{"id":579,"date":"2016-08-03T18:47:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shininglightpublications.com\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:52:12","slug":"prince-edward-county-old-stone-jail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/?page_id=579","title":{"rendered":"Prince Edward County Old Stone Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>1854, Worsham,&nbsp;Virginia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div class=\"gb-element-18fb258f\">\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"128\" class=\"gb-media-ace90dad\" alt=\"\" title=\"PEJailLarge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PEJailLarge.gif\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p>The Prince Edward County Old Stone Jail&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>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>The third jail on the site, the Old Stone Jail stood from 1854 until the mid-1960s, when it was demolished and ground into gravel for the highway department. Approximately 6 inches wide, 4 inches deep, and 5 inches high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full kit with all three buildings includes seven sheets plus illustrated instructions, $12.95 plus shipping.&nbsp;Available directly from the Farmville-Prince Edward Historical Society at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpehs.org\/\">www.fpehs.org<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1854, Worsham,&nbsp;Virginia The Prince Edward County Old Stone Jail&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 &#8230; <a title=\"Prince Edward County Old Stone Jail\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/?page_id=579\" aria-label=\"Read more about Prince Edward County Old Stone Jail\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-579","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579","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=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":851,"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markenfamily.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}