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Chataigne's 1888-1889 Virginia Directory - Amelia County

Population in 1880
White
Colored
Total
3,037
7,340
10,377
County Seat, Amelia C.H., Population400
Vote of county November 2, 1886Democrats 230
Republicans 853
Value of real estate 1886$907,731.11
Value of personal property$327,575.00
Tax on real estate3,638.21
Tax on personal property1,212.14
Captation TaxWhite 734
Colored 1,154

This county was formed from Prince George in 1734, and has an area of 349 « square miles of 273,685 acres. The Appomattox river skirts its entire northern and eastern border, and forms the dividing line on the north between the counties of Cumberland and Powhatan and east Chesterfield. Namozine creek separates it from Dinwiddie on the east. Nottoway county bounds it on the south and Prince Edward and Cumberland on the west. The county is bountifully watered by the Appomottox and its many tributaries, the principal of which are the Namozine, Deep, Winticomack and Flat creeks, each one of which course from northern to sourthern limits of the county. The Richmond and Danville Road traverses the county from north to south, dividing it into two nearly equal parts. The farm lands are very productive, raising large quantities of tobacco (about 2,000,000 pounds annually), of fine grade, besides corn, oats, wheat, and market vegetables and fruits and diary products. There are large mineral deposits, and among them may be mentioned iron, soapstone, plumbago, mica and asbestos. The average assessed value of the lands is $4 per acre.

Post Offices

Amelia C.H.
Beaver Pond, C. C. Boisseau
Chula Depot
Deatonsville
Jetersville, Jacob Schlegel
Lodore
Mannboro, R. Coleman
Mattoax, U. T. Jones
Morven
Namozine, R. W. Bowling
Painesville
Rodophill

Courts

The circuit court of the Third circuit meets at Amelia C.H. 10th March and 10th September.

Judge: F. D. Irving
Clerk, Edward H. Coleman

County Court meets at the Court House fourth Thursday in each month.

Judge, F. R. Farrar
Clerk, Edward H. Coleman

County Officers

Sheriff: W. T. Vaughan
Surveyor: F. W. Tucker
Treasurer, P. B. Crowder
Commissioner of Revenue: Dr. C. R. Irving
Commonwealth's Attorney: R. G. Southall
Sup't of Poor: Jas. H. Barnes

Magistrates

Mann, Jerry J., Amelia C.H.
Goodman, E. W., Chula
Cousins, R. L., Namozine
Tinsley, A. A., Detonsville
Stokes, Wm., Mannboro
Walthall, J., Painesville
Jeter, J. R., Jetersville

Attorneys at Law

Farrar, F. R., Deatonsville
Farrar, S. L., Amelia C.H.
Gills, J. A., Mannboro
Hundley, George J., Amelia C.H.
Meade, H., Amelia C.H.
Southall, Robert G., Amelia C.H.
Tucker, H. T., Painesville

Cabinetmakers

Seay, C. S., Painesville

Coach and Wagonmakers

Majors, John E., Beaver Pond
Meador, D. N., Deatonsville
Rudd, C. S., Mattoax
Tunstall, G. N., Jetersville

Contractors and Builders

Beasley, F. A., Jetersville
Cayce, G. J., Jetersville
Goodman, J. L., Namozine
Grant, Edward, Mannboro
Moore, T. W., Mannboro

