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| Mecklenburg County Courthouse in Boydton |
Mecklenburg is important because for over 100 years from
1789 to 1900 four generations of my family lived in Mecklenburg County,
Virginia. Mecklenburg County was formed from Lunenburg County in1765. My first
Virginia ancestor James Pattillo lived in Prince George County which is
northeast of Mecklenburg and close to Virginia’s capital city Richmond. James
was my 6th great grandfather. From there each generation moved
southwest to Dinwiddie, Brunswick and Lunenburg counties before they decided
Mecklenburg was the place to stay. If they’d gone and father they would have
ended up in North Carolina.
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| Boyd Tavern |
After James there was James Jr. who moved from Prince George
to Brunswick. It was Solomon who first moved to Mecklenburg in 1789. His son
Samuel Henry Pattillo, his grandson James Henry Pattillo, and his great
grandson James William Pattillo all lived in Mecklenburg County. James William
was my great grandfather. He left Virginia after the Civil War but his father
James Henry stayed in Mecklenburg and died there in 1900.
Of course these men’s wives, their children, and brothers
and sisters, and their spouses and children also lived in the same counties, so
I have A LOT of ancestors in Mecklenburg. For much of the time my family lived
in the town of Boydton.
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| One of the many beautiful historic homes in Boydton |
The town of Boydton began in 1812 when the Boyd Tavern
was built. The town was incorporated and became the county seat in 1834. In
2001 it was designated as a National Historic District and boast of having 199
contributing buildings. The odd thing is that the population in 2010 was only
431 so even though it is the seat of the county government Boydton is still a
charming little town with a stunning collection of historic buildings.
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| Boydton Baptist Church |
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| I love the way this sweet little church is dwarfed by the trees |
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| A couple of Civic buildings |
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| More beautiful homes |
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| All the towns in the area have one of these iconic water towers |
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| Found this exhibit near the church. It illustrates how a plank road was built. My 2nd great grandfather helped build the Boydton Plank Road between Boydton and Petersburg, VA |
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| This home is really over the top |
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| This building is vacant. It is near Boydton United Methodist Church and I suspect had something to do with the church previously. |
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| A grinding stone in the pavement |
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