Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . schools,and 110 attending an academy. This county occupies the ex-tremity of the peninsula formed by James and York rivers. Itwas one of the eight original shires into which Virginia wasdivided in 1634. Capital, Hampton. Population, 4586, ofwhom 2438 were free, and 2148 slaves. Elizabeth Rr^er, a small stream of Virginia, emptying itselfinto Hampton Roads. A light-ship is


Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . schools,and 110 attending an academy. This county occupies the ex-tremity of the peninsula formed by James and York rivers. Itwas one of the eight original shires into which Virginia wasdivided in 1634. Capital, Hampton. Population, 4586, ofwhom 2438 were free, and 2148 slaves. Elizabeth Rr^er, a small stream of Virginia, emptying itselfinto Hampton Roads. A light-ship is stationed on CraneyIsland flats, at its , Va. See Grave Creek, a post-office of Grayson county, Garden, a post-office of Russell county, Hill, a post-office of Amelia county, Virginia, 64 milesS. W. from Richmond. Elk River, in the W. part of Virginia, rises in Randolph andPocahontas counties, interlocking sources with the Greenbrierand Monongahela rivers, and pursuing a general western course,falls into the Great Kanawha, at Charleston, in Kanawha whole length is perhaps 200 miles. It is described as a 228 LYNCHBURG BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Piedmont Works. GEORGE G. CURLE, PROPRIETOR.


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