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By Paul Crumlish, August 21, 2010
Wide view of the West Virginia / Giles County Virginia Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Virginia, Giles County, Glen Lyn — Z-211 — West Virginia / Giles County Virginia — / Area 369 Square Miles —
On Virginia Avenue (U.S. 460) 0.1 miles south of Ball Avenue (State Road 648), on the right when traveling north.
West Virginia. West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727. A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant in 1774. West Virginia became a separate state of the Union in . . . — — Map (db m34767) HM

2 ► Virginia, Giles County, Midway — Z-289 — Giles County / West Virginia —
On Federal Street (U.S. 219) just south of Giles-Fayette-Kanawa Turnpike (in WV) (Route 24/8), on the right when traveling south.
Giles County. Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia, 1827–1830. Mountain Lake is in this county. West Virginia. West Virginia was long a . . . — — Map (db m84134) HM

3 ► Virginia, Montgomery County, Newport — Z-83 — Giles County / Montgomery County —
On Virginia Avenue (U.S. 460) at Forest Service Road (Road 269), in the median on Virginia Avenue.
Giles County. Area 369 Square Miles. Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell, and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia 1827-30. Mountain Lake is in this county. Montgomery . . . — — Map (db m34758) HM

4 ► Virginia, Giles County, Staffordsville — Z-258 — Giles County / Pulaski County —
On Pulaski Giles Turnpike (Virginia Route 100) 0.3 miles north of Little Creek Road ( Route 601), on the right when traveling north.
Giles County. Area 369 square miles. Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell, and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia, 1827-1830. Mountain Lake is in this county. Pulaski . . . — — Map (db m41442) HM

5 ► Tennessee, Giles County, Cornersville — 2 F 5 — Giles County / Marshall County —
On Lewisburg Highway (Alternate U.S. 31) just north of Interstate 65, on the left when traveling north.
Giles County Established 1809: named in honor of Senator William B. Giles of Virginia. One of the strongest advocates for the admission of Tennessee to the Union; he served in U.S. Senate from 1804 to 1815 and was Governor of Virginia, 1827-30. . . . — — Map (db m146816) HM
6 ► West Virginia, Summers County, Pipestem — Farley's Fort / Thomas Farley —
On Hinton Road (West Virginia Route 20) at Indian Ridge (County Route 26), on the right when traveling north on Hinton Road.
Farley's Fort. One of two pre-Revolutionary forts built along the banks of the New River at Culbertson's (now Crump's) Bottom to shelter area settlers. Farley's Fort was established by Thomas Farley in the mid-1770s. Virginia militia later . . . — — Map (db m140095) HM

7 ► Virginia, Giles County, Pearisburg — KG-20 — First Court of Giles County —
On Virginia Avenue (U.S. 460) 2.2 miles west of Thomas Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Giles County was formed from Montgomery, Monroe (now in West Virginia), and Tazewell Counties in 1806. It was named for William Branch Giles, United States senator from Virginia and later governor. North of here, the first court of Giles County was . . . — — Map (db m37528) HM

8 ► West Virginia, Monroe County, Union — Chapman House — Confederate Father and Son —
On Main Street (U.S. 219) at Middle Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
This is the Chapman House, built in 1803 and the home of one of Union’s most prominent families. Augustus A. Chapman and his son, George Beirne Chapman, both served the Confederacy in the Civil War. Augustus Chapman, an attorney, was twice a . . . — — Map (db m59260) HM
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9 ► Texas, Guadalupe County, Seguin — 1521 — Ezekiel Smith —
Near East Klein Street at South River Street.
A soldier in the Army of Texas in the Mier expedition, 1842 Born in Virginia Died in Seguin, Texas October 28, 1854 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m269126) HM

