{"id":576,"date":"2016-08-03T18:44:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shininglightpublications.com\/?page_id=576"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:50:13","slug":"prince-edward-county-debtors-prison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/?page_id=576","title":{"rendered":"Prince Edward County Debtors&#8217; Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1798, Worsham,&nbsp;Virginia<\/strong>\u2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div class=\"gb-element-18fb258f\">\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"116\" class=\"gb-media-ace90dad\" alt=\"\" title=\"PEPrisonLarge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PEPrisonLarge.gif\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prince Edward County Debtors&#8217; Prison&nbsp;is part of the<strong>Prince Edward County Court House Complex <\/strong>in Worsham, Virginia. <strong>This is one of three buildings sold as a single kit.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/?page_id=545\">Click here for the Court House itself,&nbsp;sold separately.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These buildings formed the administrative core of the court village of Prince Edward County, from its establishment in 1754 until the county seat was moved to Farmville in 1872.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Debtors&#8217; Prison is one&nbsp;of the oldest surviving original prison buildings in the state, owned by Preservation Virginia. The kit&nbsp;includes two versions: with clapboard siding over the hewn timber walls as probably originally built and with log walls showing, as currently displayed. Approximately 3 inches wide, 2 inches deep, and 3 inches high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full kit with all three buildings includes seven sheets plus illustrated instructions, $12.95 plus shipping.\u00a0Available directly from the Farmville-Prince Edward Historical Society at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpehs.org\/\">www.fpehs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1798, Worsham,&nbsp;Virginia\u2009 The Prince Edward County Debtors&#8217; Prison&nbsp;is part of thePrince Edward County Court House Complex in Worsham, Virginia. This is one of three buildings sold as a single kit. Click here for the Court House itself,&nbsp;sold separately. These buildings formed the administrative core of the court village of Prince Edward County, from its establishment &#8230; <a title=\"Prince Edward County Debtors&#8217; Prison\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/?page_id=576\" aria-label=\"Read more about Prince Edward County Debtors&#8217; Prison\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-576","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/576\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}