Commonwealth of Virginia Government. Office of the Governor Department of Criminal Justice Services. Provides programs and initiatives to improve the functioning and effectiveness of the criminal justice system. Department of State Police. Virginia State Police website; includes online Sex Offender Registry.
Founded in July 1797, Elizabethtown is the Hardin County seat. In 1779, three early settlers, Capt. Thomas Helm, Col. Andrew Hynes, and Col. Samuel Haycraft, built forts with block houses to use as stockades for defense against Native Americans. The forts, being one mile apart, formed a triangle.
Yorktown, Virginia was founded in 1691 by Thomas Ballard along with Joseph Ring. The city was designed to be a shipping port for tobacco from Europe. Before the Revolutionary War the town was known simply as York. Afterward it was renamed Yorktown. The Battle of Yorktown was a memorable one: a remarkable victory for the patriots and an embarassing loss for the British. The Turmoil Begins