Marshall County/Wetzel County
Inscription
Formed in 1835 from Ohio. Named for Chief Justice John Marshall. In Marshall County is Grave Creek Mound, first among remains left by the unknown race which lived in the Ohio Valley centuries before the white men came.
[Reverse]
Formed in 1846 from Tyler. Named for Lewis Wetzel, the great frontiersman, who with his brothers during Indian days ranged the settlements from the Wetzel home in Marshall County throughout northern West Virginia.
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More markers in Marshall
Moundsville/Capt. James Herrod
Named for Grave Creek Mound.
Forman Massacre
In the "Narrows," September 27, 1777, Capt. Wm.
Marshall County/Wetzel County
Formed, 1835, from Ohio and named for Chief Justice John Marshall.
Marshall County/Wetzel County
Formed, 1835, from Ohio and named for Chief Justice John Marshall.
West Virginia (Marshall County)/Pennsylvania
"The Mountain State"--western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863.