The "Battle of Laurel Hill,” a series of lively skirmishes between Union & Confederate Troops, took place here on July 7 - 11, 1861. Armies struggled for control of the strategic Beverly & Fairmont Turnpike leading to Confederates . . . — — Map (db m165056) HM
Within this fenced burial ground lie Confederate soldiers who died at Laurel Hill. Their number is unknown. Inscribed headboards once marked the graves. During the Civil War, disease killed more men than bullets. One soldier reported 14 graves in . . . — — Map (db m34441) HM
300 yards west is one of the oldest Episcopal churches in West Virginia. Built in 1740 by Morgan Morgan. Five Revolutionary soldiers buried in church yard. Used as a barracks during war between the states. — — Map (db m134064) HM
Born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, September 4, 1849
Died December 15, 1920
Fourth President of Bethany College
For thirty-nine years Chief Executive of the
Foreign Christian Missionary Society
Every missionary sent to . . . — — Map (db m20836) HM
Here are buried the Campbell family; the first missionaries, other prominent leaders in the Disciples Movement, presidents and distinguished teachers of Bethany College. The seven foot hand hewed stonewall is a unique feature of Cemetery. — — Map (db m20963) HM
Born in County Down, Ireland, Feb. 1, 1763, and died at the residence of his son Alexander, Jan. 4, 1851, aged 91 years, 11 mthns, five days. Many years a minister of the Secession Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Scotland. In the United States . . . — — Map (db m20835) HM
The grave of Patrick M. Gass, a sergeant on the Lewis and Clark Expedition and a soldier of the War of 1812 is located in this cemetery. His wife Maria is buried beside him. — — Map (db m54977) HM
In lasting remembrance of the members of the Marshall University Football Team, the coaches, staff, and devoted fans who died in the plane crash November 14, 1970.
They shall live on in the hearts of their families and friends forever and this . . . — — Map (db m73731) HM
War Between the States Generals Two of seven War Between the States generals buried in W. Va. interred here: Albert Gallatin Jenkins, C.S.A., in Confederate plot; John Hunt Oley, Union, and over 200 soldiers. Confederate Monument dedicated in . . . — — Map (db m73730) HM
Solomon Osborne was born circa 1814 on a Cherokee reservation in North Carolina. Served as guard on the Trail of Tears, and fell in love with Seaberry (Martha Arms), daughter of Chief Running Bear (Robert Arms). They escaped and were married in . . . — — Map (db m137986) HM
Site of Greenbrier Seventh Day Baptist Church, organized Aug. 1870 by members of New Salem church, est. 1792 in Salem. Met in log building; new church dedicated, 1880; razed, 1975. Rev. Peter Davis (1783-1885), original settler & Rev. Jacob Davis . . . — — Map (db m142418) HM
In Westlake Cemetery is the grave of the mother of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The monument at the grave was placed by Captain Thomas Ranson, who had fought in Jackson's old brigade in the War between the States. — — Map (db m34376) HM
Masonic group owned property in 1854. Baptists worshipped here prior to Civil War, but building destroyed during the conflict. Contains 29 marked graves, including town's early settlers and soldiers of the Civil War. A number of graves are marked . . . — — Map (db m76708) HM
This post oak was an original corner to the four cemetery lots and the property that originally belonged to Robert Linn. Much of the restoration work has been done by Mr. Hunter Armentrout. — — Map (db m190036) HM
Scattered here around us are the tombstones of past Gilmer County residents that have all shared in their experiences with their participation among the community. The history here ranges from the eldest head stone date of December 18, 1794, (birth . . . — — Map (db m190035) HM
Stalnaker Plantation. Major William Stalnaker moved here
with his family from Randolph County
in 1817 to claim a land grant for
services rendered in the War of 1812.
