Summersville
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Summersville was established in 1820 and made the county seat. Nicholas County, which was settled about 1785, was crossed by the Pocahontas Trail which led from the Greenbrier Valley to the valley of the Great Kanawha.
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Morris Massacre
Lockwood, WV
Scene of massacre, 1792, of daughters of Henry Morris, early settler and son of first permanent settler in Great Kanawha Valley.
Carnifex Ferry
Scene of battle, Sept. 10, 1861, between Federal army of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans and Confederate army of Gen. John B. Floyd.
Nancy Hart's Capture
Summersville, WV
Nancy Hart, noted, beautiful Confederate spy, was seized July, 1862, leading attack in which most of Summersville was burned.
North and South
Drennen, WV
At Kessler's Cross Lanes (5 Mi. E.), Aug. 26, 1861 and at Carnifex Ferry (7 Mi. E.), Sept. 10, 1861, Battles occurred between...
Zoar Baptist Church
Keslers Cross Lanes, WV
Organized on April 17, 1824 by twelve members from the Hopewell Church in Fayette County at the home of Henry Morris on Peter's Creek.