Catalpa (Culpeper, Virginia)

General store in the community of Catalpa

Catalpa was an 18th-century plantation near Culpeper in Culpeper County, Virginia.[1] Catalpa is best known as the birthplace of John Strode Barbour, Jr. (29 December 1820 – 14 May 1892), a United States House Representative and United States Senator from Virginia.[1] Catalpa is also known as the scene of the first encampment of the Culpeper Minutemen.[2]

  1. ^ a b J. J. Prats (June 19, 2008). "John S. Barbour's Birthplace". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. ^ Green, Raleigh Travers (2008). Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia. BiblioBazaar, LLC. ISBN 0-559-00278-5.