Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-28
Historical Significance
and Naming of Some
Localities is Indicat-
ed; Routing of Roads
in Early Days Outlined

ed; Routing OF Roads
in Early Days Outlined
Notice: In this l am starting in the
Niddleburg section, then Williams
huro, then Dabney, and so on.
Chalk Level is now the A. A. c
Co., fertilizer place. For many years
before Henderson was started. the
Ricmmond-Raleigh stage coach Dad
IAN by Drcwry, Flat Rock, Chalk
Level, through here by BCbbitt. (not
Kittrell | am told) across Sims
bridge to FranklintOn.
While an eaSt-West road, "Halifay-
Hillsboro' road ran by Cokesbury.
Chalk Level, or two miles north Of
Henderson, to Dabney and Oxford.
This caused the tavern, stores arc
such to be here. The road is level
here and the soil sandy, so probably
some one named the place for tho
Chalk Cliffs of Dover in England.
Greystone is named for the Rock
Quarry here. In my childhood days
TINS was worked with convict labor,
and remember the high wire fence
and the guards on it.
~Brookston gets its name from a Mr..
Brooks having a store here. This
later became Church's store.
Middleburg was cut out of the
woods around 1860, by the Hawkins
family. The name means "middle
way" Raleigh to Weldon.
Manson is for the Manson family
who married into the ~IIargrove
family.
DfeWry was named by our "Joe
and Goody" Marrow for their father,
DreWry Marrow, about 1900, when
they rebuilt the railroad, Manson 10
Townsville. It's previous name was
"E~nterprise".
Bullocksville is where Richard
Bullock settled in 1743.
FlemingtoWn is where Peter Flem-
ing and his brother settled in 1857,
coming from Scotland. There are
many Flemings there today.
Cephas Springs is where Cephas
Daniel lived about 1910. His peopl,
started the Turner place. east of here.
Flat Rock is where there is a larg.
flat rock which the old road crossed.
My grandfather lived at the Hunter
SatterWhite place, l855-76, and a
story in the family is he had a dog
that could hear and recognize his
buggy crossing this rock. The dog
would bark, the cook would put his
biscuits in the stove, and by the time
he got to the table the hot biscuits
We're ready for him.
Gooch's Grove is where our L. r.
Gooch was raised and he owns land
there today.
c. Y. Harris is a store by that
name.
WILLIAMSBURG was named "The
Lick', meaning a good hunting or
meeting place, by the Indians.
"Byrd's Dividing Line, in 1929,
found so many hazel nuts on a stream
That they named it "Nutbush', and
from that, this place is "Nutbush" in
early Colonial Records. In l772,
Judge John Williams of Montpelier,
gave this land to his son-in-laW, Col.
Robert Burton, who changed the
name to WILLIAMSBURG, in honor Of
the judge.
In 1887, it was chartered, laid off
into the present 80 foot street and
Is foot lots were sold at six pounds
each. A chart Of the purchasers is at
the r. A. Bullock home.
Townsville was first called Lynes-
Vile, as James Lyme had a store be-
tween the railroad and the Episcopal
church. When the Roanoke railroad
was run about 1855, Joseph ToWnes
OF Montpelier gave them land for
the station, so the name was chang
cd to Townsville in his honor.
BoydtoWn is land in front of the
VIM. H.. Boyd home, "Belvidere."
Wordsworth is for that family.
Many lived here, and they were kin
to the HargroVes.
Taylor's Ferry is where there was
an old ferry over the Roanoke river
IN Virginia. This Taylor lived near
Macpelah at Townsville,
Starke's Mill is where there is a
very old mill, which was run by the
Starke family some years ago.
MarroWs Chapel is because of the
old church here, started by the many
MarroWs here in 1925.
Hicks cross roads is where the
Hicks family live and have a store.
kelly's cross roads is on a road
by st. Andrews to WILLIAMSBURG, here
Jesse Kelly, father of u Miss Sue
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