Question: The original name of Powhatan, Virginia was named after a Revolutionary war hero that was elected the governor or what state?

 Orphaned at an early age, Scott enlisted in the Virginia Regiment in October 1755 and served as a scout and escort during the French and Indian War.  He quickly rose through the ranks to become a captain.  After the war, he married and engaged in agricultural pursuits on land left to him by his father, but he returned to active military service in 1775 as the American Revolution began to grow in intensity.  In August 1776, he was promoted to colonel and given command of the 5th Virginia Regiment.  The 5th Virginia joined George Washington in New Jersey later that year, serving with him for the duration of the Philadelphia campaign.  Scott commanded Washington's light infantry, and by late 1778 was also serving as his chief of intelligence.  Furloughed at the end of the Philadelphia campaign, Scott returned to active service in March 1779 and was ordered to South Carolina to assist General Benjamin Lincoln in the southern theater.  He arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, just as Henry Clinton had begun his siege of the city. Charles Scott (April 1739 – October 22, 1813) was an 18th-century American soldier who was elected the fourth governor of Kentucky in 1808.  Scott was taken as a prisoner of war when Charleston surrendered.  Paroled in March 1781 and exchanged for Lord Rawdon in July 1782, Scott managed to complete a few recruiting assignments before the war ended. <SEP> State Route 13 (SR 13) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.  Known as Old Buckingham Road, the state highway runs 24.08 mi from U.S. Route 60 and SR 45 in Cumberland east to US 60 in Plain View.  SR 13 parallels US 60 to the south through eastern Cumberland County and western Powhatan County and passes through the latter county's seat of Powhatan.  The state highway is the only state-numbered highway in Virginia that shares a number with a U.S. Highway but does not form a state-numbered extension of that U.S. Highway.  SR 13's number comes from being a segment of the original cross-state SR 13 in 1918; that highway included portions of modern US 60.  In 1933, US 60 was shifted to its present corridor between Buena Vista and Richmond, replacing SR 13.  Two years later, SR 13 was assigned to Old Buckingham Road when US 60 was moved to its present alignment from Cumberland to east of Powhatan. <SEP> Powhatan is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Powhatan County, Virginia, United States.  Powhatan is named after Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas.  Powhatan was initially known as Scottville (after Revolutionary war hero General Charles Scott) for a brief time, and historically has also been known as Powhatan Court House and Powhatan Courthouse. <SEP> In 1786, Greenville County was formed.  Greenville County was part of the Ninety Six District and was serviced by the Sheriff of that District.  In 1791 a new district was formed to include Greenville and Pendleton Counties.  This was named the Washington District and it existed until 1799.  In 1795 Robert Maxwell, a Revolutionary War hero, was appointed as Sheriff of the District.  He lived in Greenville County, and was killed by an ambush on November 10, 1797 while crossing the Saluda River shoals where Piedmont Mill Dam was later built.  His grave is located fifteen miles south of Greenville, near Ware Place.  During this time many important public officials, including the Sheriff, were elected to their position by the Legislature.  The people of South Carolina, however, felt that this important position should answer directly to them for his actions and performance.  In 1808, legislation was enacted to provide for the election of the Sheriff by the citizens of the county, rather than by politicians.  This method of election was placed into our State Constitution in 1868.  The Office of Sheriff in Greenville County began.  The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office has transformed from the ancient office created over a thousand years ago in England, to a New World colony, to a frontier county, to a modern, computerized law enforcement agency serving a busy metropolitan county of over 451,000 residents.