Virginia/US History	Year	Red Brick House/Crewe, VA
Harvard Law School founded First railroad built in Virginia Cumberland Road opens Illinois admitted to Union Former presidents Jefferson and Adams die Second Great Religious Awakening begins Nat Turner's Rebellion	1818 - 1840s	1818: Catherine Crawley Ward born Catherine grows up on on large farm in rural Nottoway County and is educated at a female academy in Chesterfield County Nottoway County is primarily rural and produces tobacco and cotton
James Polk wins presidential election Florida and Texas become states The US/Mexico War begins The California Gold Rush begins	1844 - 1849	1844: Catherine marries Louis Contesse Bouldin; they live with her parents for three years 1847: They purchase Heathcourt Plantation
First comprehensive US Census conducted Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes president California becomes a state	1850 - 1856	1850: Catherine and Louis live at Heathcourt with their four children: Sarah, Benjamin, Mary, and Anne 1850: Own 836 acres of land 1850: Heathcourt produced 6,950 pounds of tobacco and 150 bales (400 pounds each) of cotton.  NOTE: Catherine's mother's farm produced 30,000 pounds of tobacco and 500 bales of cotton 1852: Louis becomes Commonwealth Attorney; daughter Sarah attends school in Petersburg
Civil War begins at Fort Sumter Virginia secedes from Union Lincoln assessinated Reconstruction begins Virginia adopts new constitution and is readmitted to the Union Public education system implemented in Virginia Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone	1860 - 1880	1862: Louis dies, age 66 1873: Catherine moves in with her brothers and rents out the old  home place that she had purchased; taxes are burdensome 1873: Catherine's daughters Anne and Mary die 1875: Catherine writes Louis' brother to inquire about funds that should have been inherited by her daughters; she is pressed for funds and sells some land
US population exceeds 50 million Grover Cleveland inaugurated  Clara Barton forms the Red Cross The National American Woman Suffrage Association founded	1881 - 1888	Catherine marries T. E. Chambliss. They have financial difficulties and sell land 1888: Town of Crewe founded as a central location for the repair and maintenance of Norfolk and Western steam locomotives. Town planned with wide streets, uniform blocks, and a central business district Price of land low: $12.00 per acre 1889: Catherine sells land to William Osborne, but buys back 35 acres adjoining Crewe Catherine has this land subdivided into lots, hoping to benefit from the development of the town
Yosemite National Park created General Electric Company founded Gold discovered in the Yukon Hawaii annexed	1890 - 1898	1890: Catherine writes her will stipulating that her niece, Maria Fitzgerald, should have lifetime tenancy of the Red Brick House 1891: Catherine deeds Red Brick house to Maria Fitzgerald 1896: Catherine, age 78, dies 1898: Special commission appointed to sell land and repay debt to Nottoway Building and Loan Association