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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJ1_kings-mountain-men_Abingdon-VA.html
From this vicinity went forth a force of Virginians, under the command of Colonel William Campbell, to fight against the British in the Carolinas, 1780. The Virginia troops played an important part in the victory of King's Mountain, South Carolina…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUHD_boyhood-home-of-gen-joseph-e-johnston_Abingdon-VA.html
Born in Prince Edward Co. on 3 Feb. 1807, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, the son of Judge Peter Johnston, moved a mile north of here with his family in 1811. He attended Abingdon Male Academy and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUH7_governor-david-campbell_Abingdon-VA.html
David Campbell was born in Aug. 1779 at Royal Oak in Washington County (present-day Smyth County), Virginia. His family eventually moved to Hall's Bottom outside Abingdon. Campbell served in the infantry during the War of 1812 and was promoted to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFQ_john-campbell_Abingdon-VA.html
John Campbell, the brother of Governor David Campbell, was born about 1788 in part of Washington County, that is present-day Smyth County. Campbell attended the College of New Jersey (later became Princeton) and Washington College. He was a member…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFB_martha-washington-college_Abingdon-VA.html
The McCabe Lodge No. 56, Independent Order of Odd Fellows decided in 1853 to establish a women's college named after Martha Washington. The Holston Conference of the Methodist Church assumed control of the project by 1858. That same year the confe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUF8_barter-theatre_Abingdon-VA.html
The Barter Theatre building was constructed about 1830 as a church, which was remodeled several times. Among the oldest theaters in America, the building hosted its first performance in 1876. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Robert Porter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUCP_stonewall-jackson-female-institute_Abingdon-VA.html
Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church established the institute in 1868 for the education of young women. As a tribute, it was named for Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The Floyd family property was purchased in Feb. 1868 to house…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU9U_governor-john-b-floyd_Abingdon-VA.html
John Buchanan Floyd, son of Governor John Floyd (1738-1837), was born in Montgomery County on 1 June 1806. He represented Washington County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1847-1849) and served as governor of Virginia (1849-1852). Floyd was ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU9O_site-of-blacks-fort_Abingdon-VA.html
The fort, built in 1776, stood a short distance to the south. Here the first court of Washington County was held, January 28, 1777.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU8D_washington-county-courthouse_Abingdon-VA.html
Three earlier courthouses stood on this site, the first constructed about 1800. The present Washington County courthouse was completed in 1868, replacing the 1850 building burned by a Union soldier in Dec. 1864. The only new courthouse built in Vi…