American Warmblood Horses for Sale near South Boston, VA

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Shesa Golden Clu
Red Roan Mare, 12 yrs old, Qtr. & gaited. Great temperament, willing to ple..
Martinsville, Virginia
Red Roan
American Warmblood
Mare
17
Martinsville, VA
VA
$2,500
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About South Boston, VA

On December 8, 1796, the Virginia General Assembly authorized eight commissioners to establish at Boyd's Ferry on the south side of the Dan River the town of South Boston, named for Boston, Massachusetts. Because this site proved vulnerable to flooding, it was eventually abandoned in favor of a new settlement on the north side. By the 1850s the Richmond and Danville Railroad passed through South Boston, which eventually developed into an important market for brightleaf tobacco. In 1884 it was incorporated as a town; in 1960 it became an independent city; and in 1995 it made history by being the first city in Virginia to revert to town status and rejoined Halifax County. Within the town limits Berry Hill Plantation, E.