Historians to discuss local response to American Revolution

Essex and Middlesex counties in many ways are quite similar. They share the same geographical setting — the south bank of the Rappahannock River — and families have moved over time from one county to the other.

Both counties were supportive of the American cause in the American Revolution, but they reacted to the Revolution in some distinctly different ways. One county, for example, sent church representatives to seek support for the patriot cause, while the other sent a sheriff to demand 10% of livestock and crops for support of American troops. 

Director Tim Manley of the Essex County Museum and Historical Society will host a discussion of these different responses to the Revolution along with Wright Andrews on Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Essex Museum…