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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZ6_unknown-soldiers-gen-lewis-trace-historical_Crawley-WV.html
Unknown Soldiers
Six miles west, a Confederate regt. from Georgia camped at Blue Sulphur Springs in improvised shelters, during the winter of 1863. Many died of exposure and disease, and are buried on the hill 400 yards north of the spring.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11S6_andrew-charles-lewis-march_Crawley-WV.html
The nearby highway is part of route traversing W.Va. From Lewisburg to Point Pleasant memorialized by the state to commemorate the march of the American Colonial army of 1,200 men led by Andrew & Charles Lewis. After a month's march this army defe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11S5_fort-donnally-border-heroes_Crawley-WV.html
Fort Donnally Built by Andrew Donnally a few miles north about 1771. Attack on this fort by 200 Indians in 1778 was second most important frontier engagement in the State. The fort was relieved by force under Colonel John Stuart.Border Heroes Bef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11QP_sam-black-church_Crawley-WV.html
Built in 1901, church building was dedicated in memory of the Rev. Sam Black (1813-99). Born in Rupert & licensed in 1840. Black was a Methodist circuit rider for almost fifty years. Sam Black Church, a spiritual landmark, became a place name on h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZK_greenbrier-ghost_Crawley-WV.html
Interred in nearby cemetery is Zona Heaster Shue. Her death in 1897 was presumed natural until her spirit appeared to her mother to describe how she was killed by her husband Edward. Autopsy on the exhumed body verified the apparition's account. E…