Buckingham Mystery: Beesville
Once upon a time there was a post office in Buckingham County known as Beesville.
In 1880, Robert L. Baber, a Magistrate for the county, lived near there. At one time, he was the owner of Baber’s Mill, on Rock Island Creek, where there was a grist mill as well as a saw mill.
In 1880, his son,Thomas Howard Baber, operated a grocery at Beesville. Robert L. Baber, Jr. was also a retail grocer.
Did a farmer in the Rock Island Creek neighborhood keep bees?
Can a Slate River Ramblings reader comment further about Beesville, particularly how it got its name?
For more about Baber’s Mill:
slate river ramblings . . . . 
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