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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI8_mosbys-rangers_Sterling-VA.html
Captain John Singleton Mosby and 69 of his Confederate ranger troop were surprised at dawn while sleeping here in the Miskel farmhouse and hay barn by 150 Union cavalry. Though greatly outnumbered, Captain Mosby led his rangers on foot with revolv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI7_loudoun-county-emancipation-association-grounds_Purcellville-VA.html
The association was organized by African Americans in nearby Hamilton in 1890 to commemorate the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on 22 Sept. 1862 and "to cultivate good fellowship, to work for the betterme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI6_st-james-united-church-of-christ_Lovettsville-VA.html
Formerly St. James Evangelical and Reformed Church, this is the oldest active congregation of the German Reformed tradition in Virginia. Lovettsville, a German settlement, was founded by settlers of the Reformed faith in 1733. Early records indica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5_first-german-reformed-church-site-and-cemetery_Lovettsville-VA.html
This is the church site and cemetery of the oldest continuous German Reformed congregation in Virginia. Founded before 1748 by Elder William Wenner, the congregation met in members' houses until the first log meetinghouse was constructed sometime …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI4_taylorstown_Lovettsville-VA.html
Taylorstown, one of Loudoun County's earliest settlements, stands near the Catoctin Creek, a Virginia Scenic River, at the junction of Loyalty and Taylorstown Roads. Among the oldest structures in the village are Hunting Hill (ca. 1737), Foxton Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHQ_mother-of-the-wright-brothers_Purcellville-VA.html
Six miles north, at Hillsboro, was born in 1831 Susan Koerner, mother of Wilbur and Orville Wright, inventors of the airplane.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDK_potomac-crossings_Leesburg-VA.html
Here Lee turned east to the Potomac, crossing at White's Ford, September 6, 1862, in his invasion of Maryland. Jubal A. Early, returning from his Washington raid, crossed the river at White's Ford, July 14, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDJ_gettysburg-campaign_Sterling-VA.html
J.E.B. Stuart, operating on Lee's right, passed here on his way to the fords of the Potomac north of Dranesville June 27, 1863. Crossing the river, he became seperated from Lee's army and did not rejoin it until July 2 at Gettysburg.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCW_in-memory-of-richard-owings_Leesburg-VA.html
First native born Methodist local preacher, born November 13, 1738, Baltimore County, Maryland. Died October 7, 1786, Leesburg, Virginia and was buried on this spot.
He was converted under the ministry of Robert Strawbridge and Received on Tri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCV_ealry-methodism-in-leesburg_Leesburg-VA.html
Early Methodism in Leesburg. On this site, deeded in 1766, stood the old Methodist meeting house completed about 1770. Here in 1778 was held the sixth conference of American Methodism and the first in Virginia. In this cemetery in 1786 was buried …