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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGAS_beverly_Beverly-WV.html
Situated at a crossroads on the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, Beverly was a strategic location and proved to be a focal point during the Civil War. There were no large plantations here and political opinions were split, yet the majority of Beverl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGAK_the-first-campaign_Beverly-WV.html
West Virginia, born of a nation divided, was the setting for the first campaign of America's Civil War. Although still part of Virginia in 1861, many citizens of the west remained loyal to the Union, rather than the Confederacy. By late May, Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGAJ_blackman-bosworth-store_Beverly-WV.html
The Blackman-Bosworth Store building was built 1827-28 by David Blackman on lot #14. It originally stood next to the James Westfall log house that had been used as an early courthouse. Slaves built the store building, supervised by bricklayer J.W.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGAI_blackman-strader_Beverly-WV.html
Judson Blackman, son of businessman David Blackman who owned the store across the street, started construction on this brick home in 1861, but it was not completed until after the Civil War. The brick for the house was made on family-owned propert…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9R_david-goff-house_Beverly-WV.html
Edward Hart, son of John Hart who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, purchased the house standing here in 1795. Col. David Goff, a prominent Beverly lawyer, purchased it in 1830, and added the larger front portion of the house, possi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9O_rowan-house_Beverly-WV.html
In 1811, John Goff sold this property with its one-story log house to Archibald Earle. William and Anna Rowan bought the property from Franklin Leonard in 1838. Rowan served as constable and deputy sheriff for over thirty years. He also operated a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG8U_lemuel-chenoweth-house_Beverly-WV.html
This last home of Lemuel Chenowith (1811-1887) was built in 1856. The unique construction features in the hosue demonstrate his skills as an architect, carpenter, and bridgebuilder.
Lemuel and his brother Eli built a number of covered bridges o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNC_camp-garnett_Coalton-WV.html
Confederate Stronghold Guarding the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
Confederate Brigadier General Robert S. Garnett ordered fortifications built here to control the turnpike and hold western Virginia for the South. The fort,built of earth and log…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNB_general-george-b-mcclellan_Coalton-WV.html
General McClellan marched three brigades of Federal troops into position along nearby Roaring Creek. He ordered a strong scouting party up this road to test the Camp Garnett defenses on July 10, 1861. Withering infantry and artillery fire from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFMT_staunton-parkersburg-turnpike_Coalton-WV.html
This turnpike connected the upper Shenandoah Valley with the Ohio River by 1847. Designed by master engineer Claudius Crozet, it was a major rock-paved roadway with toll stations. The road you are traveling follows the original turnpike route. Bot…