Nottoway County/Amelia County
Historical highway marker Z-48 · Nottoway County
Nottoway County Formed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14. Amelia County Formed in 1734 from Prince George and Brunswick, and named for Princess Amelia, daughter of King George II. William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia 1827-30, lived in this county.
Conservation & Development Commission, 1928