Nottoway

I'm a little disappointed to learn that the name Nottoway comes from the county where the Randolphs once lived in Virginia.

Statesman - AP Sports 2009

That though the bounds of the Carolina charter are in express words limited to Weyanoke creek, lying in or about 36° 30 'of northern latitude, yet the commissioners for Carolina have not by any of their evidences pretended to prove any such place as Weyanoke creek, the amount of their evidence reaching no further than to prove which is Weyanoke river, and even that is contradicted by affidavit taken on the part of Virginia; by which affidavits it appears that, before the date of the Carolina charter to this day, the place they pretend to be Weyanoke river was, and is still, called Nottoway river.

The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published 1841

Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) has been charged with making an unsafe lane change after an accident Friday night in which a pickup truck driven by the lawmaker collided with a sport-utility vehicle in Nottoway County, according to media reports.

Perriello faces traffic charge after Friday accident Ben Pershing 2010

He ought to have marched on the 28th by Jarrett's Station to Peter's bridge, on the Nottoway, and Blunts bridge on the Blackwater, to the rear of the Army of the Potomac.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

However, I at once sent out parties to gather information, and soon learned that Wilson had got safe across the Nottoway at Peter's bridge and was making for the army by way of Blunt's bridge, on the Blackwater.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

What about Prince Edward, Amelia, and Nottoway to name a few?

Waldo Jaquith - Southern Virginia. 2006

The shad had been running in the Nottoway, and with a borrowed seine Rosser had caught many of the fine fish.

LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

Early on the eighth Kautz attacked the defenders of the railroad bridge across the Nottoway River, five miles south of Stony Creek, and set the structure on fire.

LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

Cavalryman Tom Rosser has spent a day on the Nottoway River immediately before moving on March 30–31 to Five Forks.

LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

This was a more serious blow than the destruction at Stony Creek, because the Nottoway bridge was 210 feet in length.

LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001