Cabell County/West Virginia (Cabell County)
Inscription
Formed, 1809, from Kanawha. Originally included several of the present counties of West Virginia. Named for William H. Cabell, Virginia governor, 1805-08. Big Sandy River was the western end of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.
[Reverse]
The Mountain State" -- western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French during the French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Location
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More markers in Cabell
Barboursville State Hospital
Barboursville, WV
Established as Barboursville Unit of Weston State Hospital, 1942, on property once used by Morris Harvey College.
Mud River Covered Bridge
Barboursville, WV
Erected in 1875 by order of the Cabell Co. Court.
Cabell County/Mason County
Formed, 1804, from Kanawha.
General Jenkins
Greenbottom, WV
"Greenbottom" (N.E.) was home of General Albert G. Jenkins, brilliant Confederate officer, mortally wounded at Cloyd's Mountain in 1864.
Savage Grant
Boundary line of land grant surveyed under Washington's orders for John Savage and Companions for service in French and Indian War.