Christopher H. Payne
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Born in slavery in Monroe Co., Sept. 7, 1848, he worked as servant in the Confederate army. Served as teacher and ordained Baptist minister; estab. West Virginia Enterprise, Pioneer, & Mountain Eagle papers; later a lawyer. First African American elected to WV legislature, 1896; delegate to Repub. Nat.
Conventions and Consul General to Danish West Indies, 1903-17. Died, Dec. 5, 1925, St. Thomas.
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More markers in Fayette
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery, WV
State institution established in 1895 as Preparatory Branch of West Virginia University.
Fayette County/Greenbrier County
Formed, 1831, from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.
Jackson's Mother
Ansted, WV
In Westlake Cemetery is the grave of the mother of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
"Halfway House"
Ansted, WV
Regular stop on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.
Old Stone House
Hilton Village, WV
Southwest is the Old Stone House, built, 1824, by Richard Tyree on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.