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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C3A_washingtons-lands_Ravenswood-WV.html
Westward lies the Millwood Tract of 4,395 acres patented by George Washington on December 15, 1772, based on a survey made in June 1771. It bordered on the Ohio River above the Great Bend for "file miles and 700 poles."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C19_battle-of-bluffington-island_Ravenswood-WV.html
As General John H. Morgan's raid into
Indiana and Ohio came to a close,
he tried to cross the Ohio River
into WV. Reaching the Buffington
Island ford late on July 18, 1863,
he waited until the 19th to cross.
Union troops and gunboats blocked…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C18_daniel-frost_Ravenswood-WV.html
Born in 1819, Frost was editor of Jackson County's first newspaper, The Virginia Chronicle, which was burned in 1862 during Jenkins Raid for its pro-Union stance. He served as Speaker of the House for the Restored Government of Virginia, 1861-1862…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHS_ravenswood_Ravenswood-WV.html
(Preface): Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins led 550 cavalrymen on a 500-mile raid from Salt Sulphur Springs, Aug. 22-Sept. 12, 1862, attacking Federal forces and destroying military stores. He captured and paroled 300 Union soldiers, killed or w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHQ_ravenswood-ohio-river-ford_Ravenswood-WV.html
Side one:
RavenswoodThese lands were surveyed, 1771, for George Washington by Colonel William Crawford, who later was taken captive by the Indians and burned at the stake. Washington camped here in 1770. Here is grave of Jesse Hughes, noted sco…