Burke's Tavern is a historic inn and tavern located near Burkeville,

Nottoway County, Virginia Nottoway County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,642. Its county seat is Nottoway. It is situated south of the James River, thus making it a part of the Southside Virginia Regio ...

. It was built in 1731, and is a one-story frame building set upon a ground-level brick basement. The building has a central hall, single pile plan. It features brick exterior end chimneys. Near the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the Union Brigadier General

Thomas Alfred Smyth Thomas Alfred Smyth (December 25, 1832 – April 9, 1865) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the last Union general killed in the war. In March 1867, he was nominated and confirmed a brevet major ge ...

of Delaware, wounded at the Battle of High Bridge was brought to the house, where he died on April 9. Smythe was the last Union general to be killed in the war. an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Nottoway County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Nottoway County, Virginia {{NottowayCountyVA-NRHP-stub