Bushrod Lynn

Historical marker location:

19955 Airmont Road, Airmont, Virginia

( Marker is on Airmont Road (County Route 719) 1.4 miles south of Snickersville Turnpike (County Route 734), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2010

(1842-1917).

The first African American governor in the United States, L. Douglas Wilder, was elected in Virginia in 1989.