People

When Charles Wellington “Paps” Rogers passed away in 1929, neighbors crowded into a small King George County church to say goodbye. To most, he was the man who delivered their mail with a jug under one arm and a grin on his face—a familiar figure along the dusty roads of rural Virginia. Few realized that behind his easy kindness lay the story of a boy who had once stared into the mouth of death and somehow came back whole. A Boy Goes to War In the autumn of 1861, as the leave

Submitted by Daniel M. Thornton III William Thornton was the immigrant ancestor of President James Madison. President Madison was the...

Submitted by Samuel Buckley Thomas Lomax Hunter III Portrait Thomas Lomax Hunter was born at Belle Grove Plantation in Port Conway, King ...

Contributed by Robert Baird When Rose Emma Edwards was born on September 30, 1838, in King George, Virginia, her father, Enoch, was 52,...

Shared by Cindy Miller William Edward “Eddie” Ferrell was born 4 Sept 1918 in King George. When he enlisted in the Army on 8 May 1941 at...