Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wytheville, Virginia
Bland is the county seat for Bland County
Wytheville is in Bland County
Bland County(10) ► ADJACENT TO BLAND COUNTY Giles County(17) ► Pulaski County(39) ► Smyth County(62) ► Tazewell County(44) ► Wythe County(57) ► Mercer County, West Virginia(35) ►
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On Stoney Fork Road (U.S. 52) at Old Mountain Road (County Route 621), on the right when traveling south on Stoney Fork Road.
Wythe County. Area 479 Square Miles. Formed in 1789 from Montgomery, and named for George Wythe, signer of the Declaration of Independence. New River flows through this county.
Bland County. Area 360 Square . . . — — Map (db m44146) HM
On South Scenic Highway (U.S. 52) at Old Mountain Road (County Route 621), on the right when traveling south on South Scenic Highway.
On July 13, 1863, Union Col. John T. Toland led 872 officers and men of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Piatt, West Virginia, into Southwest Virginia to attack the railroads, telegraphs, and salt and lead mines . . . — — Map (db m44023) HM
On North 4th Street / Stony Fork Road (U.S. 52) at Exit 70 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling north on North 4th Street / Stony Fork Road.
On July 13, 1863, Union Colonel John T. Toland led 872 officers and men of
the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Piatt,
West Virginia, into Southwest Virginia to attack the railroads, telegraphs, and salt and lead mines . . . — — Map (db m44881) HM
On Black Lick Road (Virginia Route 680) 0.2 miles south of Stony Fork Road (U.S. 52), on the right when traveling south.
On July 13, 1863, Union Col. John T. Toland led 872 officers and men of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Piatt, West Virginia, into Southwest Virginia to attack the railroads, telegraphs and salt and lead mines essential . . . — — Map (db m67323) HM
On Stony Fork Road (U.S. 52) at Krenning Road (Virginia Route 717), on the right when traveling south on Stony Fork Road.
On July 13, 1863, Union Col. John T. Toland led 872 officers and men of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Piatt, West Virginia, into Southwest Virginia to attack the railroads, telegraphs, and salt and lead mines essential . . . — — Map (db m67326) HM
On Tazewell Street at East Pine Street, on the right when traveling north on Tazewell Street.
On July 13, 1863, Union Col. John T. Toland led 872 officers and men of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Piatt, West Virginia, into Southwest Virginia to attack the railroads, telegraphs, and salt and lead mines . . . — — Map (db m208785) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 11) just west of 1st Street, on the right when traveling west.
Near his site, and with the sponsorship of Wytheville
civic organizations, J. Hampton Rich, Director of the
Boone 'Fran Highway & Memorial Association,
erected the original monument in 1928. It was one of
many placed across the nation to . . . — — Map (db m44923) HM
On Crocketts Cove Road (County Route 600) at Cove Road (County Route 603), on the right when traveling east on Crocketts Cove Road.
Crockett’s Cove has been home to the Crockett
family for two centuries. It was named for
Lt. John Crockett, Sr. (1737–1799), son of Samuel
and Esther Thompson Crockett, a Revolutionary
War veteran buried in the family cemetery a
mile . . . — — Map (db m43553) HM
Near Crockett's Cove Road (Virginia Route 600) 2.5 miles east of Cove Road (Virginia Route 603), on the right when traveling east.
The oldest surviving Church building in Wythe County in constant use, having been listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1989 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
This historic building located in the heart of . . . — — Map (db m193308) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 11) near 1st Street, on the left when traveling west.
Edith Bolling Wilson was born here on 15 Oct.
1872, where she lived with her parents Judge
William H. and Sallie White Bolling and ten
siblings. Edith Bolling married Norman Galt in
1896 and after his death in 1908 she operated
his Washington, . . . — — Map (db m44916) HM
Near North 4th Street (U.S. 52) at Holston Road, on the right when traveling west.
St. John Lutheran Church
St. John Lutheran Church, formally organized in 1799, is an important Wythe County historical landmark located at the intersection of Interstate 81 and U.S. Routes 21/52. The congregation came into being as a result . . . — — Map (db m162927) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 11) west of Tazewell Street, on the right when traveling west.
A pioneer and soldier of the American Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Montgomery County and served in the companies of Captain Findlay and Captain James Kent.
The first court held for Wythe County in the town of Wytheville was at the home of . . . — — Map (db m228344) HM
On Krenning Road (Virginia Route 717) 1.5 miles west of Interstate 77, on the left when traveling west.
Can you see the old homestead of Buck and Ollie Astin in the clearing ahead? Even though the house and foundation are gone, there are still signs that reveal people’s presence in the forest.
