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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jefferson County, West Virginia
Adjacent to Jefferson County, West Virginia
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| On Princess Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Shepherd District Free School 1848-1881Given to the West Virginia board of education for Shepherd College by Upton S. Martin in memory of his father, U.S. Martin (1859-1957), 32nd degree mason, Mayor of Shepherdstown six years, member West . . . — — Map (db m23845) HM |
| On East German Street (State Highway 45) at Princess Street (County Route 230), on the right when traveling west on East German Street. |
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In 1775, Shepherdstown (formerly known as Mecklenburg) was asked to furnish one company (about 100 men) to assist patriots fighting the British around Boston. In July, the company marched in high spirits down German Street with the entire town . . . — — Map (db m4851) HM |
| On Rumsey Monument Road, on the right. |
| | Inventor of the Steamboat who in October, A.D. 1783, on the Potomac River near the mouth of Sir John's Run made the first successful application of steam to the practical purpose of navigation and who on December 3rd, 1787, made a further . . . — — Map (db m1936) HM |
| On King Street (County Route 480/2) just south of East High Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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We pay reverent tribute to those from our midst who gave to their country the last full measure of devotion in World War II.
Pfc. Carl Milton Bean Lt. Vernon D. Black Lt. Newton B. Davis, Jr. Lt. Junior Fred Digman Lt. Ralph . . . — — Map (db m157756) WM |
| On North King Street (West Virginia Route 480) 0.1 miles east of Shepherd Grade Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Jefferson County
Formed in 1801 from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Generals Gates, Darke, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington's men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the Nation's Capitol. . . . — — Map (db m143928) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 17/1) east of Mill Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m103674) WM |
| Near North Church Street at Old Queen Alley, on the right when traveling north. |
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In honor of
Mary Magdalene Slagle Bedinger
Patriot--American Revolution
— — Map (db m157767) WM |
| On East German Street (West Virginia Route 230) just east of North King Street (County Road 480/2), on the right when traveling west. |
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Joseph McMurran
Founder and First Principal
Shepherd College
1872 - 1883
— — Map (db m157755) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 230) at North King Street (West Virginia Route 480), on the left when traveling west on German Street. |
| | Moulder Hall
Was used as a hospital during
the Maryland Campaign 1862.
Private Property
courtesy of S.H.A.F. — — Map (db m1947) HM |
| On East German Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Chartered Dec. 11, 1811
by the Grand Lodge of the State of Virginia.
Admitted as a member of the Grand Lodge
of West Virginia Nov. 13, 1872.
Stated-Communications
First and third Mondays of each month
and on the Festivals of St. John . . . — — Map (db m89173) HM |
| On North Church Street (County Road 480/1) just north of Old Queen Alley, on the right when traveling north. |
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This Old English/Episcopal Cemetery contains the graves of these Revolutionary War soldiers: Maj. Henry Bedinger, Anthony Kerney, Lt. Daniel Bedinger, James Kerney Sr., William Morgan Jr., William Lemen, Caleb Levick, Robert Tabb, and the . . . — — Map (db m157759) HM |
| On River Road (County Route 17/1) at Trough Road (County Route 31/1), on the left when traveling west on River Road. |
| | Early settlers crossed the Potomac here. “Stonewall” Jackson and A.P. Hill used this ford on the way to Battle of Antietam. Here Lees army crossed after the battle, with the Corn Exchange Regiment, other Federals in pursuit. — — Map (db m62778) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 230) at King Street, on the left when traveling west on German Street. |
| | To commemorate their organization February 22, 1916 and preserve the original name of the town and river crossing of colonial days — — Map (db m103698) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 230) at North King Street (West Virginia Route 480), on the right when traveling west on German Street. |
| | R.D. Shepherds Town Hall
Was used as a hospital during
The Maryland Campaign 1862
— — Map (db m1948) HM |
| On W. German Street near Church Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This house was acquired in 1995 by actress Mary Tyler Moore, a descendant of Conrad Shindler, and donated to the Shepherd College Foundation in honor of her father, George Tyler Moore. Between 1869 and 1995, this house served as the Reformed Church . . . — — Map (db m98159) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 17/1) east of Mill Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Within these walls lie the following
Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots:
Henry Cookus John Hoffman
Michael Cookus Nicholas Schell
John Haines Peter Seever
Jacob Haynes Peter Staley
Lawrence Hensel John Martin Walforth . . . — — Map (db m103672) WM |
| On North Duke Street / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 480), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Shepherdstown was established near a natural ford used by American Indians and early settlers to cross the Potomac River. A ferry service, begun in 1775, reliably connected Shepherdstown with communities throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania for . . . — — Map (db m154072) HM |
| On North Church Street just south of West High Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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1775 - 1781
Revolutionary Soldier
Robert Tabb
— — Map (db m157761) WM |
| On South Duke Street (West Virginia Route 480) at Shepherd Grade Road, on the right when traveling west on South Duke Street. |
| | Shepherd College
Incorporated as Shepherd College, 1871. Chartered by act of the Legislature, Feb. 27, 1872, as the Shepherd College State Normal School. Name changed in 1931 to Shepherd State Teachers College and in 1943, to Shepherd College. . . . — — Map (db m143926) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 230) at King Street (West Virginia Route 480), on the right when traveling west on German Street. |
| | Established in 1872 as a branch of the State normal school system. It was an outgrowth of the old Shepherd College. This is the site of early settlement made by Thomas Shepherd who built a fort here during Indian days. — — Map (db m1938) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 230) at King Street (West Virginia Route 480), on the right when traveling west on German Street. |
