Editing Amelia County, Virginia (section)

== Notable people ==<!-- Keep in alphabetical order by surname when making new additions; all must have Wikipedia article that is sourced to show a connection to Amelia County -->
*[[William S. Archer]], born in Amelia County, [[United States Senator]] from [[Virginia]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref>
*[[Van T. Barfoot]] (1919–2012), U.S. Army Colonel and a U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
*[[William Wyatt Bibb]], born in Amelia County, [[United States Senator]] from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and first [[Governor of Alabama]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/>
*[[Jesse Bragg]], Negro-league baseball player
*[[William Cocke]] (1747–1828), born in Amelia County, first [[United States Senator]] from [[Tennessee]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/>
*[[Henry William Connor]] (1793–1866), born near Amelia Court House, elected [[United States Congressman]] from North Carolina<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896" />
*[[Rosa Dixon Bowser]] (1855-1931), born in Amelia County, first African American Teacher hired in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. Established the Virginia Teacher's Reading Circle, which became the Virginia State Teachers Association,
*[[David Fanning (loyalist)|David Fanning]], (1755–1825), born in Amelia County. A [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] officer during the [[American Revolutionary War]], he captured [[Thomas Burke (governor)|Thomas Burke]], a court-martial judge and [[Governor of North Carolina]]. One of only three individuals excluded from the [[amnesty]] after the Revolutionary War, Fanning moved to [[New Brunswick]] in present-day Canada for resettlement.<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/>
*[[William Branch Giles]], (1762–1830), born in Amelia County. Planter, [[United States Congressman]], [[United States Senator]], and [[Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/>
*[[David Greenhill]] Member of the Colonial House of Burgesses 
*[[Edmund Harrison]] (1764–1826), Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (1802–1803)
*[[John Winston Jones]], (1791–1848), born in Amelia County. [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/>
*[[Nellie A. Ramsey Leslie]] (c.1840s–c.1920s), born into slavery in Amelia County.<ref>{{cite book|last=Scruggs|first=Lawson Andrew|title=Women of Distinction: Remarkable in Works and Invincible in Character|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0014724744;view=1up;seq=1|year=1893|publisher=L. A. Scruggs|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|pages=247 |oclc=4255360}}</ref> She became a noted musician, teacher and composer, founding a musical conservatory in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]].
*[[Robert Russa Moton]] (1867–1940), noted African American educator. He was born in Amelia County but was raised in Rice in nearby [[Prince Edward County, Virginia]].
*[[Mary Virginia Terhune]] (1830–1922), born in Amelia County. A prolific and bestselling author in both fiction and non-fiction, the first woman elected to the [[Virginia Historical Society]]