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BUCKINGHAM BEACON ✦ September 16 – October 13, 2011 �
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stores of munitions newly moved to
central Virginia were extremely
important. The citizens of
Buckingham, and particularly the
men of the Horseshoe Bend with
James River frontage, rose to the
occasion.
On June 6, Randolph Jefferson
lent one of his slaves for five days to
help move the munitions to the fork
of the Tye River, at New London,
Bedford County. Neighbor, Capt.
Thomas Ballow volunteered bacon
and meal for the use of the “canoe
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men.” Allen Scruggs and John
Watkins were each paid £2.10 for
five days service for removing the
stores. Ware Oglesby helped pole
the canoes. Anthony Dibrell, who
was both a guard at the Albemarle
Barracks and at Guilford Courthouse,
joined the others.
The British were hot behind them.
On June 7, they destroyed warehouses
near David Ross’ Fluvanna County
plantation at Point of Fork, just
downstream from Albemarle Old
Courthouse. By the time the enemy
reached Scott’s Landing, however,
the military stores were long gone.
HISTORY
They did not cross the river and
invade Buckingham, perhaps, in part,
because the 3rd Regiment of Light
Dragoons was camping at Snowden,
where they remained until at least
mid-July.
The successful protection of the
military stores at Scott’s Landing was
indeed a definitive moment in the
war. From that turning point on, it
was a march towards Yorktown and
victory for the Continental Army.
And, with other patriotic citizens of
Buckingham County, Randolph
Jefferson and the fields of Snowden
rose to the needs of the day.
Randolph Jefferson no doubt long
regaled visitors with stories of the
war, of Tarlton’s “unsuccessful” raid
on the old courthouse, and of the
heroics of the men of Buckingham.
Thirty years later, his only daughter,
Anna Scott (Jefferson) Nevil, would
name her son Lafayette.
Joanne Yeck is currently writing
the history of Snowden, which
details the life of Randolph
Jefferson. For more about
Buckingham’s contribution to the
Revolutionary War, see Carl
Rosen’s Revolutionary Patriots of
Buckingham County, Virginia
(Heritage Books, Inc., 2002).
Dog found with rabies
– first in 10 years
A dog from the Manteo
area of Buckingham County
was tested and found to have
rabies on September 1. This
is the first case of rabies in a
domestic dog in Buckingham
in the past ten years and the
third rabid animal confirmed
in Buckingham this year, the
other two were wild skunks.
The Buckingham County
Animal Control and Health
Departments want to remind
county citizens to avoid contact
with strange or wild animals
and about the importance
of having their pets vaccinated
against rabies.
Rabies is a deadly disease
caused by a virus that attacks
the nervous system and is
fatal to almost any mammal
or human that gets sick from
it. The rabies virus is mainly
in the saliva and brain of rabid
animals. It can be transmitted
through a bite or by getting
saliva or brain tissue in a
wound; rarely by getting virus
in the eye or mouth. Only
mammals get rabies; birds,
fish, reptiles, and amphibians
do not. Wild skunks, bats,
foxes, and raccoons are most
likely to get rabies. Rabies
can be prevented in cats,
dogs, ferrets, and most livestock
with a rabies vaccination.
If you’ve been bitten by an
animal; don’t panic, but don’t
ignore the bite either. Wash
the wound thoroughly with
soap and lots of water.
Washing greatly lessens the
chance of infection. Give
See Rabies Page 13