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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Smyth County, Virginia
Adjacent to Smyth County, Virginia
▶ Bland County (6) ▶ Grayson County (19) ▶ Russell County (14) ▶ Tazewell County (26) ▶ Washington County (34) ▶ Wythe County (29)
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| On West Lee Highway (U.S. 11) just west of Whitetop Road (Virginia Route 107), on the right when traveling south. |
| | About 1748, Colonel James Patton patented land here and reportedly hoped this site would one day become a town. The region became known as Town House for a house known by this name that stood nearby. By the Revolutionary War, a settlement of the . . . — — Map (db m45741) HM |
| On Whitetop Road (Virginia Route 107) at Exit 35 (Interstate 81), on the left when traveling north on Whitetop Road. |
| | Sidebar. On December 1, 1864, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 5,700 cavalrymen east
from Knoxville, Tennessee, to destroy iron-, lead-, and saltworks in Virginia that were
essential to the Confederate war effort. After actions at Kingsport . . . — — Map (db m45977) HM |
| On West Lee Highway (U.S. 11) just west of Whitetop Road (Virginia Route 107), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Near here, in 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker, on his first journey southwest, assisted Samuel Stalnaker in building his cabin. At that time his was the farthest west settlement. — — Map (db m45965) HM |
| On Virginia Route 107 just north of Sulphur Springs Road (County Route 639), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Across the highway was a log meeting house and campground visited by Bishop Francis Asbury and early Methodist circuit riders. On this site Col. W. P. Thompson gathered his regiment in 1812. Here Elizabeth Henry Russell often worshipped and this was . . . — — Map (db m91062) HM |
| On West Lee Highway (U.S. 11) just west of Whitetop Road (Virginia Route 107), on the right when traveling south. |
| | As early as 1754 a house was built on this hill, and was used as a fort and meeting place by settlers. This is the site of the first settlement in this region. — — Map (db m45966) HM |
| On Whitetop Road (Virginia Route 107) at Exit 35 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling north on Whitetop Road. |
| | Roads were only paths made by walking and from the passage of wagons and buggies. When the first cars came into the area, the roads were “pot-hole after pot-hole.” Sam Bonham told of riding his motorcycle around 1918 to Knoxville, . . . — — Map (db m46090) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) near Exit 54 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Stephen Holstein (Holston), coming here before 1748, gave his name to the river and valley. James Davis settled on this place, “Davis’ Fancy,” in 1748 and his home became a neighborhood fort. — — Map (db m44959) HM |
| On Whitetop Road (County Route 600) at Konnarock Road (County Route 603), on the left when traveling west on Whitetop Road. |
| | Konnarock Training School, established in 1924 by the Women's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church in America, educated children from isolated mountain communities. Lutheran missionary Kenneth Killinger and lay leader Laura Lu Scherer . . . — — Map (db m159541) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here, on December 17-18, 1864, General Stoneman, raiding to Saltville, fought an engagement with John C. Breckinridge, Confederate commander in southwest Virginia. — — Map (db m36042) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at Park Boulevard (State Highway 16), on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Arthur Campbell, a military and political leader, was born in Augusta County in 1743. In 1758 during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Campbell was captured by the Wyandot Indians aligned with the French and held captive for two years before . . . — — Map (db m36077) HM |
| On East Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Col. William Elisha Peters, 21st Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., is buried in the cemetery to your left. He was born on August 28, 1829, in Bedford County, Virginia, attending New London Academy there, then entered Emory and Henry College in 1846, . . . — — Map (db m36079) HM |
| On Main Street west of Church Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | South side 1861 CSA 1865 [Image of a version of the great seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia] Confederate Dead West side Glory sits beside our grief. Lest We Forget North side [Image of battle flag of the Army of Northern . . . — — Map (db m43691) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Throughout 1864, Federal raids against the Confederate infrastructure in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia attempted to destroy iron and lead mines, salt works and railroads. The Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, the Confederate lifeline to the . . . — — Map (db m36070) HM |
| On B. F. Buchanan Highway (Virginia Route 16) at East Hungry Mother Drive (Virginia Route 348), on the right when traveling north on B. F. Buchanan Highway. |
| | In 1933 local residents assisted in the creation
and donated 2,000 acres of land to Virginia
for the establishment of a state park in Smyth
County along Hungry Mother Creek. The
unusual name comes from the legend of a
nearby Indian settler . . . — — Map (db m44985) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 16) west of Church Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The community center here was known as Royal Oak, home of Arthur Campbell, frontiersman. The place became the county seat when Smyth County was formed and was named for Francis Marion, revolutionary hero. It was incorporated in 1832; the courthouse . . . — — Map (db m43683) HM |
| On Highland Drive west of Berkley Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | According to tradition, the Upper Holston
congregation of the Presbyterian Church was
organized in 1776 on John Campbell's land at
Royal Oak and built a log structure there.
