Avendale in Roanoke, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Dr. William Fleming

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, May 28, 2017

1. Dr. William Fleming Marker

Inscription. Born in Scotland in 1728, William Fleming came to Virginia in 1751, and practiced medicine in Staunton before moving with his wife, Nancy Christian Fleming, to Belmont here on Tinker Creek in 1768. Fleming led Botetourt County militiamen and was wounded at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. He served as acting governor of Virginia in 1781 and a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1788. After the Revolutionary War, he practiced medicine throughout the Roanoke Valley. He died in 1795 and is buried beside his wife on a hill just east of here.

Erected 2007 by Virginia Department of Natural Resources. (Marker Number K-94.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Science & Medicine • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1728.

Location. 37° 18.38′ N, 79° 55.626′ W. Marker is in Roanoke, Virginia. It is in Avendale. It is on Hollins Road Northeast north of Old Mountain Road NE, on the right when traveling south.

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Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3351 Hollins Rd NE, Roanoke VA 24012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Mountain Region

and in Southwest Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Washington Park (approx. 1.8 miles away); Brown-Robertson Park and the Flood of 1985 (approx. 1.8 miles away); Lucy Addison (approx. 1.8 miles away); Mount Moriah Baptist Church (approx. 2 miles away); Burrell Memorial Hospital (approx. 2.1 miles away); Gainsboro Branch of the Roanoke City Public Library (approx. 2.2 miles away); Gainsboro Branch Library (approx. 2.2 miles away); Claytor Memorial Clinic (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, May 28, 2017

2. Dr. William Fleming Marker

of all markers in Roanoke.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . . William Fleming,Virginia’s oft-overlooked acting governor,presided during a Revolutionary War crisis. 2025 article by Randy Walker in Cardinal News. Excerpt:

In 1765, a white mob murdered a party of Cherokees traveling through Augusta. Andrew Lewis tried to bring the culprits to justice, imprisoning one. Vigilantes broke down the prison door and freed him. Styling themselves “The Augusta Boys,” the vigilantes issued a ￡1,000 reward for the “capture” of Lewis and a ￡500 reward for Fleming.

Finding things too hot in Staunton, both Lewis and Fleming made plans to move to the Roanoke Valley. Fleming’s father-in-law, Israel Christian, was already living on Tinker Creek near Tinker Mountain.

(Submitted on August 12, 2025.)

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, May 28, 2017

3. Dr. William Fleming Marker

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, May 28, 2017

4. Dr. William Fleming Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2017, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,561 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 29, 2017, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.