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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HMI_hackers-creek-jane-lew_Jane-Lew-WV.html
Hacker's Creek At mouth of Jesse's Run was home of Jesse Hughes, Indian fighter and scout. About 1770, John Hacker settled here. Near by is scene of Cozad and other border massacres. Several Indian villages and burying grounds were here.
Jane L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HMH_first-m-p-church_Jane-Lew-WV.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HK2_gen-lightburn_Jane-Lew-WV.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17JW_weston-colored-school_Weston-WV.html
Built in 1882, the Weston Colored School was the fourth school erected with public funds for black children in West Virginia. It served the African-American community until desegregation in 1954. Later uses included a vocational agriculture classr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17JB_louis-bennett-library_Weston-WV.html
Home of Jonathan M. Bennett built 1875 and used as family home until 1922. Given by Mrs. Louis Bennett to county as public library to honor her husband and son. J.M. Bennett (1816 ~ 87) was active in state political and local business affairs in V…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13UW_trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum_Weston-WV.html
When the Civil War began in 1861, the one-story wing on the far left of the building in front of you was all that stood here at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. The foundation of the main building had been completed; it was used to stable horse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13UV_jacksons-mill_Weston-WV.html
Three generations of Jacksons operated mills here, beginning with Col. Edward Jackson before 1800. Jackson's Mill included saw and gristmills, carpenter shop, blacksmith forge, slave quarters, barns and other outbuildings, and a general store on 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CL_jacksons-mill_Weston-WV.html
Site of boyhood home of Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The first mill was built about 1808 by his grandfather, Col. Edward Jackson, who became a leader in border affairs. It is now the site of the W. Va. 4-H Camp for Boys and Girls.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMORH_fort-pickens-engagements-of-co-a_Ireland-WV.html
Fort Pickens 120 yds., northeast, Co. A 10th W. Va. Inf., built Fort Pickens for headquarters and defense. Company raised by Capt. Morgan A. Darnall; mustered into U. S. service March 13, 1862. In several battles down to Appomattox. Engagements of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7TR_weston-state-hospital_Weston-WV.html
The oldest State institution in West Virginia was authorized by an act of General Assembly of Virginia, March 22, 1858. The War Between the States delayed construction. It was not opened for patients until October 22, 1864.