Living Clues to the Past
Here you will find . . . — — Map (db m67329) HM
On West Monroe Street east of North 4th Street (U.S. 21), on the left when traveling east.
L represents the role the railroad played in the development of Wytheville. In 1847, as a result of the efforts of Thomas J. Boyd, the "Father of Wytheville", the rail line was extended from Lynchburg, Virginia to Wytheville, making it . . . — — Map (db m208892) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 11) at Withers Road, on the right when traveling north on East Main Street.
Robert Enoch Withers was born in Campbell County on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduation from the medical department at the University of Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicine in Campbell County and Danville until 1861. During the Civil War Withers . . . — — Map (db m208890) HM
On North 4th Street / Sony Fork Road (U.S. 52) at Exit 70 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling north on North 4th Street / Sony Fork Road.
German settlers formed a congregation here that was a center of Lutheranism in Virginia throughout the 19th century. The church built around 1800 was replaced by the present structure in 1854. The cemetery has distinctive stones dating from 1804 to . . . — — Map (db m44891) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 11) east of South 1st Street, on the right when traveling north.
St. John's Episcopal Church
Completed in 1857
Designated as a
Virginia Historical
Landmark
and listed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
2008 — — Map (db m208777) HM
Near North 4th Street (U.S. 52) at Holston Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Reverend George Daniel Flohr, founding father of St. John Lutheran Church, served as its pastor from 1799 10 1826. This house, erected on property purchased by Father Flohr in 1807, was located about one mile west of the church. In 1984, the log . . . — — Map (db m162925) HM
On West Monroe Street at Tazewell Street, on the left when traveling east on West Monroe Street.
The Haller-Gibboney Rock House
has been registered as a
Virginia Historic Landmark
pursuant to the authority vested in the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Act of 1966
This property has been placed on the
National Register . . . — — Map (db m208894) HM
On West Monroe Street east of North 4th Street (U.S. 21), on the left when traveling east.
On the night of August 15, 1926, a mob of rowdy Wythe County citizens forced their way into the Wythe County jail that stood on this site until 1928. Overpowering the county jailer, the mob breached the cell in which a black man, Raymond Arthur . . . — — Map (db m208773) HM
On Stony Fork Road / South Scenic Highway (U.S. 52) at Old Mountain Road (County Route 621), on the right when traveling south on Stony Fork Road / South Scenic Highway.
Col. John T. Toland of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry leading Federal cavalrymen, marched from Tazewell County, and raided Wytheville during the evening of 18 July 1863. Confederate troops under Maj. Thomas M. Bowyer and local . . . — — Map (db m68018) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 11) at Exit 73 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Walter Crockett was born in the 1730s. By 1760, he had joined the Augusta County militia. Rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel, he subsequently served in the militias of Botentourt, Fincastle, and then Montgomery Counties, beginning in 1769. He . . . — — Map (db m44893) HM
Near Crockett's Cove Road (Virginia Route 600) 2.5 miles east of Cove Road (Virginia Route 603), on the right when traveling east.
The two sides met at the Gap of Crockett's Cove about two miles southwest of here. When darkness fell General W.W. Averell and his Union Troops retreated leaving 114 dead and wounded. Seventeen of the wounded were left at this church where the local . . . — — Map (db m193305) HM
On Tazewell Street at East North Street, on the left when traveling west on Tazewell Street.
Meet Thomas J. Boyd
Thomas Jefferson Boyd, known as the "Father of Wytheville," was born on June 15, 1804, in Albemarle County. After graduating in the first class of the University of Virginia Law School, he moved to Wytheville to . . . — — Map (db m209000) HM
On Peppers Ferry Road (County Route 610) 2.1 miles east of Interstate 77.
The 340-acre Wythe County Poorhouse Farm was established in 1858 for the care of the elderly, disabled, and impoverished people of Wythe County. It was governed by the Wythe County Board of Supervisors and owned by the county until 1957 when the . . . — — Map (db m1820) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 11) just west of 1st Street, on the right when traveling west.
When Wythe County was formed, this place became the county seat under the name of Evansham. It was incorporated in 1839 as Wytheville. The old Wilderness Road to Cumberland Gap passed here. In July, 1863, Toland’s Raiders captured the town. In May, . . . — — Map (db m208766) HM
On East Franklin Street at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on East Franklin Street.
By 1867, the Freedmen's Bureau began educating African Americans recently freed from enslavement in Wytheville and soon a building was constructed for the students. In 1882, the Evansham School District and the Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal . . . — — Map (db m72072) HM