New Kent County Courthouse
12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA, USA
Virginia, USA
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COURTHOUSE
EST. 1695
EST. 1695
1781
Cornwallis, Charles
Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier Marquiis
HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at New Kent County Courthouse.
New Kent County, established in 1654, built a brick courthouse here by 1695. Fires in 1753 and 1775 destroyed the building and its successor. A later courthouse, damaged during the Civil War, was replaced in 1909. In 1736 county court justice George Webb published The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace, an influential law manual. During the Revolutionary War, Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis's British forces passed through here in June 1781, followed by American troops under the Marquis de Lafayette, and an american military hospital was established here. Confederate and Union troops passed through during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.
About New Kent County Courthouse
During the Virginia campaign of 1781, Cornwallis’s British army passed through New Kent Court House, followed by American forces under the Marquis de Lafayette. An American military hospital was also established here. The courthouse community therefore served as both a route of march and a place of medical support during the operations that preceded the Yorktown campaign.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at New Kent County Courthouse
During the Virginia campaign of 1781, Cornwallis’s British army passed through New Kent Court House, followed by American forces under the Marquis de Lafayette. An American military hospital was also established here. The courthouse community therefore served as both a route of march and a place of medical support during the operations that preceded the Yorktown campaign. New Kent County, established in 1654, built a brick courthouse here by 1695. Fires in 1753 and 1775 destroyed the building and its successor. A later courthouse, damaged during the Civil War, was replaced in 1909. In 1736 county court justice George Webb published The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace, an influential law manual. During the Revolutionary War, Lt. Charles Cornwallis's British forces passed through here in June 1781, followed by American troops under the Marquis de Lafayette, and an american military hospital was established here. Confederate and Union troops passed through during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.
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