Dentists

Eggleston, J. W., Chula Depot
Smithey, E. W., Jetersville

Distillers

Barden, T. W., Deatonsville
Jones, G. W., Mattoax

Druggists

Boisseau, F. H., & Co., Amelia C.H.
Thompson, W. T., Jetersville

General Merchants

Anderson, James H., Rodophil
Barden, R. W., Jetersville
Bland, J. B., Chula
Boisseau, F. H., & Co., Amelia C.H.
Bolling, R. W., Namozine
Booker, T. T., Beaver Pond
Branch, A. H., Amelia C.H.
Brewer, Jacob, Chula Depot
Clark, D. S. & Bros., Namozine
Crowder & Wallace, Amelia C.H.
Downes, W. J., Deatonsville
Farley, C. C., Deatonsville
Harver, William, Amelia C.H.
Hastings, F. E., Amelia C.H.
Leary, D.W., Mattoax
Oliver, M. J. Mannboro
Perrin, J. V. & E. J., Paineville
Pinchbeck, Martha & Co., Chula Depot
Porter, T. S., Mattoax
Robertson, W. T., Amelia C.H.
Schlegel, Jacob, Mattoax
Scott, W. L. Morven
Seay & Walthall, Amelia C.H.
Sheppard, Mark, Chula Depot
Shorter, John, Chula Depot
Smithey, Frank H., Jetersville
Stoplekamp, W., Mattoax
Thomas & Townes, Amelia C.H.
Thompson, W. T., Jetersville
Tucker, A. C., Deatonsville
Warriner, R. B., Jetersville

Hotels

Archer, Richard, Amelia C.H.
Tabb, W. B., Mrs., Amelia C.H.
Tucker, A. C., Deatonsville
Warriner, R. B., Jetersville

Land Agents

Scott, A. V., Amelia C.H.

Mills -- Corn and Flour

Bardon's, W. S. Bardon, Lodore
Bridgeforth's, Robt. E. Bridgforth, [sic] Beaver Pond
Chapman, M. E., Deatonsville
Clemmontown Mills, John Brazeal, Morven
Dyson's, Baxter Jones, Jetersville
Gill's, J. E. Gill & Son, Mannboro
Guess, John, Mattoax
Jeter's, J. R. Jeter, Jetersville
Jones', J. O. Jones, Lodore
Martin & Bros, Mattoax
Porter, T. D., Mattoax
Rowlette's, Geo. E. Rowlette, Chula Depot
Sanderson's, George L. Sanderson, Amelia C.H.
Tucker, A. C. & Son, Deatonsville
Ward's, __ Ward, Jetersville
Warriner, R. B., Jetersville
White's, E. J. White, Amelia C.H.

Mills--Saw and Planing

Barden, W. S., Lodore
Bridgeforth, R. E., Beaver Pond
Bradley, W. C. & Bro., Amelia C.H.
Carter, H. D., Jetersville
Gregory, H. C. & Son
Hall, S. H., Amelia C.H.
Nace, P. M. & T. P., Namozine
Olgers, John, Mannboro
Porter, T. D., Mattoax
Thompson, H. S., Jetersville
Warriner, R. B., Jetersville

Millwrights

Porter, T. D., Mattoax
Tustton, R. L., Mattoax

Physicians

Adams, E. T., Mannboro
Adams, J. R., Amelia C.H.
Anderson, P. E., Deatonsville
Cheatham, M. Y., Amelia C.H.
Dalby, W. G., Jetersville
Fowlkes, F. V., Namozine
Hillsman, J. A., Mattoax
Robertson, John A., Namozine
Southall, J. W., Deatonsville
Southall, P. F., Chula Depot
Southall, Philip T., Amelia C.H.
Taylor, A. G., Mattoax
Taylor, R. F., Mannboro

Saddlers and Harnessmakers

Tunstall, G. N., Jetersville

Schools and Colleges

Blogg, Hattie, Miss, Deatonsville
Moore, L. W., Rev., Mattoax

There are fourteen white and fourteen colored public schools in this county. Superintendent J. L. T. Holland, Amelia C.H.

Tanners

Tucker, A. C., Deatonsville
Ware, William, Morven

Undertakers

Booker, Joseph, Deatonsville
Coleman, J. H., Namozine
Gill, R. W., Mannboro
Hill, L. N., Amelia C.H.
Knight, J. A., Amelia C.H.
Meador, D. N., Deatonsville

Wines and Liquors

Dungan, G. W., Jetersville

Principal Farmers

Amelia C.H.--D. W. Lane, A. S. Webb, Thos. Pride, John Slight, Caroline S. Anderson, Joseph B. Anderson, Jr., Joseph B. Dunn, Otelia Jefferson, M. M. Blacker, Wm. Cheatham, C. R. Irving, P. B. Crowder, S. H. Hackett, J. E. Liedig, John W. Pride, John Smith, Albert Miller, Thos. Rutherford, George B. Stacy, Samuel D. Vaughan, J. W. Vaughan, Charles Brewster, John Wingo, George J. Hundley, John A. Wallace.

