Halifax County VA Historical Society

02/11/2026

12/26/2025

We have recently added to our research library a donation of information on the Lacy and Stigall families of Scottsburg, VA. Come by on Thursdays to learn more!

10/19/2025

The weather should be great today! Hope to see you there!!

10/08/2025

Abandoned House, then and now.

10/04/2025

This is a members only event. Guests that would like to join the Society may pay at the door.

12/01/2024

OPEN HOUSE
Dec 1st, 2-4
DOOR PRIZES
REFRESHMENTS

11/29/2024

OPEN HOUSE
Dec 1st. 2-4
Refreshments
Sales

11/20/2024

Christmas Open House
Dec 1, 2-4

Christmas Sales!!

10/17/2024

It’s here and thank you Barbara Bass for your years of research! Available for purchase at the South Boston-Halifax County Visitor’s Center or Peddler’s Market in Halifax for $30. There will be two book signings. First at Visitor Center Saturday October 19 from 2-4. On Sunday signing will be at The Chaffin House, 110 Mountain Road, Halifax from 2-4. Great Christmas gift and wonderful source of names to research!

02/20/2024

A barren and bleak landscape awaited General Nathanael Greene along the shore near Boyd’s Ferry on the Dan River in February 1781, as his rag-tag colonial army landed.

01/04/2024

Several of the awardees were from Southside Virginia — including Carl Espy IV of the town of Halifax — reflecting the important preservation projects happening in the region.

11/22/2023

Philosopher and educator George Santayana once stated that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”