This was one of the first denominations to
organize in present-day . . . — — Map (db m104671) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) 0.2 miles east of Wassona Circle. |
| | Renowned author Sherwood Anderson's works influenced Faulkner, Hemingway, and other 20th century writers. Anderson was born in Camden, Ohio, on 13 Sept. 1876, moved to this area in 1926, and lived here until his death. He built his home, Ripshin, . . . — — Map (db m42331) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at Park Boulevard (State Highway 16), on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Royal Oak, home of Arthur Campbell, Indian fighter and Revolutionary leader who settled here in 1769, stood three hundred yards south. The house was a neighborhood fort and in it, in 1832, the first court of Smyth County was held. — — Map (db m36073) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 16) west of Church Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | South Side Dedicated to the eternal memory of the American Revolutionary War soldiers and patriots from the area which in 1832 became Smyth County, Virginia, who sacrificed their lives and fortunes that we might have our freedom and . . . — — Map (db m43684) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 16) west of Church Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | South Side Dedicated by the people of Smyth County in reverent and enduring memory of her loyal sons who made the supreme sacrifice and also those who served their country in World War I World War II and the Korean Conflict Vietnam Conflict . . . — — Map (db m43687) WM |
| On Virginia Route 16 at Old Prather Road (County Route 688), on the left when traveling south on State Route 16. |
| | This fish cultural station was established in 1930 for hatching and rearing trout for the trout waters of Virginia. — — Map (db m44974) HM |
| Near Buckeye Street 0.2 miles east of East Main Street, on the left. |
| | You are standing on the Confederate battle line that stretched for more than two miles along the bluffs on this side of the North Fork of the Holston River. The Cedar Branch Creek flows into the Holston River near the ford on the North Road to . . . — — Map (db m61984) HM |
| On Virginia Route 107 at the Saltville Overlook, on the left when traveling north on State Route 107. |
| | The Saltville Valley contains fossils of large mammals that lived in North America about 13,000 years ago (during Pleistocene times). Fossils discovered here show that this valley has provided a rich environment for thousands of years. Many life . . . — — Map (db m91112) HM |
| On West Main Street (Virginia Route 91) north of Court Street. |
| | Saltville is named for the vast salt deposits
that exist under this valley. The commercial
salt industry began developing here in the
1780s. During the Civil War, Saltville played
a vital role in providing salt for the Confederacy, On 2 Oct. . . . — — Map (db m91056) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) at Shamrock Lane, on the left when traveling west on Lee Highway. |
| | The place takes its name from the highway ford on the Holston, seven miles west of Royal Oak. The land here belonged to General William Campbell, hero of Kings Mountain, 1780. It descended to the wife of John M. Preston. The town originated as a . . . — — Map (db m45726) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) at Wadill Lane, on the right when traveling west on Lee Highway. |
| | The nearby Aspenvale Cemetery contains
the grave of Brig. Gen. William Campbell,
Revolutionary War soldier, militia commander,
and regional political leader. Campbell was
born in Augusta County, Virginia. in 1745, and
by 1768 he had moved to . . . — — Map (db m130440) HM |
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