DeJarnette's Tavern

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This tavern was built late in the 18th century on Hickey's Road, laid out in 1749 to link settlements in southwestern Virginia to the Staunton (Roanoke) River. Owned and operated by Thomas DeJarnette, the tavern was later acquired by Daniel DeJarnette and remained in the family for many generations. During the 19th century it served as a gathering place for local residents and as a stagecoach stop. Late in 1801 enslaved African Americans began planning a large-scale revolt, later foiled, that was to begin here just before or after Easter in 1802. DeJarnette’s Tavern was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Department of Historic Resources, 2017

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

DeJarnette’s Tavern, National Register of Historic Places nomination (2007). An Architectural History of Halifax County, Virginia (South Boston, VA: Halifax County Historical Society, 2016): 70-71. Will of Daniel DeJarnette, 1 May 1831, Halifax County Will Book 15:432-433. Calendar of Virginia State Papers, 9:294. Edward A. Chappell, “Notes on DeJarnette Tavern, Halifax County, Virginia” (2001). Brookneal Union Star, 20 June 1947. Bryan Casey, “The Internal Foe: Rethinking Slave Resistance in Antebellum America,” (Senior Honors Thesis, College of William and Mary, 2014). Douglas R. Egerton, “’Fly Across the River’: The Easter Slave Conspiracy of 1802,” North Carolina Historical Review, vol. 68, no. 2 (April 1991): 87-110. Carol Baker Wahl, “Hickey’s Road,” The Pittsylvania Packet, no. 25 (summer 1997), 6-8.