Palmyra’s Founding Father

Walker Timberlake was a Fluvanna County official, a businessman, an officer in the State Militia, and a Methodist minister. Most important of all, he was one of the founders of the town of Palmyra. His father, John Timberlake, was originally from Port Royal, Caroline...

Fluvanna and the American Revolution

There is a point in Fluvanna County where the Rivanna River flows into the James. It is appropriately named Point of Fork. During the Revolutionary War, an arsenal was located there. It was comprised of an armory, a magazine, barracks, shops, and storehouses. Many...

Early Fluvanna

“The past is a foreign country; They do things differently there.” Lesley Poles Hartley The name Fluvanna means “Anne’s River.” Both the Rivanna River and the westward fork of the James (west of Columbia), known as the Fluvanna River, were named in honor of Queen Anne...