Blackstone
A tobacco center, originally known as "Black's and White's" for rival tavern-keepers. The Union General Wilson passed here on the raid of June, 1864. General Ord, with a corps of Grant's army, spent the night of April 5-6, 1865, here. The name of the town was changed to Blackstone about 1885; it was incorporated in 1888. Blackstone College for girls is here.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
See your own family's places through time.
Start with your family tree