In , the Petersburg Beneficial Society of Free Men of Color was established to support its free black members in times of sickness and death.
Blandford Church served Petersburg's residents. Digital images are available for the years Indexed and original records available through - see online catalog or contact Archives Research Services for availability. During the War of , American officials reported finding a total of 50 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Petersburg.
Early migration routes to and from Petersburg for European settlers included: [4]. Since the city of Petersburg was created , Civil War records for the men of this area usually will be found in the city records rather than the county records. A free index to Petersburg Independent City , Virginia Genealogy wills and administrations is available at the Library of Virginia. How can Virginia tax lists help me?
Memories Overview Gallery People Find. Sign in Create Account. Family Tree. From FamilySearch Wiki. For example, one from November 6, , notes:. Osnaburgs [a coarse cotton fabric used as sacking, draperies, and upholstery], German rolls, twills [a cloth woven with parallel slanting lines or ribs], Irish linens and sheetings, dowlas, plaid, yarn and worsted [firm-textured, compactly twisted woolen yarn] hose, half thicks, duffils, bearskins, friezes [a band of designs, drawings, or carvings used as a decoration along a wall or around a room], flannels, calamancoes [a glossy woolen fabric with a checked pattern on one side], durants, German serges [hard, strong cloths, usually wool, with a twill weave and used for suits and coats], blanket and bed rugs, Negro cottons, mens and womens shoes, stationery, tin and hard ware, nails, hoes and axes, iron pots, with many other goods not mentioned.
For particulars inquire of Mr. George Purdie, merchant in Smithfield, or Mr. Richard Taylor, merchant in Petersburg, with whom invoices of the same are lodged. As Petersburg is a place so well known for its great trade, having such an extensive back country, make it unnecessary to say anything of its situation. As I intend for Great Britain as soon as I can settle my affairs… I hope regard will be paid to this advertisement, as many bonds and accounts have been long standing.
Richard Hanson, an English tobacco merchant. He operated the largest tobacco-exporting business in colonial America and lived in the Golden Ball Tavern at the southeast corner of North Market and Old Streets. He remained loyal to the Crown and returned to England in A historical marker is on the site of the Golden Ball Tavern, which was razed in Croix in the Caribbean. The heyday for foreign travel and commerce from the Petersburg harbor was in the first half of the 19th century.
Wholesale merchants in Petersburg supplied retail stores in towns and cities in southern Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. In addition to grain and flour, other items such as corn, bread, tobacco, sugar, rum, nails, iron, Irish linen, and hemp were shipped from Petersburg.
In , the s Golden Ball Tavern was razed. Revitalization and historic preservation efforts within Old Towne and throughout the city have increased since the Historic Petersburg Foundation, Inc. Old Towne today is an inviting culinary and shopping destination, with almost all of its restaurants and shops in historic structures. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, at the Thomas Wallace House, located at S. Market Street.
Upon his return to Washington, President Lincoln had one week left to live. The adaptive reuse of many industrial and commercial buildings, primarily on North Sycamore Street, and the restoration of homes on Grove Avenue and High Street have contributed to the revitalization throughout Old Towne. A large number of loft-style apartments have been built over the last few years in Old Towne, and more store owners are reverting back to the historical concept of living above their retail stores.
For over ten years, Old Towne has come alive on the second Friday night of each month with its celebration of Friday for the Arts. By , the colonists and Appamattuck were no longer friendly traders. After a group of colonists were killed by Opossunoquonuske's warriors, the colonists burned the town. The first colonial development at the current site of Petersburg was the creation of Fort Henry in , after the uprising led by the paramount chief and brother of Powhatan, Opechancanough.
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