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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rivesville, West Virginia
Fairmont is the county seat for Marion County
Rivesville is in Marion County
1 ► West Virginia, Marion County, Rivesville — David Morgan — ![]() |
On Main Street (U.S. 19) west of Monroe Street. |
Near this spot, 1779, David Morgan killed two Indians, of whose attack on his two children he had been warned in a strange dream. Morgan lived on a farm on the Monongahela River between Paw Paw and Prickett Creeks. — — Map (db m74665) HM |
2 ► West Virginia, Marion County, Rivesville — Fort Pawpaw — ![]() |
On Main Street (U.S. 19) west of Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north. |
North on high flat, overlooking the junction of Pawpaw Creek and the Monongahela River, was “Pawpaw Fort,” a ninety-foot square stockade-fort erected in 1781. Rangers commanded by Captain Jack Evans garrisoned it. — — Map (db m74667) HM |
3 ► West Virginia, Marion County, Rivesville — Jones' Raid |
On Fairmont Road (U.S. 19) 0.2 miles south of Massie Hollow Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
Over this route through the Monongahela Valley, April 27-29, 1863, Gen. William E. Jones led his division of Gen. John D. Imboden's Confederate army. This raid concluded with the destruction of the oil fields on the Little Kanawha River. — — Map (db m145284) HM |
4 ► West Virginia, Marion County, Rivesville — Marion County / Monongalia County — ![]() |
On Fairmont Road (U.S. 19) 0.2 miles south of Massie Hollow Road (County Road 19/1). |
Marion County. Formed 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia. Named for hero of Revolution, Gen. Francis Marion. County was home of Francis H. Pierpont, leader in the formation of this State. The Monongahela River forms just above Fairmont. . . . — — Map (db m173529) HM |
5 ► West Virginia, Marion County, Rivesville — To the Founders of the West Virginia State Medical Association Organized at Fairmont — 1867 — ![]() |
On Main Street (U.S. 19) at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
W.J. Bates, Wheeling • J.W. Ramsey, Clarksburg • R.H. Cummins, Wheeling • A.R. Barbee, Point Pleasant • Wm. M. Dent, Newburg • L.R. Charter, West Union • John C. Hupp, Wheeling • T.C. Shepherd, Bruceton's Mills • David S. Pinnell, . . . — — Map (db m189096) HM |
6 ► West Virginia, Marion County, Rivesville — Veterans Memorial — ![]() |
On Main Street (U.S. 19) at Second Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
Dedicated to the honor and sacrifice of our men and women who served our country in World War I and II Let none forget They gave their all and faltered not when came the call In honor of those who served our nation during the . . . — — Map (db m164730) WM |