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Born in Woodmancote manor in Gloucestershire, England in the winter of 1631/2 and baptized in Dursley parish in late February, he was the third son of Samuel Bridger, auditor for the College of Gloucester, who died in 1650.
The first settlement of the Virginia Colony in the future Clarke County was in 1736 by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron who built a home, Greenway Court, on part of his 5 million acres (20,000 km 2) property, near what is now the village of White Post.
Linton Neck plantation was a prominent feature of Linton Neck in Colonial times. [5] After falling into ruin, the house was rebuilt as "Bel Aire" by the Grayson family.This house is not to be confused with the similarly named Belle Air Plantation five miles away in Minnieville, Virginia.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Herbert Jeffreys (c. 1620 – 17 December 1678) was an English Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the acting governor of Virginia in the immediate aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion.
In 1936 the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the Elizabeth Furnace Recreation Area on the site. Further to the south of Fort Valley, another pig iron furnace called Caroline Furnace was established around 1835. There were 35 buildings with about 120 workers at the height of times for Caroline Furnace, which produced pig iron for railroads.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 252 square miles (650 km 2), of which 86 square miles (220 km 2) is land and 166 square miles (430 km 2) (65.9%) is water. [13]
ECPI University was founded in Norfolk, Virginia, by Alfred Dreyfus [3] in 1966 as Electronic Computer Programming Institute. Initially formed as an institution offering accelerated education in computer science and programming, ECPI University later expanded its offerings to include electronics engineering technology, health sciences, nursing, and culinary arts.
William O. Callis (March 4, 1756 – March 14, 1814) [1] was the son of William Harry Callis and Mary Jane Cosby. He was a childhood friend of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe, was with Washington at Yorktown, and was known to Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson, [2] and Benedict Arnold.