Point Pleasant Battle. Here, Oct. 10, 1774, General Andrew Lewis and a thousand Virginia riflemen defeated the federated Indian tribes led by Cornstalk. Known as the "first battle of the Revolution." It was the most important battle between . . . — — Map (db m305737) HM
Near West River Road (Ohio Route 65) at Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling west.
Virginia Brigade under the command of Brig. Gen. Joel Leftwich
James Adare •
John Anderson •
Stephen Archer •
George Arnold •
Isaac Bockover •
Jacob Brewer •
Patrick Burk •
William Carder •
Richard Carson •
John Clutter • . . . — — Map (db m305736) WM
On East Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike (U.S. 460) west of Hull Street, on the right when traveling west.
Within a few miles of here lived and died Joel Leftwich, militia general, legislator, justice of the peace, and Revolutionary War veteran. In the War of 1812, he commanded a brigade of Virginia militia that marched in the winter of 1812-1813 to . . . — — Map (db m305732) HM
On Bedford Highway (Virginia Route 43) at Chellis Ford Road, on the left when traveling east on Bedford Highway.
About two miles southwest is Mount Airy, a plantation house built ca. 1800 for Col. Thomas Leftwich (1740-1816). The two-story frame house retains much of its Federal-style woodwork. Leftwich served in the Seven Years' War and was a captain of the . . . — — Map (db m305734) HM