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In September 1862, after the Maryland Battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Shepherdstown became a scene of indescribable suffering. “The whole town was a hospital,” wrote resident Mary Bedinger Mitchell. “There was scarcely a . . . — — Map (db m1939) HM |
| On North Duke Street / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 480), on the right when traveling north. |
| | James Rumsey, inventor of the steamboat, lived here, 1785 to 1788, and in 1787 demonstrated his boat on the Potomac at this point. Here was born Colonel James Strode Swearingen, who commanded the men who founded the City of Chicago in 1803. — — Map (db m60704) HM |
| On North King Street (Route 480) 0.3 miles east of Shepherd Grade Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Shepherdstown, the oldest town in what is now West Virginia was incorporated as Mecklenburg in 1762, but was renamed Shepherd's Town in 1798 in honor of its founder Thomas Shepherd. From the French and Indian War to the Civil War the town has been . . . — — Map (db m143927) HM |
| On River Road (County Road 17/1) at Trough Road (County Road 31/1), on the right when traveling west on River Road. |
| | The members and friends of the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association saved this hallowed ground for future generations
Founder and First President — Edward E. Dunleavy — — Map (db m157754) HM WM |
| Near Kearneysville Pike (West Virginia Route 480) at Starkey's Landing, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Near this site in July 1775, then part of Berkeley County , Va., two companies of riflemen, led by Captains Hugh Stephenson of Berkeley County and Daniel Morgan of Frederick County, Va. rallied prior to their 600-mile journey to join General George . . . — — Map (db m108818) HM |
| Near Kearneysville Pike (West Virginia Route 480). |
| | Less than half mile eastward is the famous spring around which, from their rendezvous on lands of Morgan and Bedinger, July 17th, 1775 Captain Hugh Stephensons Company of Virginia Riflemen, 98 volunteers started on their bee-line march to Boston . . . — — Map (db m107687) HM |
| On S King Street (County Route 480/2) near W German Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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On 11 June 1775, the Second Continental Congress authorized the raising of ten companies of riflemen in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to aid General George Washington at the British siege of Boston. The Berkeley County Committee of Safety . . . — — Map (db m123005) HM |
| On North Duke Street / Shepherdstown Pike (West Virginia Route 480), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Named in honor of the inventor, James Rumsey, who made successful demonstrations of his steamboat on the Potomac River here on December 3 and 11, 1787.
Opened and dedicated on July 15, 1939. — — Map (db m2019) HM |
| On North Princess Street (Local Road 230/1) at East High Street on North Princess Street. |
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The Puffinbarger House
201 N. Princess St.
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1878 — — Map (db m143929) HM |
| On S Duke Street / Kearneysville Pike (West Virginia Route 480), on the left when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Less than half mile eastward is the famous spring around which, from their rendezvous on lands of Morgan and Bedinger, July 17th, 1775 Captain Hugh Stephensons Company of Virginia Riflemen, 98 volunteers started on their bee-line march to Boston . . . — — Map (db m108819) HM |
| On West German Street at South Church Street, on the right when traveling east on West German Street. |
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Trinity Episcopal Church was first established in 1745, and its congregation worshiped in three buildings built on the site one block north on Church Street. In 1854, under the leadership of the Rev. Charles W. Andrews, DD, who served as rector . . . — — Map (db m107754) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 230) at King Street, on the left when traveling west on German Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m103697) WM |
| On North Princess Street 0.1 miles north of Bones Wright Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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An inspection of tobacco shall be...established on the lands of the said Abraham Shepherd to be called and known by the name of Mecklenburg warehouse.
– Act of the Virginia Assembly, passed November 29, 1788.
You are standing . . . — — Map (db m143930) HM |
| On German Street (West Virginia Route 230) west of Princess Street (West Virginia Route 230), on the right when traveling west. |
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Such an admirable site for mills, tanneries, and other industries, was not to be found every day.... And so they began, with the industry of beavers, to erect their mills, dwellings, forges, tanneries, shops, schools and meeting houses; . . . — — Map (db m103738) HM |
| On North Church Street just north of Old Queen Alley, on the right when traveling north. |
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1775 - 1781
Revolutionary Soldier
William Lemen
— — Map (db m157766) WM |
| On North King Street (County Road 480/2) just south of East High Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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In memory of
Henry Luckett Clapham Ira Moser Derr Thomas Franklin Ewers John Chrisman Goghenour Washington Berry Grove Marshall Earle Martin Wilmer Birdie Miller Garnett Otis Nelson Hubert Monroe Phares Joseph Rodney Power . . . — — Map (db m157757) WM |
| On Summit Point Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The "Bullskin" or Rock Hall Tract, the first land owned by George Washington in West Virginia, was surveyed by him Nov. 24, 1750. Bought from Captain Rutherford, it became a part of Washington's 2,233-acre tract in this area. — — Map (db m12633) HM |
| On Summit Point Road (West Virginia Route 13) 0.2 miles east of Shirley Road and Summit Point Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1740, Dr. John McCormick, a Scots (Scotch)-Irish immigrant bought 395 acres from Jost Hite and established White House Farm. Stone barn built by McCormick is the oldest standing in West Virginia. House served as a tavern and inn in early 1800s. . . . — — Map (db m14355) HM |
| On Huyett Road at Augustine Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Huyett Road. |
| | Home of General Washington's grandnephew, John Augustine Washington, who later became the owner of Mount Vernon. "Blakeley", built about 1820, was partially burned a few years later and then rebuilt in it present form. (1½ Mi.W.) — — Map (db m12640) HM |
| On Huyett Road at Augustine Ave., on the right when traveling west on Huyett Road. |
| | Bushrod Corbin Washington, grandnephew of General George Washington, built this home in 1820. It was destroyed by fire, 1838, and rebuilt. Later it was the home of Frank R. Stockton, novelist, who here wrote his last book. (2 Mi. SW) — — Map (db m12636) HM |
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