Home Site of Christopher (Stophel) Simmerman

Home Site of Christopher (Stophel) Simmerman. A pioneer and soldier of the American Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Montgomery County and served in the companies of Captain Findlay and Captain James Kent. , The first court held for Wythe County in the town of Wytheville was at the home of Christopher Simmerman on June 22, 1790. , Christopher Simmerman, of his own free will, gave ninety acres of land and one John Davis, a frontiersman and large land owner, whose property joined that of Christopher, gave ten acres to establish a town which was first known as Evansham. They conveyed all their rights and title to one hundred acres on the south side of the Great Road, including a certain large spring. Christopher Simmerman reserved to himself enough land so as to include his home, kitchen and barn. , An act for establishing a town in the county of Wythe was passed by the General Assembly, October 29, 1792. , Commissioners were appointed by the court to run surveys, to lay off lots with convenient streets on which public and private buildings were to be erected, and to prepare plans for a courthouse and a prison. , The commissioners: John Adams . David McGavock . James Newell . John Thomas Sayers . Robert Sayers , The trustees: Robert Adams . William Caffee . Walter Crockett . Jesse Evans . David McGavock . James Newell . Alexander Smyth . William Ward , “We do not honor the fathers by going back to the place they stopped, but by going on toward the things their vision foresaw.” , Recognizing, with grateful appreciation, all those who had any part in the early formation of the town we enjoy today, this marker is given in loving memory of Christopher Simmerman and dedicated to the people of Wytheville, Virginia, by Stuart Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.