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The Amelia County Historical Society was founded in 1958 and is located in the Jackson Building in Amelia Courthouse, VA.  The object of the Society is to discover, procure and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civic, architectural and literary history of Amelia County and to have available this material for study and research.

SOCIETY ACTIVITIES

• Maintenance of the Jackson Memorial Library and Museum

• Namozine Church Preservation

• Restoration of the Log Cabin

• Annual Art Show

• House Tour

• Annual Veterans' Day Celebration

• Quarterly Newsletter

SITES OF INTEREST IN AMELIA COUNTY

• Namozine Church

• St. John's Episcopal Church, Grub Hill

• Amelia Courthouse

• Father John Bannister Tabb's Monument

• Route of Lee's Retreat

• Saylers Creek Battlefield State Park

• Virginia Veterans' Cemetery

• The Wigwam (Home of Governor William B. Giles)