The largest county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Pittsylvania County was established in 1767 and named in honor of William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham.

History. Originally "Pittsylvania" was a name suggested for an unrealized British colony to be located primarily in what is now West Virginia. Pittsylvania ... Chatham, Virginia · Cartersville, Pittsylvania... · Laurel Grove, Pittsylvania...

Created in 1976, the Pittsylvania Historical Society is a nonprofit group of volunteers dedicated to doing just that here in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Pittsylvania County was established in 1767 from the western lands of Halifax County. The new county, the largest in Virginia at the present time, was named for ...

In 1720, two new Virginia counties were established, Spottsylvania in the north, and Brunswick in the south, both extending westward to the mountains.

Guide to Pittsylvania County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military ...

Pittsylvania was formed in 1767 out of Halifax County. William Pitt, the 1st Earl of Chatham, is who the county is named after. The western part of Pittsylvania ...

My purpose in writing this book has been to show the part borne by the people of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the settlement, growth and ... "History of ...

There were three very early roads which led across Pittsylvania from east to west, known as Hickey's Road, the Pigg River Road and the Irish Road.

Pittsylvania County was established in 1767 but its rich history started long before and continues to be made. Read about some of historical sites in the county ...