Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wayne, West Virginia
Wayne is the county seat for Wayne County
Wayne is in Wayne County
Wayne County(31) ► ADJACENT TO WAYNE COUNTY Cabell County(52) ► Lincoln County(9) ► Mingo County(22) ► Boyd County, Kentucky(28) ► Lawrence County, Kentucky(12) ► Martin County, Kentucky(7) ► Lawrence County, Ohio(21) ►
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Amanda Smith was born in 1829 in eastern Virginia before moving to Wayne County as a young girl. She married prominent lawyer, Joseph Jefferson Mansfield, in 1850, and the couple started a family in the village of Trout's Hill (now Wayne). Joseph . . . — — Map (db m204485) HM
As part of his research of the Appalachian dialect for the film
Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman arrived at Tri-State Airport
in September of 1966. Newman's friend Sargent Shriver, who
had worked with his brother-in-law John F. Kennedy's campaign
in . . . — — Map (db m204065) HM
Hendricks Street was one of
the first streets laid out in
Wayne when the town was first
established in 1842 and may
have been first called
"Main Street.” In the election
of 1884, the people of Wayne
supported President Grover
Cleveland and . . . — — Map (db m204062) 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 . . . — — Map (db m178264) HM
Samuel Ferguson (1744-1825) and wife Mary Jameson (1746-1827) are buried nearby. Served in Montgomery County, Virginia, militia at battles of Alamance and King’s Mountain. An early sttler on Bluestone Creek, he gave land for Tazewell courthouse in . . . — — Map (db m178258) HM
The Grist Mill at Wayne was originally built in 1828 by Abraham Trout who
owned a large farm at the location. A natural waterfall powered the mill until
Trout built a dam to provide more water power. In 1842, Wayne County was
established, and the . . . — — Map (db m178260) HM
First called Trout’s Hill for
Abraham Trout, who established
a mill here in 1828, which ran
for a century. Large areas of
this county were included in
the land granted to John
Savage and other veterans of
the French and Indian War. — — Map (db m178265) HM
First called Trout’s Hill for
Abraham Trout, who established
a mill here in 1828, which ran for a
century. Large areas of this county
were included in the land granted
to John Savage and other veterans
of the French and Indian War. — — Map (db m178269) HM
The current Wayne County Courthouse is the fifth building to serve that function.
The first log courthouse was built on the present courthouse site in 1842. It was
replaced by a brick building in the 1850s which lasted until it dilapidated in . . . — — Map (db m204060) HM
Wayne County High School opened on September 11, 1922 in a two-story
frame house where the Community Center sits. The brick school building
shown here was completed in 1925. In the 1940s. concrete bleachers
were built overlooking the football . . . — — Map (db m204071) HM
This memorial is dedicated
to honor all veteran's
of
Wayne County
WW I
KIA-MIA
John Bartram •
Henry Bellomy •
Enoch Blankenship •
Oscar Elkins •
Lee Hooser •
Ottus Jackson •
Walter Perry •
Charle A. Stone •
Allen . . . — — Map (db m204077) WM
The Town of Wayne was home to two Confederate colonels in the Civil War —
Colonel James Corns of the 8th VA Cavalry and Colonel Milton J. Ferguson of the 16th
VA Cavalry. Both are shown above.
In August of 1861, a four day skirmish . . . — — Map (db m178266) HM
Erected in honor of the men of Wayne County who served the nation during the World War, 1917–1919.
Harry Adkins • Linza Adkins •William T Asbury • John B Bartram • Henry Bellomy •Enoch Blankenship • Van Bradshaw • William Crum, Jr. • William H . . . — — Map (db m178268) WM
