Amelia County, VA

Headnote
AMELIA was formed in 1734, from part of Prince George. Its length is about 30, mean breadth 10 miles. It is drained by the Appomattox. The surface is agreeably diversified; the soil on the hills poor and usually much worn, on the bottoms fertile, and it has generally much deteriorated from its original fertility, owing to the injudicious modes of cultivation pursued by its early settlers. Pop. 1830, 11,031; in 1840, whites 3,074, slaves 7,023, free colored, 223; total, 10,320. (Historical Collections, 1852)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Virginia

Amelia County, Virginia (Howe)

Gazetteer/Almanac
AMELIA was formed in 1734, from part of Prince George. Its length is about 30, mean breadth 10 miles. It is drained by the Appomattox. The surface is agreeably diversified; the soil on the hills poor and usually much worn, on the bottoms fertile, and it has generally much deteriorated from its original fertility, owing to the injudicious modes of cultivation pursued by its early settlers. Pop. 1830, 11,031; in 1840, whites 3,074, slaves 7,023, free colored, 223; total, 10,320.

There are no villages in the county of any note. Amelia C. H., which is centrally situated, 45 miles sw. of Richmond, contains but a few dwellings.
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 173.
Date Type
In Amelia County, Virginia, Union forces consolidate to block General Lee's retreat towards Danville Battles/Soldiers
Notorious secessionist "fire-eater" Edmund Ruffin commits suicide at his Virginia plantation Personal
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Jetersville, VA City or Town
Date Title
Edmund Ruffin, Diary Entry, June 17, 1865
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