Dear Lists, Hampden Sidney College is alive and well in Farmville, Virginia. It was formerly opened as "Prince Edward Academy" by the Presbytery of Hanover in January, 1776. The Academy was organized into a college and chartered in 1783. Next to William and Mary in Williamsburg, it is the oldest College in the South. I do not live in the Commonwealth, but if I did, I would be happy to help you. All of my father's ancestors were from that area. Farmville, (in Prince Edward Co.) and nearby Appomattox and Buckingham Counties are very beautiful and pleasant areas nestled in the middle of Virginia. Sandra