George Sumner Huntington was born on April 9, 1850, in East Hampton, Long Island, New York. His father and grandfather had both been medical practitioners, and George followed them into the medical profession, graduating from Columbia University . . . — — Map (db m307476) HM
James Edwin Campbell was born on September 28, 1867, in the Kerr's Run area of Pomeroy to James and Letha Campbell. He graduated from Pomeroy High School with the class of 1884. After graduation, Campbell taught in various parts of Meigs County. . . . — — Map (db m28478) HM
Educated children from first to eighth grade, including James Edwin Campbell and James McHenry Jones, first and third presidents of what is now West Virginia State University. These children, through incredible odds, became some of the first . . . — — Map (db m178588) HM
In memory of the
Soldiers of Meigs County
1861 - 1866
Their country asked their lives,
Their lives they gave
[Honor Roll of County Veterans] — — Map (db m28964) HM
General John Hunt Morgan led a force of
2,000 Confederate cavalrymen into Meigs
County on July 18, 1863, during a forty-six day
raid north of the Ohio River. After a skirmish
with the 23rd Ohio Infantry, the Confederates
paused to drink and . . . — — Map (db m108185) HM
General John Hunt Morgan led a force of 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen
into Meigs County during a raid north of the Ohio River. More
than 500,000 Union troops and militia pursued Morgan across
Ohio. Colonel Basil Duke wrote that while passing near . . . — — Map (db m122850) HM
Side A: Morgan's Raid Route
Pursuers converge at Pomeroy
As Morgan's Raiders rode eastward across southern Ohio during the third week of July 1863, the scattered defensive forces pursuing him consolidated and drew closer. Four regiments . . . — — Map (db m28480) HM
After riding through a gauntlet of Union troops in Salisbury Township, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders desperately needed time to reorganize and rest. The fight had taken a toll on their physical reserves and cost . . . — — Map (db m108189) HM
Upon approaching the road to Pomeroy just before noon on July 18, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders faced a major challenge. Colonel Adam Johnson's detachment, which had been sent south to investigate a river . . . — — Map (db m108278) HM
The Three Sycamore Trees
were planted on the Ohio River bank by George Nye shortly after the close of WWI, as a memorial for the first three soldiers from Meigs County killed in WWI.
Pvt McKinley (Kinney) Thompson of . . . — — Map (db m178591) HM WM
Civil War
Pvt William R. Barringer Mississippi 1863
Pvt Samuel O. McElhinny Virginia 1865
Cpl Platt Pearsall Mississippi 1863
Chief Bugler Charles Schorn Virginia 1865
Pvt Joseph Van Matre Virginia 1865
Q.M. Sgt. Nelson W. Ward . . . — — Map (db m307471) WM
He built in Pomeroy in 1836, the world's first towboat, the Condor. Member the 34th, 35th, and 37th Congresses of the U.S. Member of President Lincoln's peace conference in 1860 [sic - 1861]. President of the board that established the Ohio . . . — — Map (db m28481) HM
Since it was formed in 1819, Meigs County was fostered by its location on 57 miles of the Ohio River, named by the Indians"Oyo," meaning beautiful river. Pomeroy, the county seat, was named for Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy, an early landholder. His . . . — — Map (db m28500) HM
