Charlottesville
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N 38° 01.216 W 078° 28.433
17S E 721742 N 4211075
Erected 1929 by Conservation and Development Commission. (Marker Number Q-1b.)
Waymark Code: WMGNVJ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2013
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The site was patented by William Taylor in 1737. The town was established by law in 1762, and was named for Queen Charlotte, wife of George III. Burgoyne’s army, captured at Saratoga in 1777, was long quartered near here. The legislature was in session here, in June 1781, but retired westward to escape Tarleton’s raid on the town. Jefferson, who lived at Monticello, founded the University of Virginia in 1819.
Marker Number: q-1b
Marker Title: Charlottesville
Marker Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
County or Independent City: Charlottesville county
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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