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Ruddle in Pendleton County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
 

Organized Pendleton County

 
 
Organized Pendleton County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Roger Miller, October 18, 2018
1. Organized Pendleton County Marker
Inscription. On this site on 2 June 1788 in a building owned by Seriah Stratton and formerly the property Col. Benjamin Wilson. Pendleton County was organized by justices commissioned by Virginia Governor Edmund Randolph from portions of Augusta, Rockingham and Hardy Counties. The new county had been authorized on 4 December 1787 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for the esteemed Virginia statesman Edmund Pendleton.

Justices

Robert Davis
John Skidmore
Moses Hinkle
James Dyer
Isaac Hinkle
Robert Poage
James Skidmore
Matthew Patton
Peter Hull
James Paterson
Jacob Hoover

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. A significant historical date for this entry is June 2, 1788.
 
Location. 38° 42.724′ N, 79° 18.502′ W. Marker is in Ruddle, West Virginia, in Pendleton County. Marker is on Petersburg Pike (U.S. 220), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Franklin WV 26807, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Murder of Ambrose Meadows (approx. 2.8 miles away); Franklin High School Cupola (approx. 4.3 miles away); Franklin (approx. 5 miles away); William McCoy House (approx. 5 miles away);

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Pendleton County Court House (approx. 5 miles away); Pendleton County World War I Memorial (approx. 5 miles away); Last Union Raid (approx. 5 miles away); Germany Valley (approx. 5 miles away).
 
Organized Pendleton County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Roger Miller, October 17, 2018
2. Organized Pendleton County Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2018, by Roger Miller of Pulaski, Virginia. This page has been viewed 389 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 18, 2018, by Roger Miller of Pulaski, Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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