10 ► West Virginia, Cabell County, Salt Rock — Salt Rock —
Near Roach Road (County Route 45) 0.6 miles north of Route 10, on the left when traveling north.
First White settlers came here from Giles County, Virginia, in pursuit of an Indian raiding party that had taken their horses. Permanent settlement established by 1800. McComas and Hatfield families were among first settlers. Thomas Ward produced . . . — — Map (db m178251) HM

11 ► Virginia, Craig County, Newport — Z-202 — Craig County / Giles County — Area 333 square miles / Area 369 square miles —
On Blue Grass Trail (Virginia Route 42) just north of County Route 770, on the right when traveling north.
Craig County. Area 333 square miles. Formed in 1851 from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles and Monroe. Named for Robert Craig, member of Congress. Craig Healing Springs are in this county. Giles County. Area 369 square . . . — — Map (db m84146) HM
12 ► Virginia, Giles County, Bland — Z-259 — Giles County / Bland County — Area 369 square miles / Area 360 square miles —
On Walkers Creek Valley Road (Virginia Route 42) 1.6 miles west of Flat Hollow Road ( Route 670), on the right when traveling west.
Giles County. Area 369 square miles. Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell, and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia, 1827-1830. Mountain Lake is in this county. Bland . . . — — Map (db m99261) HM

13 ► Tennessee, Giles County, Elkton — Tennessee Civil War Trails — Create Some History of Your Own —
On Interstate 65 at milepost 3.1, 1.8 miles north of Old U.S. 31, on the right when traveling north.
Welcome to Giles County, Tennessee! Get ready to visit small towns with big stories. Tennessee Civil War Trails tells riveting stories of battles and leaders, and much more. You'll learn about some of the state's 275,000 enslaved men and . . . — — Map (db m296389) HM
14 ► Tennessee, Giles County, Pulaski — Thomas Martin (1799-1870) — Pulaski Heritage Trail —
Near South Rhodes Street just north of East Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling north.
Thomas Martin epitomized what is meant by “Good Citizen.” With others of his time, Martin was recognized for energy, perseverance, integrity, liberality and enlarged views of public policy. He left an impression for good on each . . . — — Map (db m151139) HM
15 ► Tennessee, Giles County, Pulaski — Thomas McKissack Jones — (1816-1892) — Mayor-Judge Representative to Confederate Congress —
Near South Rhodes Street north of East Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling north.
Thomas Jones was born in Peron County, North Carolina on December 12, 1816 and moved to Giles County with his family in 1817. Jones received his early education at Wurtemburg Academy and studied at the University of Alabama and University of . . . — — Map (db m75174) HM
16 ► Virginia, Giles County, Pearisburg — Andrew Johnston House — 208 North Main Street —
On North Main Street.
1829 Andrew Johnston House has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m305323) HM
17 ► West Virginia, Summers County, Bluestone State Park — Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike —
On Superintendent Drive at Lower Park Drive, on the right on Superintendent Drive.
Approximate site of 40 mile post of 118 mile turnpike authorized 1838 by Virginia legislature. Cap: $42,600, ($16,000 state). Cost: $25,429. Route: Pearisburg, Giles County to Peterstown & Red Sulphur; crossed New River at Indian Creek to . . . — — Map (db m179175) HM
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18 ► Tennessee, Giles County, Pulaski — Samuel “Sam” Davis — (1842 - 1863) — The Boy Hero of the Confederacy —
On South Sam Davis Avenue south of Cleveland Street, on the right when traveling south.
Sam Davis was born on October 6, 1842 in Smyrna, Tennessee, attended Nashville's Western Military Academy and, like many other young men, left school to join the Confederate Army in 1861. He served as a private in Company I for the 1st Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m151144) HM

19 ► Tennessee, Giles County, Pulaski — Establishment of Pulaski / Giles County —
Near South Sam Douglas Avenue south of East College Street.
On November 14. 1809, the Tennessee General Assembly passed an Act which brought Giles County, and its County Seat, Pulaski, into being. The new six hundred square mile county was formed from land ceded to the State in 1805 by treaty with the . . . — — Map (db m168698) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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