Tobacco was among the crops grown
on the plantation. A post office . . . — — Map (db m174395) HM
The brick church formerly on this site was named Mount Zion Presbyterian Church. The congregation stopped meeting here after Federal forces occupied Petersburg in May 1862, took over the church building, and began using it as a commissary. The . . . — — Map (db m58681) HM
Buried on hill above eighty-nine unknown Confederate soldiers
from Georgia who perished in camp here during winter
1862 1863 — — Map (db m160845) HM WM
Confederate dead were laid out in the Old Stone Church & then buried in the churchyard without ceremony. After the war their remains were moved to the present Confederate Cemetery. — — Map (db m75375) HM
Remains of 95 unknown Confederate soldiers who fought in the Battle of Lewisburg on 23 May 1862 lie in this cross shaped common grave. It has an upright 80 feet long and cross arms of 40 feet. After the Civil War the unclaimed dead were removed from . . . — — Map (db m21740) HM
Side A On the hill, 400 yards west, in a common grave shaped like a cross, lie unclaimed bodies of ninety-five Confederate soldiers, casualties of the area, including those of the Battle of Droop Mountain and the Battle of Lewisburg. . . . — — Map (db m21748) HM
Enslaved African, noted for bravery in defense of Fort Donnally during Shawnee attack May 29, 1778. He was granted his freedom by James Rodgers in 1801. Land granted to other defenders; his 1795 pension petition, supported locally, denied. . . . — — Map (db m21737) HM
The remains of 95 unknown Confederate soldiers from the Battle of Lewisburg, fought May 23, 1862, lie in this cross-shaped common grave. It has a vertical length 80 feet long and a cross arm of 40 feet long, with an overall width of 10 feet. . . . — — Map (db m21742) HM
Pontiac's WarMassacre of white families of Muddy Creek and of the Clendenins near here by a band of Shawnee Indians led by Chief Cornstalk, in 1763, completed the destruction of the early settlements in the Greenbrier Valley.
Welsh . . . — — Map (db m50395) HM
For sixty two years, the Beloved Pastor of Lewisburg Church. A faithful servant of God and a Pioneer of Presbyterianism in a vast part of Virginia. — — Map (db m75364) HM
Interred in nearby cemetery is Zona Heaster Shue. Her death in 1897 was presumed natural until her spirit appeared to her mother to describe how she was killed by her husband Edward. Autopsy on the exhumed body verified the apparition's account. . . . — — Map (db m50356) HM
The Indian Mound Cemetery, which is 7 feet high and about 15 feet in diameter, is one of the largest remaining mounds in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. This mound has never been excavated but similar mounds of area dug by Smithsonian . . . — — Map (db m155358) HM
This cemetery is centered around what is known as the Romney Indian Mound. Indian Mound Cemetery is also the site of the First Confederate Memorial, Parsons Bell Tower, and re-interments from Romney's Old Presbyterian Cemetery. The cemetery is . . . — — Map (db m150650) HM
Mt. Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery, since the 1800's, has been land for cemetery burial for black slaves, men who served in the Armed Forces, a governess who served for 25 years for the late Governor John Cornwell, two brothers who were barbers, . . . — — Map (db m150661) HM
While a student at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, Wood formed a society that he named Phi Kappa Chi. He authorized its ritual; created a seal; enlisted family friend, William Nelson Scott, and organized the group in the South Dorm room . . . — — Map (db m49514) HM
During the Civil War, Moorefield could be seen in front of you from this then-treeless hill. Beyond the town is the confluence of two watercourses that form the South Branch River. The Harness family cemetery was located at the northern end of . . . — — Map (db m155452) HM
Soldiers of both north and south buried here, battles took place on the cemetery and adjoining hill Jan. 3, 1863. Col. James Washburn (USA) attacked by Gen. William E. Jones (CSA). Union won. Sept. 11, 1863 Capt. . . . — — Map (db m153032) HM
During the Civil War, most of Wardensville's two hundred residents supported the Confederacy. Southern guerrilla found friends here. On May 7, 1862, Union Col. Stephen W. Downey arrived with a mixed force of infantry and cavalry, searching for . . . — — Map (db m238236) HM
