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This lot, originally part of the James Westfall plantation, was used as a public playground prior to the chartering of Beverly in 1790. In 1813, country plans were to use this lot as the site for the new jail. Adam Myers, owner of the Valley House…
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Settled about 1753 by Robert Files and David Tygart. Files' family was massacred near by. Site of Westfall's Fort, 1774. In Mt. Iser Cemetery are the Union trenches and graves of Confederate soldiers killed in Battle of Rich Mountain.
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This Stone Commemorates:Robert Foyles & Family, killed by indians 1753, half mi. s.settlement of David Tygart, 2 mi. s. near bridge.First English settlers west of Alleghenies.Westfalls Fort, built 1774, half mi. s.Battle of Rich Mountain, 5 mi. w.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGB2_randolph-co-jail-1813_Beverly-WV.html
The first county jail was a log structure on the west side of Jacob (now Main) Street. It was completed by Edward Hart in April 1790. The second jail was this 1813 brick building, across from the log one, on the lot purchased by the county commiss…
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Nearly two decades after the ill-fated attempt of the Foyles (Files) and Taggert (Tygart) families to pioneer the area in 1754, the Tygarts Valley was finally settled by a group of families in 1772. One of this group, Jacob Westfall Sr., built a f…
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…
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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…
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