History
Nottoway County, with an area of 310 square miles, was formed in 1788 from Amelia and was named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia from 1910 to 1914, lived here. Dinwiddie County, with an area of 521 square miles, was formed in 1752 from Prince George and was named for Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1756. General Winfield Scott was born in this county, and the battle of Five Forks took place here in 1865.
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