Original site of the Simpson Creek Baptist Church (organized in 1770). Buried here are James "Peg" Clemens, Pony Express rider and cousin of Mark Twain; Joseph Johnson, the only man west of the Alleghenies to serve as governor of Virginia, and . . . — — Map (db m181303) HM
Born along Devils Crk. in the Millstone Valley of New Jersey. Married
Prudence Izzard of Phil. in 1772. Came to Harrison Co. Va. in 1773 with wife
father, Obadiah, uncles John, Andrew, Amaziah and families. His survey
listed 400 acres in 1773 . . . — — Map (db m184966) HM
Site of Hopewell Baptist Church and burial place of Daniel Davisson. Major in Revolution. Commander of Nutter Fort and High Sheriff of Harrison County, he donated land for county buildings and this cemetery in the year of 1790. — — Map (db m184812) HM
Directly to the east are two earthen, domed burial mounds. The larger mound is some sixty feet in diameter and twelve feet high. Excavations in 1969 revealed flint tools, pottery sherds and skeletal remains of two individuals. Site dates to about . . . — — Map (db m174582) HM
In this cemetery lie buried members of the Stonewall Jackson family: his father Jonathan, a sister Elizabeth, his great grandparents John Jackson and wife Elizabeth Cummings. Buried here also are Mrs. Mary Payne Jackson and Mrs. Mary Coles Payne, . . . — — Map (db m175548) HM
In memory of
Jacob Bigler
Born 1752 - Died 1829
and
Elisha Griffith
Born 1751 - Died
American Soldiers
in the Revolutionary War
— — Map (db m177565) WM
In the I.O.O.F. Cemetery on the east side of the West Fork River at Enterprise are graves of Jacob Bigler (1752 - 1829) and Elisha Griffith (1751 - 1843), veterans of Revolutionary War who later settled in Harrison County. The graves are marked by a . . . — — Map (db m177757) HM
Ravenswood. These lands were surveyed, 1771, for George Washington by Colonel William Crawford, who later was taken captive by the Indians and burned at the stake. Washington camped here in 1770. Here is grave of Jesse Hughes, noted scout. . . . — — Map (db m39625) HM
United States Marine
Killed 18 October 1859
During the capture of John Brown
Flagpole and gravesite rededicated by
Marine Corps League Detachment 1143
13 0ctober 2012 — — Map (db m104281) HM WM
On December 16, 1836, Andrew Hunter and his wife Elizabeth sold this lot to the Trustees of the City of Charles Town and their successors in office forever, for the sum of fifty dollars. This lot was intended for and always be used as a potters . . . — — Map (db m157734) HM
To the Glory of Patriotism
In memory of
Abraham Davenport
and his wife
Mary Simms.
Their seven sons were
soldiers of the
American Revolution
———————
Stephen, Abraham, John,
Marmaduke, . . . — — Map (db m103512) WM
Edge Hill Cemetery contains the graves of Fontaine Beckham and John Avis, two participants in the saga of John Browns Raid in October 1859. Beckham was the mayor of Harpers Ferry then and one of four civilian casualties. Ironically, though John . . . — — Map (db m41672) HM
Grave of Robert Rutherford, member of committee which in 1775 replied to orders of Lord Dunmore for Virginians to join British army or be held as rebels. This defiance was a gauntlet hurled at Dunmore's feet. (1½ Mi. N. E.) — — Map (db m12624) HM
Grave of Robert Rutherford, member of committee which in 1775 replied to orders of Lord Dunmore for Virginians to join British army or be held as rebels. This defiance was a gauntlet hurled at Dunmore's feet. (1½ Mi. NE) — — Map (db m12630) HM
There sleeps beneath
all that was mortal of
GEORGE W. TURNER
Born at
Wheatland in the County of Jefferson
Jany. 11th 1814.
Graduated at West Point 1831,
and fell nobly maintaining the
rights of his State at
Harpers . . . — — Map (db m103553) HM
Now called Mordington, home of Colonel Charles Washington, founder of Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia). His brother General George Washington often visited him here. Colonel Washington died in September 1799. He and his wife Mildred are . . . — — Map (db m12070) HM
Erected in 1771. The home of Colonel Samuel Washington, County Lieutenant. His brother General George Washington visited here and General Lafayette and Luis Phillipe of France were entertained here. In this house James Madison and Dolly Payne Todd . . . — — Map (db m1914) HM
Lock Graveyard relocated by
W.V.D.O.H. from the Flynn Farm
on the north side of Harper's
Ferry Pike, east of Charles
Town, W.V.
