 Picture courtesy of John Musgrove.
James F. Lipscomb was born a free black on 4 December 1830 in Cumberland County. He worked first as a farm laborer, then as a carriage driver in Richmond. In 1867 he returned to Cumberland County, where he accumulated more than 500 acres of land. Lipscomb served in the House of Delegates bewteen 1869 and 1877, one of 87 African-Americans elected to the General Assembly in the late 19th century. In 1871, he opened a general store is his home, part of which stands nearby and operated it until his death on 10 August 1893. His grandson and granddaughter-in-law, John and Romaine Lipscomb, moved it to a new building on this site in 1921. The Lipscomb store, a community institution and social center, was closed in 1971 and demolished in 1987.
Department of Historic Resources 1994
Route 45 Cumberland County Virginia.
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