[LEGACY]Old Brunswick Courthouse
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member showbizkid
N 36° 50.314 W 077° 54.782
18S E 240231 N 4080925
This marker note that existence around 1732 of the first courthouse of Brunswick County. The county seat would move once more before finally settling in Lawrenceville. This marker was placed in 1929.
Waymark Code: WMM32
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
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As new counties were formed from Brunswick County, the county seat kept moving to try and keep it near the geographic center of the new county boundaries. Most locals had to visit the "courthouse" (county seat) at least once a year and more often in some cases. It was necessary to locate it so that, ideally, it would be no more than a day's travel from any point in the county.

The marker text reads:

OLD BRUNSWICKCOURTHOUSE
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HERE THE FIRST COURTHOUSE OF BRUNS-
WICK COUNTY WAS BUILT ABOUT 1732.
IN 1746, WHEN THE COUNTY WAS DIVIDED,
THE COUNTY SEAT WAS MOVED EAST NEAR
THOMASBURG. IN 1783, AFTER GREENS-
VILLE COUNTY HAD BEEN FORMED, THE
COURTHOUSE WAS MOVED TO LAWRENCEVILLE.


Marker Number: S-65

Marker Title: Old Brunswick Courthouse

Marker Location: U.S. Highway 1 North at Route 46

County or Independent City: Brunswick

Marker Program Sponsor: Conservation & Development Commission

Web Site: Not listed
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