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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNX_ruins-of-st-georges-chapel_Charles-Town-WV.html
This chapel was built by devout people of (then) Frederick Parish. Frederick County, Virginia joined Col. Robert Worthington in completing it in 1769. It was first called the English Church, then Berkeley Church, then Norborne Chapel, as the paris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKY_cedar-lawn_Charles-Town-WV.html
1½ mi. S is 1825 home of John T. A. Washington, a great nephew of the 1st president. Land part of "Harewood" plot of Sam'l Washington, a brother of George. Original site of 1780 home "Berry Hill."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKH_washington-monument_Charles-Town-MD.html
During the Antietam Campaign, the U.S. Signal Corps used the stone structure as a signal station. On July 4, 1827, citizens of the town of Boonsboro paraded to the top of the mountain here and began building this first monument in the country comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKG_richwood-hall_Charles-Town-WV.html
The original brick house was built on land owned by Lawrence Augustine Washington, the son of Samuel Washington, George's brother. The present mansion-house, in an excellent state of preservation, was built about 1825. During the battle of Cameron…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHX_west-virginia-virginia_Charles-Town-WV.html
South Facing Side: West Virginia (Jefferson County). "The Mountain State"—western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French d…
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In this courthouse, John Brown, the abolitionist, was tried and found guilty of treason, conspiracy and murder. He was hanged four blocks from here on December 2, 1859. · Visitors are Welcome.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEM_charles-town_Charles-Town-WV.html
Founded in 1786 by Charles Washington, brother of the President. Here John Brown was tried and convicted of treason. Home of W. L. Wilson, Postmaster General, 1896, who here started the first rural free delivery in America.