Stewartstown
Inscription
William Stewart settled here in 1771. Northeast was Fort Dinwiddie. Forks of Cheat Baptist Church was organized here, 1775, by John Corbley, the pioneer minister, whose family was massacred later by the Indians.
Location
AddressUS 119, at junction with County Route 65, Stewartstown Road, north of Morgantown
CountyMonongalia
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates39.616870, -80.022740
Sources
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