Editing Charlotte County, Virginia (section)

==History==
[[File:Red Hill Charlotte County Virginia 1907.jpg|thumb|left|[[Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial]] in Charlotte County, the final resting place of Patrick Henry]]
European settlement of the future county began in the early 18th century,<ref>{{cite web|title=Charlotte County History|url=https://www.charlottecountyva.gov/visitors/history.php|access-date=14 September 2024|website=charlottecountyva.gov}}</ref> and early settlers included mostly [[English people]], with some French [[Huguenots]], [[Scotch-Irish American|Scotch-Irish]],<ref name=Bailey1>{{cite news|last1=Bailey|first1=Annie Lou D.|title=History of Charlotte County; Sketch No.1 |url=http://www.cchgs.net/charcountysketches.html |access-date=May 12, 2015|work=The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch |issue=April 30, 1964}}</ref> and a modest population of [[Germans]]. After approximately fifty years of European settlement, the [[House of Burgesses]] established and incorporated Charlotte County in 1764 from part of [[Lunenburg County, Virginia|Lunenburg County]]. The new county was named in honor of [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], the Queen and wife of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III of Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Salmon|editor-first=Emily|editor2=Edward D.C. Campbell, Jr.|title=The Hornbook of Virginia History : a ready-reference guide to the Old Dominion's people, places, and past|date=1994|publisher=Library of Virginia|location=Richmond|isbn=0884901777|edition=4th}}</ref> The county residents later became staunch supporters of independence and the [[American Revolution]] and Founding Father [[Patrick Henry]] was one of its most famous residents. His grave and the national memorial dedicated to him are located in Charlotte County. Residents of Charlotte County were heavily involved in the [[American Revolution]]. County delegates supported resolutions against the [[Stamp Act of 1765]],<ref name=Bailey1/> and the county government was the second governing body to declare independence from English rule. In addition, Charlotte militia units fought under General [[Robert Lawson (Virginia)|Robert Lawson]] during the [[Yorktown campaign]], which effectively led to the end of the [[American War of Independence]].<ref name=Bailey1/>  Finally, the final resting place and national memorial to revolutionary hero [[Patrick Henry]] is at [[Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial|Red Hill Plantation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Patrick Henry|url=http://www.redhill.org/biography.html|publisher=Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial|access-date=May 13, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727015447/http://www.redhill.org/biography.html|archive-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref>

Charlotte County has also played a role in other wars on American soil. An artillery company from Charlotte played a key role in the [[Battle of Craney Island]] during the [[War of 1812]].<ref name=Bailey1/>  Also, a significant battle in the [[American Civil War]] occurred in Charlotte and [[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax]] counties during the [[Battle of Staunton River Bridge]], which resulted in a victory for the Confederacy.