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"In 1752, Dinwiddie County was created by Act of
the General Assembly when Prince George County was divided. The act
provided: "Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor,
Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is
hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That from and
immediately after the first day of May next ensuing, the said County
of Prince George be divided into two counties; that is to say: All
that part thereof, lying on the upper side of the run which falls
into Appomattox river, between the town of Blandford, and Bolling's
point warehouses, to the outermost line of the glebe land, and by a
south course to be run from said outermost line of the glebe land,
to Surry County, shall be one distinct county, and called and known
by the name of Dinwiddie, and all that other part thereof, below the
said run and course, shall be one other distinct county, and retain
the name of Prince George."
From 1702 until 1752 the history of Dinwiddie
County is linked to that of Prince George County. Before 1702, both
Dinwiddie and Prince George Counties were part of Charles City
County created in 1634. Dinwiddie County, except for the town of
Blandford, was the parent of the town of Petersburg until 1850 when
the legislature granted a charter making Petersburg an independent
city. Dinwiddians, in tracing the history of their county up to
1850, should bear in mind that the events and people in Petersburg
up to that time were an inseparable part of greater Dinwiddie
County." 1 |
