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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDT_early-graves_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
In Point Pleasant Cemetery are graves of John Roush and John Roseberry, Revolutionary War soldiers, Major Andres Waggener, hero of Craney Island in the War of 1812, and others who were prominent in early history.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CCJ_fort-robinson_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Near here stood the blockhouse built by Captain Isaac Robinson in 1794. Indians attacked the fort soon after its erection but the little garrison drove them away. Robinson spent 12 years as an Indian captive and was a noted border scout.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CCD_john-hall_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Born 1805 in Ireland but moved to Mason County as a child. He served as sheriff and in both houses of Virginia legislature. Delegate to the first Wheeling convention, he was elected president of the first constitutional convention, serving 1861-62…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C8M_cottageville_Cottageville-WV.html
Michael Coleman, member of a hunting party from frontier fort at Belleville, was killed and scalped by the Indians at this point about 1793. Near by at Mill Creek Falls, Benjamin Wright build an early power flour mill.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C8K_virgil-a-lewis_Mason-WV.html
Educator and historian born near West Columbia, July 6, 1848; died in Mason City, December 5, 1912; was buried in Point Pleasant. He founded the Southern Historical Magazine in 1892; was State Superintendent of Schools, 1893-97; first State …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C8J_pfost-greene-murders-last-public-execution_Ripley-WV.html
On November 3, 1897, John Morgan murdered Chloe Greene and two of her three children, James Greene and Matilda Pfost. Daughter Alice Pfost managed to escape despite being wounded during the attack. G.W. Shamblen captured Morgan who was trie…
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/HM2C1A_belleville_Belleville-WV.html
Just north of here, Joseph Wood built a fort in 1785 on land first patented by Dr. James Craik, friend of George Washington. Garrisoned by Virginia troops in 1791, it was the most important outpost between the Kanawha and Little Kanawha rivers.
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…
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