1859
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Events
- February 26 – A POLL was held in the Court House of the County of Albemarle, on this fourth Saturday in February, to elect a Mayor and Four Aldermen, of the Corporation of Charlottesville.[1]
- October 23 – "Radical" abolitionist John Brown went on trial for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry.
- December 2 – John Brown is hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, for leading a raid on the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry and attempting to incite a slave rebellion. The Monticello Guard and a cordon of sentries, under the command of Capt. Charles C. Wertenbaker, had charge around the town immediately in front of the gallows.
- The post office in Millington closes.
Elections
Births
- February 10 – George P. Inge (1859-1948), a prominent African American merchant who operated a store at 333 West Main Street[2]
Deaths
Images
Notes
References
- ↑ Web. ELECTION OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jeffersonian Republican, 10 February 1859
- ↑ Web. Prominent Negro Merchant is Dead, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, March 15, 1948, retrieved December 12, 2016 from University of Virginia Library.