[VAcourier] The preservation of General William Mahone's homeplace

[Virginia Division SCV Communication List]

The Urquhart-Gillette Camp # 1471 Sons of Confederate Veterans in 
Southampton County, Virginia  has launched a massive campaign throughout 
this area to attempt to purchase General William Mahone' homeplace, 
which is located in Courtland, VA on Main Street directly across the 
street from the Historic Southampton County Courthouse where Nat Turner 
was tried and sentenced in 1831 to hanging. 
     
Our camp is desperately in need of your support in the way of financial 
donations.  We will need to raise upwards of $200,000 to purchase the 
Historic Mahone Tavern, which was built by Samuel Kello in 1794 when he 
was the second Clerk of the Court here of Southampton County, Virginia..

General William Mahone was one of the greatest persons ever to have come 
out of Southampton County . His devotion to the South during the war as 
Major General gave him the distinction as being"The Hero of the Battle 
of the Crater"saving Petersburg, Va. from the Northern invaders. Our 
desire is to preserve and protect  this historic  Virginia landmark 
while the same time , honor and remember General Mahone for what he 
accomplished before he died in 1895, the wealthiest man in the country. 
Having a monthly meeting place for the Urquhart-Gillette Camp and the 
Jerusalem Chapter of the UDC will be a wonderful accomplishment for the 
Urquhart-Gillette camp #1471. 
   
Please join our campaign by sending a donation to the Urquhart-Gillette 
Camp #1471, Post Office Box 1, Courtland, Va. 23837. Any help or aid 
that you can give to us to help us accomplish this major task would be 
greatly appreciated in more ways than any words can ever be explained. I 
am, 
                                                       
                                                        Most Sincerely, 
                                                        
                                                        Tommy Simmons, 
Commander
                                                        Urquhart-Gillette 
Camp  #1471
                                                        Post Office Box One
                                                        Courtland, VA  
23837
                                                        sandyrunmkt at wmconnect.com   


P.S. Please forward this on to as many compatriots as possible. Thanks! 
     
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