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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTSH_martins-station_Rose-Hill-VA.html
In March 1769 Joseph Martin led a party of men to the Powell Valley, and attempted to establish a settlement nearby. By that fall they abandoned the site after conflicting with Native Americans. Martin returned here with a party of men in early 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTRU_indian-mound_Rose-Hill-VA.html
A short distance north is the Ely Mound, thebest-preserved Indian mound in Virginia. Itdates to the Late Woodland-MississippianPeriod (AD 1200-1650), during which morecomplex societies and practices evolved,including chiefdoms and religious ceremo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTRO_white-rocks_Ewing-VA.html
The cliffs to the north were a familiar landmark along the Wilderness Road which was blazed by Daniel Boone in March, 1775, and which was the principal route from Virginia to Kentucky. They are part of the Cumberland Mountains.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTPB_john-ball_Ewing-VA.html
Pioneer settler of Lee County, Revolutionary soldier, juror, and surveyor. Helped select road from Martins Station to Cumberland Gap. Buried south of here at mouth of the cave. His wife was "Polly" Yearly. His great-grandson, P. M. Ball (1837-1927…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO2V_jonesville_Jonesville-VA.html
This town was established in 1794 as the county seat of Lee County and was named for Frederick Jones. Here on January 3, 1864, General William E. Jones, assisted by Colonel A.L. Pridemore, defeated a Union force, capturing the battalion. Union tro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO2T_doctor-stills-birthplace_Jonesville-VA.html
Andrew Taylor Still, physician and founder of osteopathy, was born two miles southwest, near the Natural Bridge of Lee County, August 6, 1828. Dr. Still served in the War Between the States. He established the first American school of osteopathy i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO2S_jonesville-methodist-camp-ground_Jonesville-VA.html
This camp ground was established in 1810 as a place for religious services for the Methodists of Lee County on lands given by Elkanah Wynn. In June, 1827, Rev. Abraham Still, Daniel Dickenson, George Morris, Evans Peery, Henry Thompson, Elkanah Wy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1P_fanny-dickenson-scott-johnson_Duffield-VA.html
In this valley in June 1785, Fanny Dickenson Scott's husband, Archibald Scott, their four children and a young male member of the nearby Ball family were killed by members of four different Indian tribes. The rest of the Ball family escaped, but F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1O_death-of-boones-son_Duffield-VA.html
In this valley, on 10 Oct. 1773, Delaware, Shawnee, and Cherokee Indians killed Daniel Boone's eldest son, James, and five others in their group of eight settlers en route to Kentucky. Separated from Daniel Boone's main party, the men had set up c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWY_cumberland-gap_Ewing-VA.html
This pass was long the gateway to the west. On April 13, 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker reached the gap, which he named for the Duke of Cumberland, son of George II. A few years later Daniel Boone and numberless pioneers passed through it on the way to K…
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