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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRRI_giles-county-pulaski-county_Pearisburg-VA.html
(obverse)Giles CountyArea 369 square milesFormed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell, and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia, 1827-1830. Mountain Lake is in this county.
(reverse)Pulaski CountyA…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRR6_mountain-evangelist_Pearisburg-VA.html
The Reverend Robert Sayers Sheffey (1820-1902), although one of a kind as to style and personality, was a Methodist Circuit Rider in the classic frontier tradition. Celebrated for the intensity of his faith and prayer, as well as for his eccentric…
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Giles County was formed from Montgomery, Monroe (now in West Virginia), and Tazewell Counties in 1806. It was named for William Branch Giles, United States senator from Virginia and later governor. North of here, the first court of Giles County wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNA3_pearisburg_Pearisburg-VA.html
The town was laid off in 1806 when Giles County was formed, and named for Captain George Pearis, early settler. Established in 1808, it was first incorporated in 1835, and reincorporated in 1914. Here, in May 1862, Union troops under Colonel Ruthe…