Nearby is Bel Air Plantation (c. 1740) burial site of Parson Mason Locke Weems, first biographer
of George Washington. French and American troops moved through this community on their way
to Yorktown in 1781.
Northern dairymen developed large farms here in the early 19th century.
The Confederate 3rd Brigade was located in this area in 1861-62. On this corner stood the
Minnieville Post Office (1884-1924).
Erected 1978