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The governor of Virginia Colony, John Murray, Earl of Dunmore and Viscount of Fincastle, had succeeded Lord Botetourt, the namesake of Fincastle's "parent" county, upon the latter's death in 1770. Botetourt County was established that same year, and two years later, the newly laid out town of Fincastle was chosen as its county seat.
Fincastle is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 755 at the 2020 census . It is the county seat of Botetourt County. [ 5 ]
Fincastle Historic District is a national historic district located at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. It encompasses nine contributing buildings in the central business district of Fincastle. The district resources portray an excellent example of a typical small 19th century town.
Because fire had destroyed the plantation house in 1959, and the only remaining historic buildings were kitchen/quarters (c. 1832) and saddlebag slave dwelling (c. 1850), which were moved to the Bowyer-Holladay House nearby, although listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, Greenfield was delisted in January 2022. [1] [5]
In 1980 the church choir participated in a video cassette production of a history of African American music. [5] In 2017, the grave of Private Pleasant Richardson was decorated by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in a Memorial Day observance. [6] "He was a consistent member of the First Baptist Church of Fincastle, Virginia.
Location of Botetourt County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Botetourt County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The Fincastle Resolutions was a statement reportedly adopted on January 20, 1775, by fifteen elected representatives of Fincastle County, Virginia.Part of the political movement that became the American Revolution, the resolutions were addressed to Virginia's delegation at the First Continental Congress, and expressed support for Congress' resistance to the Intolerable Acts, issued in 1774 by ...
When the town of Fincastle, Virginia was formed in 1770, Trigg was prominent in its development, selling lots and building the town's prison and courthouse with his father-in-law, Israel Christian. [7] As the population increased, the southwestern half of Botetourt County was separated in 1772 and became Fincastle County. [8]