History of Worsham

This site served as the county seat when Prince Edward County was founded in 1754. The original courthouse built soon afterward was replaced in 1776, and the last courthouse here was built in 1832. The former debtors' prison, built in 1787, and the old county clerk's office, erected in 1855, are the only public buildings still standing. On 7 June 1791, President George Washington stopped here on his southern tour of the country. In 1872 the county seat moved to Farmville and the community was renamed Worsham.

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