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Oliver Williams Dillard Sr. (September 28, 1926 – June 16, 2015) was a United States Army major general, the fifth black officer in the U.S. Army to attain flag rank. [1] He was a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame and Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame, at Fort Huachuca, Arizona and Fort Benning, Georgia respectively.
Location of New Kent County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in New Kent County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Kent County, Virginia, United States.
New Canton never became a "boom town" but it did have considerable commerce and enterprise in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There was a tan yard, a grist mill, a tobacco warehouse, a saw mill, several bars, a hotel, several general stores and a post office.
The island is composed of three sandy ridges divided by marshes and tidal streams. These three ridges, called West Ridge, Main Ridge, and Canton Ridge from west to east, run parallel north-to-south. [21] Most of the island's institutions, including the post office, restaurants, and Tangier Combined School, are located on the Main Ridge. [22]
Georgia National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Canton, in Cherokee County, Georgia.Managed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 774.9 acres (313.6 ha), and has been undergoing development with the intention of servicing the interment needs of United States military veterans and their families for the next fifty years.
Born in New Canton, Virginia, Hill completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Washington Academy (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia, in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821. Hill was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841).
Interstate 95 approaches Virginia State Route 207 in Ruther Glen.. Ruther Glen is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, located near the interchange between Interstate 95 and Virginia State Highway 207, at (37.938782, -77.471466
Midlothian (/ m ɪ d ˈ l oʊ θ i ə n / mid-LOH-thee-ən) is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S. Settled as a coal town, Midlothian village experienced suburbanization effects and is now part of the western suburbs of Richmond, Virginia south of the James River in the Greater Richmond Region. [4]