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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DOU_presbyterian-church_Romney-WV.html
Presbyterian Church was first organized in Romney in 1787, after supplications dating as early as 1740. . . The present church was erected in 1860. It was used as a stable and hospital during the war between the states. var pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DOT_easton-family-homesite_Romney-WV.html
Easton Family Homesite. This homesite served as residence and office for beloved Romney physician, Dr. James F. Easton from 1927 until his death in 1972. Born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1879, "Doc" Easton saw patients here every day …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DOS_gilbert-proctor-miller_Romney-WV.html
Gilbert Proctor Miller. Pioneer Orchardist of Hampshire County. This tablet commemorates the founding of the fruit industry in Hampshire County and the planting of the first large commercial orchard three miles east of Romney in 1890 Erected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AAC_grapeshot-among-the-pines_Romney-WV.html
"Somehow they found out we were in the woods east of town. They took two cannon up the pike to where the Toll House now stands and fired several rounds of grapeshot among the pines." John Starnes Memoir The road passing before you is the Old No…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13T9_hampshire-county-courthouse_Romney-WV.html
On May 23, 1861, Virginians voted in a statewide referendum to approve or disapprove the Ordinance of Secession that the convention in Richmond had passed on April 17. Here at the Hampshire County Courthouse, 1,188 out of 2,635 eligible voters app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13T7_romney-in-the-civil-war_Romney-WV.html
Romney experienced many troop movements and skirmishes during the course of the war because of its location on the vitally important North Western Turnpike The road linked Winchester, near the northern end of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, with Par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13T4_jacksons-headquarters_Romney-WV.html
(Preface): On January 1, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson led four brigades west from Winchester, Va., to secure Romney in the fertile South Branch Valley on the North Western Turnpike. He attacked and occupied Bath on January …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13T3_captain-george-w-stump_Romney-WV.html
This is Hickory Grove, the home of Adam and Mary Stump and their son Capt. George W. Stump, who led a company of the 18th Virginia Cavalry during the war. Capt. Stump was always heavily armed with a carbine and numerous revolvers; his men called h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGWC_abandonment-of-fort-mill-ridge_Romney-WV.html
The Union troops at Fort Mill Ridge continued their duties until June 14, 1863. Then, in response to Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, Campbell's command was ordered to concentrate with the rest of their division at New Creek (Keyser). Confederate G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGWA_the-great-raid_Romney-WV.html
In late April 1863, the Confederates launched a major raid from Rockingham County into West Virginia. A primary goal of the raid was the destruction of the Cheat River Bridge of the B&O Railroad near the Northwestern Turnpike crossing the Cheat Ri…
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