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Moving - Lynchburg, Virginia
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While you are answering those questions
in your mind, please enjoy a brief history of the
community you are considering as your next home,
Lynchburg, VA.
A Brief History of Lynchburg, Virginia
In the mid-1750's, the colonial village
of New London in central Virginia was an important trading
center, however, it was difficult to reach from northern
towns (such as Charlottesville) due to the necessity of
fording the Fluvanna (now James) River, which passed twelve
miles north of the village. John Lynch, son of land-owner
Charles Lynch and Quaker Sarah Clark Lynch, decided to
remedy this problem, and in 1757, established a ferry
service on the James a few hundred yards upstream from the
ford, on property owned by his father. The ferry service
remained profitable for many years, and by the end of the
American Revolution, the village at Lynch's Ferry had itself
become an important center of trade. Lynch saw the
possibilities of establishing a town on the hill overlooking
the ferry site, and in late 1784 petitioned the General
Assembly of Virginia for a town charter. In October, 1786,
the charter was granted, founding the town of Lynchburg.

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