West Virginia. “The Mountain State” — western
part of the Commonwealth of
Virginia until June 20, 1863.
Settled by the Germans and
Scotch Irish. It became a line
of defense between the English
and French during the . . . — — Map (db m126080) HM
Nearby is the grave of Josiah Marcum
(1759-1846?). Enlisting from Bedford
County, he served: in Colonel Campbell’s
Virginia Militia Regiment, 1780-81, as a wagon
guard at General Gates’s retreat, and as a
drummer at the Battle of Guilford . . . — — Map (db m178333) HM
James Maynard (1750-1852) and his wife, Chaney Smith, are buried nearby, along with son, Jesse, and his wife, Sarah. A resident of Wilkes County, NC, James served during the American Revolution as a private under Captain Jesse Franklin and Colonel . . . — — Map (db m178329) HM
An attorney born in Wayne County (1833), Ferguson was colonel of the 167th VA Militia when war began in 1861. Captured in July, he formed a Confederate cavalry company upon release and became colonel of the 16th VA Cavalry. He was captured in 1864, . . . — — Map (db m178264) HM
Western Highland Rim
The Western Highland Rim coupled with the Eastern Rim is the upland surrounding the Central Basin. Its 7,5000 square miles is a broad, tilted plateau about 900 feet above sea level on the eastern edge sloping down to 700 . . . — — Map (db m206498) HM
In the 1820s, most area residents were loyal citizens of Mexico until Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna abrogated the Constitution of 1824. As hostilities between Mexico City and newly-arrived Texian settlers escalated, many in east and . . . — — Map (db m282277) HM
Old Burnside
Point Isabel, later renamed for Union General Ambrose E. Burnside, grew up around the Cumberland River. Beginning in 1833 steamboats like the Rowena (top), were a common site on the river and one of the county's primary forms . . . — — Map (db m244576) HM
During the 19th century, travelers passing through Old
Greenville had an important decision to make. How would they get across the St. Francis River? There was no bridge crossing the river required use of either the ferry or the ford.
The . . . — — Map (db m197405) HM
Ceredo Early History
Founded in 1857 by Massachusetts congressman Eli Thayer, Ceredo was the Nation's only attempt to form an abolitionist community in the old South. As a pre-War industrial town Ceredo was beginning to thrive, but with . . . — — Map (db m291707) 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.
