Historical Marker

Colonel Abram Penn

Historical marker location:
Critz, Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Abram Penn Highway (County Route 626) and Kootes Mill Road (County Route 703), on the left when traveling north on Abram Penn Highway.)
Marker installed: 1950

1743–1801.

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.
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