Table 5.1

PETERSBURG
FIVE FORKS UNIT

 

 

An Archaeological Overview and Assessment
of the Five Forks Unit

Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia

Table 5.1
Summary of Structures and Historic Sites within the Five Forks Unit
Name
Built By
Construction Date
Condition

Gilliam farm

Coleman

pre-1780

standing

Boisseau/Young farm

Sydnor

pre-1780; 1820 new building

site

John Sydnor Jr. farm

Thweatt

pre-1780

site

"Chimneys" (owned by Sydnor)

Fraser

pre-1780 and 1821?

site (burned 1851)

school house at forks

 

pre-1817

site

log blacksmith shop at forks

 

pre-1865

removed 1865

"Shanty" east of Church Road

 

1865-1880

standing

concrete building north of forks

 

c.1950

standing

dwelling south of forks

 

post-1880

standing

horizontal rule