Historical Markers and War Memorials in Pound, Virginia
Wise is the county seat for Wise County
Pound is in Wise County
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On Clintwood Highway (Virginia Route 82) just west of Red Onion Road (County Route 853), on the right when traveling west.
Entering the town of Lieutenant Daniel Webster Dotson, born Sept 25, 1920; died May 2, 1953. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II. Virginia’s second-highest decorated soldier and Wise County’s most decorated soldier in the Korean War. — — Map (db m90777) HM WM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) at Potter Town Road (County Route 667), on the right when traveling south on Orby Cantrell Highway.
Entering the town of Lieutenant Daniel Webster Dotson, born Sept 25, 1920; died May 2, 1953. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II. Virginia’s second-highest decorated soldier and Wise County’s most decorated soldier in the Korean War. — — Map (db m90795) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) at Petes Lane, on the right when traveling south on Orby Cantrell Highway.
Entering the town of Lieutenant Daniel Webster Dotson, born Sept 25, 1920; died May 2, 1953. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II. Virginia’s second-highest decorated soldier and Wise County’s most decorated soldier in the Korean War. — — Map (db m90844) HM
On Main Street (Business U.S. 23), on the right when traveling east.
Capt. Jefferson Scott Dotson - USAF
Aug 06, 1944 – Aug 09, 1969
1st Lt. Daniel Lee Mullins - USA
Oct 21, 1943 – Aug 31, 1967
Scott and Danny, graduating classmates of 1962, were excellent students as well as outstanding athletes . . . — — Map (db m228664) HM WM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) at Indian Creek Road (Business U.S. 23), on the right when traveling north on Orby Cantrell Highway.
Francis Gary Powers (1929-1977) was raised here
in Pound and graduated from Grundy High School.
Powers enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 after
graduating from Milligan College in Tennessee. In
1956, the Central Intelligence Agency . . . — — Map (db m90846) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) 0.1 miles west of Apostolic Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Leonard Woods, a black coal miner from Jenkins, KY, was lynched near here on the night of 29-30 Nov. 1927. Officers had arrested Woods for allegedly killing Herschel Deaton, a white man from Coeburn, VA, and had taken him to the Whitesburg, KY jail. . . . — — Map (db m217840) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23), on the right when traveling south.
Pound Gap probably was named for nearby
grain pounding mill. Christopher Gist, returning
from the Ohio River where he surveyed land
for the Ohio Company, crossed the gap in 1751.
During the Civil War, Pound Gap gained
strategic importance as a . . . — — Map (db m90797) HM
On Main Street (Business U.S. 23) 0.1 miles west of Clintwood Highway (Virginia Route 83), on the left when traveling west.
High School Principals in The Pound
Christopher Gist High School
(Present-day Town Hall)
1924-1930 Luther Addington • 1930-1953 O.M. Morris
Pound High School
1953-1964 O.M. Morris • 1964-1972 Marvin B. Barker • 1972-1974 Danny C. . . . — — Map (db m228655) HM
On Clintwood Highway (Virginia Route 83) at Main Street (Business U.S. 23), on the left when traveling south on Clintwood Highway.
In Honor of Fallen Comrades
World War 1
Edward Stidham • Houston Meade • James S. Hamilton
WWII
Everette Balthis • Ira Short • Maynard Stallard • Bart Belcher Jr. • Clifford Bentley • Harold Bentley • Ralph Hubbard • Milton . . . — — Map (db m228666) WM
On Indian Creek Road (Business U.S. 23) just north of Bold Camp Road (County Route 633), on the right when traveling north.
Christopher Gist explored the area later known as
The Pound—likely derived from a family name—in 1751. The name became established following
the construction of a pounding mill after 1815.
According to tradition the oldest settlement . . . — — Map (db m90779) HM
On Mountain Cove Road (Virginia Route 631) at Sunnydale Farm Road on Mountain Cove Road.
Sunnydale Farm, just to the north, was the home
of Chant Branham Kelly (1894-1979), known as the
“Father of Pound.” Kelly grew up here, served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican Expedition
(1916-1917) and World War I, and returned in . . . — — Map (db m228647) HM
On Main Street (Business U.S. 23), on the right when traveling east.
WWI
Edward Stidham • Houston Meade • James S. Hamilton
WWII
Everette Balthis • Ira Short • Maynard Stallard • Bart Belcher Jr. • Clifford Bentley • Harold Bentley • Ralph Hubbard • Milton Ellison • Raymond Hopkins • Carl Baker • . . . — — Map (db m228660) WM
