Posted by horace r. lipford, jr. i was born and raised in petersburg,va. peter jones, petersburg,va. or this, fort henry, petersburg,va. it will put you on site`s about our history. raymond
on 11/18/2002, 7:57 am
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hi,
i have been looking in the history of this city for years, and i never heard any one call it new petersburg before.
it was named for peter jones. he had a trading post here. before that, it was called fort henry.
in the civil war and after, its just petersburg,va.
to find out more, put this in your computer search,
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