Lewis County/Upshur County
Inscription
Formed, 1816, from Harrison. Named for Colonel Charles Lewis who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Home of Jesse Hughes, frontier scout, and boyhood home of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
[Reverse]
Formed in 1851 from Lewis, Barbour and Randolph. Named for Abel Parker Upshur, the great Virginia statesman. Samuel and John Pringle, the first settlers, came in 1764. The Pringle brothers later guided other pioneers here.
Location
Sources
More markers in Lewis
Graves of Heroes
Turnertown, WV
In the Butcher Cemetery are the graves of many pioneer settlers, dating back more than 100 years.
First M. P. Church
Jane Lew, WV
Two miles east stands the Old Harmony Church, built in 1819.
Weston
Established, 1818, on farm of Henry Flesher, Revolutionary War veteran, first settler.
Weston State Hospital
The oldest State institution in West Virginia was authorized by an act of General Assembly of Virignia, March 22, 1858.
Jackson's Mill
Site of boyhood home of Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.