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Patrick Robert "Parker" Sydnor

Virginia

VA-49 (S of Wilbourne Rd)
Clarksville, VA 23927
United States

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Patrick Robert "Parker" Sydnor
Patrick Robert "Parker" Sydnor Virginia Department of Historic Resources

Born enslaved on one of William Sydnor’s plantations in Halifax County, Patrick Robert “Parker” Sydnor (1854-1950) became literate at a freedmen’s school after the Civil War. A preacher and farmer in his youth, he began crafting grave markers in the 1890s and remained active until the 1940s. Sydnor won renown as a skilled stonecutter and engraver who made his work widely accessible. His designs and inscriptions memorialized the lives of African Americans across Southside Virginia. His home, the nearby Patrick Robert “Parker” Sydnor log cabin, is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.

Marker: U-95, Virginia Department of Historic Resources (2014)

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