Hillsboro
Inscription
Here Gen. W. W. Averell camped before the Battle of Droop Mountain and after his raid to Salem, Virginia, in 1863. Settlements were made in the vicinity in the 1760's by John McNeel and the Kinnisons. Birthplace of Pearl Buck.
Location
AddressHillsboro, US 219, 0.3 miles north of county routes 29 and 31
CityHillsboro
CountyPocahontas
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates38.353890, -79.963660
Sources
More markers in Pocahontas
West Virginia (Pocahontas County)/Virginia
"The Mountain State"-western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863.
Blue and Gray/"Travelers Repose"
Near here was Camp Bartow, fortified by Confederates in 1861.
Camp Allegheny
Confederate forces led by Col. Edward Johnson held a fortified camp here in winter of 1861-62.
Mill Point
Millpoint, WV
Here in 1750 Stephen Sewell, a pioneer settler, camped.
Marlinton/Marlinton
Marlinton, WV
The old Seneca Indian Trail from New York to Georgia may be seen at this point.