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Lee County · 6 miles southwest of Big Stone Gap. · location approximate

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Within one mile of this point three men were born who afterwards became members of Congress: James B. Richmond, 46th Congress, March 4, 1879 - March 4, 1881 Campbell Slemp, 58th, 59th and 60th Congresses, March 4, 1903 - October 13, 1907 Campbell Bascom Slemp, 61st - 67th Congresses, October 13, 1907 - March 3, 1923 Also: Jonathan Richmond (1805-1871) Brigadier-General Virginia Militia

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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