Historical Markers and War Memorials in Gate City, Virginia
Gate City is the county seat for Scott County
Gate City is in Scott County
Scott County(36) ► ADJACENT TO SCOTT COUNTY Lee County(47) ► Russell County(14) ► Washington County(109) ► Wise County(32) ► Hancock County, Tennessee(2) ► Hawkins County, Tennessee(34) ► Sullivan County, Tennessee(116) ►
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In March, 1775, Daniel Boone made a road through this gap to Boonesboro, Kentucky. It followed the original Indian path and was known as the Wilderness Road. For a long time it was the main route to Kentucky from the east. — — Map (db m35965) HM
Blackmore's Fort stood to the northeast on
the Clinch River near the mouth of Stony
Creek. John Blackmore and others likely
constructed the fort by 1774. It served as a
defensive fortification for settlers of European
descent on the frontier. . . . — — Map (db m89868) HM
The Carter Family of Scott County, the "First Family of Country Music", consisted of Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Carter (1891-1960), who sang and composed; Sara E. Doughtery Carter (1898-1979), who sang lead and played the guitar and autoharp; and . . . — — Map (db m7126) HM
Daniel Boone Trail, from North Carolina through Virginia to Kentucky, marked by the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution — — Map (db m135669) HM
John Donelson's Line, surveyed after the treaty of Lochaber with the Indians, 1770, crossed the road here. This line separated Indian territory from land open to settlement. Violations of the line by settlers contributed to Dunmore's War, 1774. — — Map (db m35947) HM
Cherokee Indians lived in this area before European settlement. In the Treaty of Lochaber (1770), the Cherokee agreed to shift westward the boundary between their land and territory open to settlers. This new line was to run from the vicinity of . . . — — Map (db m135668) HM
About two miles east of Moccasin Gap,
Elisha
Faris (Ferris) in 1787 obtained 116 acres on
both sides of the Moccasin Creek. He and his
family settled in the area about 1782 and
their home became a stop on the Wilderness
Road. On 26 Aug. 1791, . . . — — Map (db m90926) HM
The monument in the field to the west marks the site of Benjamin T. Hollins's home, in which was held the first court of this county, February 14, 1815. — — Map (db m35966) HM
Scott County, named for Gen. Winfield Scott, was formed in 1814 from portions of Lee, Russell, and Washington Counties. The first court met on 14 Feb. 1815 at the house of Benjamin T. Hollins, about half a mile southeast of here. Hollins's house . . . — — Map (db m135659) HM
The town was laid off in 1815 as the county seat of Scott County. The original name of Winfield, for General Winfield Scott, was changed to Estillville for Judge Benjamin Estill. In 1886, the name was changed to Gate City because of its situation in . . . — — Map (db m90930) HM
John P. McConnell, educator, was born about eight miles north of here. He served as acting president of Milligan College in Tennessee and later taught history and economics at Emory and Henry College. An advocate of higher education for women, . . . — — Map (db m135599) HM
Eight and one-half miles northwest was born John Preston McConnell, noted educator. He taught in Milligan College, the University of Virginia and Emory and Henry College. He was president of the Radford State Teachers College, 1913-1937. Dr. . . . — — Map (db m35967) HM
Moccasin Gap in Clinch Mountain links the valleys of the Holston and Clinch Rivers. Through here passed the main trail between Cherokee territory to the south and Shawnee lands in present-day Ohio. Hunters and explorers of European descent were . . . — — Map (db m135598) HM
Prospect School, for six decades Scott County's
only public school for African Americans, moved
into a new building 1.5 miles northwest of here
ca. 1919. Contributions for the two-room school
came from the black community ($1,200), the
county . . . — — Map (db m228718) HM
Dedicated to the Confederate Soldiers of Scott County by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Let not ignorance of fact or time overshadow their acts of patriotism, bravery, and courage for Virginia and the Confederacy.
C.S.A. ”Deo . . . — — Map (db m135670) WM