February 27, 1989 — — Map (db m103493) HM
Major James Gibson
Son of Andrew Gibson and Sarah Hopkins,
was born August 10, 1776, at
Lancaster, Penna. Came to
Winchester, Virginia with
his parents in 1779.
Commissioned by
Governor Cabell in 1807
Captain of Hampshire . . . — — Map (db m103494) HM WM
Serg't Littleton Tazewell Cordell
Mar. 22. 1882 - Oct. 23. 1918.
110th. Bat. Mach. Gun Co.
29th. Div. Blue & Gray.
Killed in Action at Battle
of Etraye Ridge,
Argonne Forest. France.
"In life loved,
in death remembered"
By . . . — — Map (db m103573) WM
Erected
to the memory of the
Confederate Dead
April 26, 1871
by the
Lee Memorial Association
of Jefferson County
———————
There's grandeur in graves, there's glory in gloom
For out of . . . — — Map (db m103464) WM
The present church, the fourth on this site, was completed in 1851. Federal troops occupied it during the Civil War and severely damaged it. The churchyard contains the graves of many Washington family descents. They are buried near the eastern . . . — — Map (db m41675) HM
Passing through this region in 1747, Robert Harper — a Pennsylvania architect contracted to build a Quaker church in the Shenandoah Valley — was so impressed by the beauty of this place and the water-power potential of the Potomac and . . . — — Map (db m10203) HM
Revolutionary War Soldier
William Broadus
Born 1755
Died October 5, 1830
Lieutenant in the First Virginia Regiment
Commanded by Colonel George Gibson
Marker placed by
General Adam Stephen Chapter, NSSAR
and
Virginia Society, NSSAR . . . — — Map (db m103454) HM WM
Middleway, founded in the late 1700s, flourished as a trading center for most of the 1800s. About 1820 the Lutherans and German Reformed congregations joined together to build this church. Some years elapsed before the building was erected and . . . — — Map (db m157726) HM
Side A Confederate Soldiers in Elmwood Cemetery Over 114 Confederate soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) September 17, 1862, or later died of wounds in Shepherdstown, were buried here. They were from the . . . — — Map (db m154058) HM
It is believed this unique brick structure was built shortly after Elmwood Cemetery was established in 1867. Newspaper accounts from 1892 verify that the vault was used for temporary storage of bodies awaiting interment.
In 1999, Richard H. . . . — — Map (db m107679) HM
Within these walls lie the following Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots
Michael Entler John Adam Link, Jr. Philip Entler, Sr. Andrew Ronemous Philip Entler, Jr. Lewis Ronemous< Daniel Foulks Philip Sheetz — — Map (db m103674) WM
This Old English/Episcopal Cemetery contains the graves of these Revolutionary War soldiers: Maj. Henry Bedinger, Anthony Kerney, Lt. Daniel Bedinger, James Kerney Sr., William Morgan Jr., William Lemen, Caleb Levick, Robert Tabb, and the . . . — — Map (db m157759) HM
Within these walls lie the following Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots:
Henry Cookus John Hoffman Michael Cookus Nicholas Schell John Haines Peter Seever Jacob Haynes Peter Staley Lawrence Hensel John Martin Walforth . . . — — Map (db m103672) WM
In September 1862 following the Civil War Battles at South Mountain and Sharpsburg, wounded soldiers began pouring into Shepherdstown. Mary Bedinger Mitchell, 12 years old at the time, was living just outside of town at Poplar Grove, and . . . — — Map (db m193649) HM
Grave of Joseph Ruffner, who bought the site of Charleston from the Clendenins. His son, Daniel, built Holly Mansion on Kanawha Street in 1815. The Ruffners aided oil and gas development by improved drills used in salt wells. — — Map (db m23014) HM
Indian Mounds
Here in the Shawnee Reservation is found an Indian mound which was probably excavated in 1884 by the Smithsonian Institution. The results of the archaeologists' work suggest that the mound was built between A.D. 1 and 500 . . . — — Map (db m81414) HM
In cemetery nearby is grave of Dr. Henry Ruffner, eminent theologian and writer, called father of Presbyterianism in the Kanawha region. After his ministry, he became head of Washington College, Lexington, Va. Wrote Ruffner Pamphlet. — — Map (db m76879) HM
In 1883 the Smithsonian Institution excavated this South Charleston Creel (Criel) Mound, finding remains of an elaborate burial tomb, 13 skeletons, and many artifacts dating to ≈ 500-100 B.C.
