Editing Prince Edward County, Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
* [[J. B. Fuqua]], businessman, philanthropist, chairman of The Fuqua Companies and Fuqua Enterprises. He was a supporter of the Fuqua School until his death in 2006, and the school adopted his surname in his honor in 1992.
* [[Joseph Eggleston Johnston]], [[Confederate Army]] General
* [[Henry Watkins Allen]], (1820-1866), [[Confederate Army]] officer, born in Prince Edward County.<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1967}}</ref>
* [[Blanche Bruce|Blanche Kelso Bruce]], the first black, full-term US Senator (1875 to 1881), Republican, born a slave in Prince Edward County.
* [[Charles S. Venable]], [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]] officer, lawyer, served on the wartime staff of General [[Robert E. Lee]]. Born in Prince Edward County.
* [[Abraham B. Venable|Abraham Bedford Venable]] (1758-1811), a US Representative and Senator from Prince Edward County. He was a lawyer and a president of the [[Bank of Virginia]]. He died in a fire in Richmond in 1811.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000083 | title=Bioguide Search }}</ref>
* Reverend [[Vernon Johns]], noted civil-rights leader
* [[James West (inventor)|James West]] (1931–present) is an inventor with over 250 patents.
* Lieutenant General [[Samuel V. Wilson]], "General Sam," 5th [[Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency]] and 22nd President of [[Hampden–Sydney College]]; credited for helping to create [[Delta Force]]