This lot was purchased by Andrew Pitman (1760-1838) on August 17, 1782, upon his return from service in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in the Virginia Militia from 1777 to 1781, and was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. Upon his . . . — — Map (db m158598) HM
Just to the west was Camp Russell, constructed by Union forces in Nov. 1864. This complex, which included regimental encampments, hospitals, earthworks, and picket positions, extended about four miles along Opequon Creek and was named after Brig. . . . — — Map (db m220928) HM
Methodism came to the Stephens City area in the 1770s, and some of the new converts were African Americans, enslaved and free. At first they worshipped with whites in the Methodist Church on Main Street. In the 1827 brick building, they were seated . . . — — Map (db m273634) HM
Before the Civil War, about 1000 free Black people lived in Frederick County, and in the 1850s several bought property and built homes here, on the west side of Double Church Road. Jefferson Jenkins and his brother Enoch, George Fletcher, Clara . . . — — Map (db m273671) HM
Springdale, home of Colonel John Hite, son of Joist Hite, leader of the first settlers in this section, was built in 1753. Just to the South are ruins of Hite’s Fort, built about 1734. — — Map (db m2255) HM
On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy railroads at Lynchburg. His raid was part of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's . . . — — Map (db m158593) HM
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women whose service in times of war and of peace defines the character of our Great Republic.
Let us always be mindful of the sacrifices made to preserve our freedom and our liberties and to protect . . . — — Map (db m158589) WM
As the Federal army attempted to conquer and hold the Valley in 1864, its lines of supply and communication were extended and became susceptible to attack by bands of Confederate partisans. On May 24, 1864, under orders from Union Gen. David . . . — — Map (db m41658) HM
"The Old Graveyard" is composed of town lots number 76 & 77, each a half acre in area. On January 17, 1799 they were deeded by Lewis Stephens, Jr. to the following thirteen Trustees: David Wilson, William McLeod, William Elsea, Ebenezer, Potter, . . . — — Map (db m158591) HM
In honor of Myron "Bud" and Ethel B. Ritenour for their generous gifts of land to Fairview United Methodist Church in 1964, 1982 and 1990. — — Map (db m280639) HM
General David Hunter ordered the burning of this town on May 30, 1864; but Major Joseph Streans of the First New York Cavalry prevented it. — — Map (db m580) HM
Here, next to Locust Grove Cemetery, stood a school the entire community sponsored. It was a "Rosenwald School." To qualify for a Rosenwald grant, African Americans had to raise additional money, and in Stephens City they did. With public funding . . . — — Map (db m258535) HM
Peter and Maria Stephens, German immigrants, settled here with their children in 1732. They had come from Pennsylvania with a group led by Jost Hite to form the Opequon settlement, a set of dispersed homesteads in this region. Archaeology reveals . . . — — Map (db m158587) HM
