Dickinson's Mill

Historical marker location:

Ladysmith, Virginia

( Marker is on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) 0.7 miles south of C C C Road (County Route 683), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1946

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.