the Illustrations

Index

PLATES:

Prince Edward Augustus and Prince George Frederick — frontispiece

1. Patrick Henry, Richard N. Venable, Samuel Stanhope Smith, John Blair Smith

2. Branch J. Worsham, Dr. John Peter Mettauer, John Holt Rice, Daniel Witt

3. Henry E. Watkins, Dr. W. W. H. Thackston, Philip W. McKinney, Asa Dickinson Watkins

4. The Courthouse, 1832-1872, and Venable Hall, Hampden-Sydney College

5. The Courthouse, 1872-1939, and The Courthouse, 1939

6. The Clerk’s Office, 1855-1872, and The Clerk’s Office, 1896-1939

7. College Presbyterian Church, and The Rotunda, Longwood College

8. Longwood House, and The Lockett House

9. Sharon Baptist Church (Sandy River Church), and Sharon Baptist Church (side view)

10. Kinderton, and Forest Green

11. Buffaloe, and Golgotha

12. Buffalo Presbyterian Church, and The Buffalo Communion Silver

13. General Tarlton Woodson’s Home, and Jamestown’s Main Street, 1953

14. Jamestown Church, 1937, and Womack’s Mill

15. Rotherwood, and Oakland

16. Cork, and Burke’s Tavern

17. Staircase and Paneling, Chatham, and Parlor Ceiling Centerpiece, Chatham

18. Locust Grove (Redd), and Locust Grove (Crute-Mottley)

19. Prospect Methodist Church, and Briery Presbyterian Church

20. The Jackson-White House, and Panola

21. Linden (Watson-Stokes-Cox), and Linden (Dupuy)

22. The McKinney House, and Aspen Hill

23. Ingleside, and The Rudd-Owen House

24. Travis, and Oak Grove

25. Walnut Hill, and The Paulett House

26. The Staircase at Middlecourt, and Cushing Hall, Hampden-Sydney College

27. Stone Knoll, and Sunnyside

28. Slate Hill in the 1890’s, and Slate Hill

29. Clover Hill, and Oakland

30. Middlecourt, and Penshurst

31. Farmville High School, and R. R. Moton High School

32. The Debtor’s Prison, and A Memento of War

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

9.25” x 6” x 3”

3 lbs 13 ounces

956 pages

xxii + 934

Dust jacket: Light blue with complete separation at back hinge and chipped edges.

Dark blue clothbound with boards that are well attached and have very little edge wear; front board has gilt frame and title. Backstrip is sunned and rubbed, with gilt title. Brief ink inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise no markings or signs of previous ownership. Binding is tight, no loose, missing, bent or torn pages; leaves have no foxing, fading or offset.

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