Inscription
Originally built 1731-34 as second home of Morgan Morgan-first white settler in West Virginia. Rebuilt with some of original logs in 1976 as a State and County Bicentennial project. It was here during the Revolution that James Morgan, the grandson of Col. Morgan Morgan, was shot and killed by a group of Tories.
Since then, this area has been known as Torytown.
Location
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More markers in Berkeley
Martinsburg
Martinsburg, WV
Founded, 1778, by Gen. Adam Stephen.
Hedgesville
Hedgesville, WV
Site of stockade fort built during the early Indian wars.
West Virginia (Berkeley County)/Maryland
Charlottesville, WV
"The Mountain State"--western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863.
Fort Neally
During the French and Indian War, Fort Neally was captured and its garrison massacred, Sept. 17, 1756.
Boydville
Martinsburg, WV
Built, 1812, by Elisha Boyd, general in the War of 1812, on land bought from Gen. Adam Stephen.
