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 . county, Vir-ginia, 145 miles S. W. from Eichmond. Brookneal, a small post-village in Campbell county, Vir-ginia, 120 miles W. S. W. from Eichmond. Brooksville, a post-office of Albemarle county, Virginia, 100miles W. by N. from Eichmond. Brownsburg, a post-village of Kockbridge county, Virginia,143 miles W. from Eichmond, contains a few stores and , about 2
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 . county, Vir-ginia, 145 miles S. W. from Eichmond. Brookneal, a small post-village in Campbell county, Vir-ginia, 120 miles W. S. W. from Eichmond. Brooksville, a post-office of Albemarle county, Virginia, 100miles W. by N. from Eichmond. Brownsburg, a post-village of Kockbridge county, Virginia,143 miles W. from Eichmond, contains a few stores and , about 200. Browns Cove, a post-office of Albemarle county, Virginia,109 miles W. N. W. from Eichmond. Brownsville, a post-office of Greenbrier county, , a small post-village of Frederick county, , a post-office of King and Queen county, Virginia. 188 PETERSBURG BUSIx\ESS DIRECTORY. L. MORTON, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ^13^9 Ki W m -A^TSriD ^ N. B.—Agents for the sale of all kinds of Coal and WroughtMill Irons, and French Burr and Esojias Mill Stones. S^^.^Ji^SDi rsrzm^^^^i^ LBSiiDiSDa A6«1 PETERSBTJUG JOHN A. MUIR. CHARLES S. IMPOETEES AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ^S. & assESjasjs^sa<s=. BU GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 189 Brunswick, a county in the S. S. E. part of Virginia, border-ing on North Carolina, has an area of 600 square miles. TheNottaway river forms its N. E. boundary, the Eoanoke touchesits S. W. extremity, and the Meherrin river flows through themiddle of the county from W. to E. The surface is some-what undulating ; the soil of medium quality. The exhaustedlands have recently been improved by the use of guano andother manures. Tobacco,, Indian corn, wheat, oats, sweetpotatoes, hay, and cotton are the staples. In 1850 this countyproduced 2,155,017 pounds of tobacco; 394,200 bushels of corn;79,287 of wheat; 98,782 of oats; 34,959 of sweet potatoes;2,889 tons of hay, and 108 bales of cotton. There were 3 tan-neries, and 1 agric
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