The top of the mound had already been . . . — — Map (db m178769) HM
In 1883 the Smithsonian Institution excavated the South Charleston or Criel Mound. Thirteen skeletons were found, most of them in a large log tomb at the base of the mound, along with a few grave offerings. The mound was built by the Adena Culture, . . . — — Map (db m45246) HM
Sometime between 500 B.C. and A.D. 150, an ancient culture built an extensive complex of burial mounds and earthworks throughout the Kanawha River Valley.
Dubbed "Ancient Kanawha City" by Smithsonian archaeologist Cyrus Thomas, . . . — — Map (db m178764) HM
This land, which was owned by George Washington, purchased by Morris Hudson, who in 1819 built a small church on knoll that adjoined this property. As was custom of the times, acres set aside as a cemetery for members of Bangor Parish. The church . . . — — Map (db m171631) HM
Two miles east stands the Old Harmony Church, built in 1819. In this church in 1829, John Mitchell and David Smith organized the first Methodist Protestant Church. Mitchell was its first pastor. Near the churchyard is his grave. — — Map (db m78396) HM
The Broad Run Baptist Church was organized in 1804. (2 Mi.W.) In its cemetery are buried many early settlers. Here is grave of Gen. Jos. A. Lightburn of the Union Army. After the War between the States, he became a Baptist minister. — — Map (db m78394) HM
In 1820, only two years after the founding of Weston as the governmental seat of Lewis County, the town's first true cemetery, a one-acre plot, was established on the hillside above the south end of Center Avenue, 15 South Center Ave.
In . . . — — Map (db m197777) HM
In addition to Alexander Scott Withers, prominent Watsonian's interred here are Daniel Stringer, a co-founder of Weston, owner of the first grist mill in the town, and twice elected to Congress; Weeden Hoffman, one of Weston's first merchants, . . . — — Map (db m197757) HM
In the old Arnold Cemetery on the hill are the graves of Alexander Scott Withers, born 10-12-1792, died 1-23-1865 and his wife, Melinda F., born 6-1-1793, died 9-15-1854. He was the author of Chronicles of Border Warfare. — — Map (db m197513) HM
At least two generations of the nineteenth century
Brumfield family are reported to be buried here, including
Paris Brumfield (1838-1891), Ann Toney Brumfield (1838-1894),
and John Brumfield (1870-1900). Paris and John Brumfield
were main . . . — — Map (db m160781) HM
Capt. Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, 1839-1921, is buried here. He was the leader of his clan in the bitter family feud with the McCoys. A life-sized statue, modeled from photographs and imported from Italy, marks his grave. — — Map (db m49912) HM
In memory of
Revolutionary War soldier and patriot
Colonel Zackquill Morgan
Born c. 1735 in Orange Co., VA
Died January 1, 1795 in Monongalia, VA — — Map (db m202524) HM WM
Here lies buried
Colonel Zackeill Morgan
One of the earliest settlers of the old Monongalia County
Soldier of the Revolution
Founder of
Morgantown, (VA.) West Virginia, (1785)
Born (C) 1735 in Frederick County Virginia . . . — — Map (db m173501) HM
Near this point, in a mass grave, lie the remains of 39 Confederate soldiers from the 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th Virginia cavalry units—part of the force led by Gen. W.E. Jones. Attacked Fairmont April 29, 1863, after raids at Kingwood and . . . — — Map (db m156170) HM
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