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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jefferson County, West Virginia
Adjacent to Jefferson County, West Virginia
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| | 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
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In honor of
Mary Magdalene Slagle Bedinger
Patriot--American Revolution
— — Map (db m157767) WM |
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Joseph McMurran
Founder and First Principal
Shepherd College
1872 - 1883
— — Map (db m157755) HM |
| | Moulder Hall
Was used as a hospital during
the Maryland Campaign 1862.
Private Property
courtesy of S.H.A.F. — — Map (db m1947) HM |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | R.D. Shepherds Town Hall
Was used as a hospital during
The Maryland Campaign 1862
— — Map (db m1948) HM |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
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1775 - 1781
Revolutionary Soldier
Robert Tabb
— — Map (db m157761) WM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 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 |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
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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 |
| | . . . — — Map (db m103697) WM |
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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 |
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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 |
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1775 - 1781
Revolutionary Soldier
William Lemen
— — Map (db m157766) WM |
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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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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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