Old Brunswick Courthouse

Old Brunswick Courthouse is a Virginia historical marker in Brunswick County, dedicated 2016.

Rte. 1, at intersection with Rte. 42

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The Virginia General Assembly established Brunswick County in 1720 to encourage English settlement between the fall line and French outposts west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Until 1732, when Brunswick's court was constituted, residents attended court in Prince George County. The first Brunswick County courthouse was built near here ca. 1732. When county boundaries shifted, the court was moved about eight miles to the east in 1746. In 1783 the court’s location was again moved, and the town of Lawrenceville, still the county seat, grew up around it.

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee

Historical maps covering this location

1719 · A new map of the English empire in America viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jersey… (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1918 · Lawrenceville, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1942 · Lawrenceville, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering the location of Old Brunswick Courthouse, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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