Nelson County / Albemarle County

Historical marker location:

Covesville, Virginia

( Marker is on Thomas Nelson Highway (U.S. 29) east of State Route 6, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2009

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.