Beaver Pond--R. W. Blanton, Jas. D. Hite, P. A. Wright, T. T. Booker, Robert E. Bridgeforthh, T. B. Rogers

Chula Depot-- D. W. Maines, L. Dunsmore, Page Archer, Rev. P. F. Berkely, Geo. Chapman, P. J. Grigg, John S. Hardaway, Lewis E. Harvie, P. F. Southall, J. T. Warriner, E. W. Warriner, Mrs. W. R. Dunnavant, St. John Boycott, H. C. Warriner, James Bedser

Deatonsville--William Bowman, W. P. Farley, A. C. Tucker, George E. Farley, Henry Smith, C. C. Farley, J. M. Hillsman, J. E. Webster, M. G. Gills, G. W. Johnson, Sr., J. B. Foster, John W. Morris, Richard Wood, G. G. Stegar, Jos. W. Southall, W. W. Southall, R. N. Flippin, F. R. Farrer, T. W. Vaughn, E. T. Carter.

Jetersville--G. T. Foster, T. G. Foster, C. W. Farmer, John Frederick, W. C. Jackson, W. F. Jackson, E. T. Jackson, E. W. Rowlette, Jacob Schelegel, John H. Haskins, S. D. Harper, J. E. Foster, A. M. Childress, H. D. Carter, G. Wooldridge, S. R. Wingo, T. H. Booker, C. Craddock, R. G. Anderson, T. Drew, J. C. Bragg, T. C. Jeter

Lodore--R. L. Tritton, R. T. Jeter, C. P. Wilkerson, J. A. Blanton, Mrs. Hunter, S. H. Thraves, Edward Green, E. W. Sadler

Mannboro--E. T. Adams, R. P. Craddock, W. T. Phillips, Mrs. M. L. Scott, G.K. Taylor, Jos. B. Wilson, D. W. Burton, R. A. Allen, W. C. Booth, D. L. Green, W. E. Coleman, W. O. Coleman, G. E. Craddock, J. G. S. Boyd, R. E. Clay, W. S. Quarles, R. W. Stegar, G. S. Bowles, W. M. Moon, J. H. Cosby, J. H. Coleman, L. C. Jones, R. Coleman

Mattoax--Rev. L. W. Moore, U. T. Jones, Sr., T. A. Jones, G. W. Jones, D. W. Leary, W. J. Eggleston, D. C. Mayo, H. P. Tabb, W. Speers, J. Gross, S. Brewer, L. F. Wilder, A. Decker, F. West, G. Jones, M. H. Pinchbeck, N. H. Tabb.

Morven--Edw'd Green, William Ware, W. L. Scott, L. H. Vaughan, J. W. Barden, W. S. Barden

Namozine--J. P. Fowlkes, G. R. Clarke, G. J. Clark, J. E. Bolling, A. Fowlkes, J. Dunnevant, J. P. Jersey, F. L. Clark, J. T. Burke, O. F. Robertson, W. Robertson, W. M. Robertson, D. A. Robertson, R. L. Cousins, Thos. Bolling, N. Q. Coleman, A. N. Scott, H. Mason, J. Q. Echols, W. A. Ellington

Paineville--J. V. Perren, S. R. Seay, Y. E. Booker, W. A. Branton, Sr., Thos. E. Whitworth, E. P. Davis, J. B. Wingo

Rodophil--Jas. M. Casor, J. H. Anderson, Robert Gills, P. E. Anderson

Stony Point Mills, Cumberland County--Thomas P. Carter.



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