Seneca Trail/Tory Camps
Inscription
The Seneca Trail passed near here from the Tygart Valley to the South Branch Valley. Thousands of horses and cattle captured by Generals Imboden and Jones in 1863 crossed the mountains by this trail.
[Reverse]
Near Harman can still be seen remains of two Tory camps where some British sympathizers hid during the American Revolution. They encamped here, 1775-1776, to escape laws enacted against them by Virginia.
Location
Sources
More markers in Randolph
Randolph County/Tucker County
Formed, 1787, from Harrison.
Wilson's Fort
Here, 1772, settled Captain Benjamin Wilson, commanding Wilson, Friend, Roney forts.
Indian Mound
The Hyre-Crouch Mound, on the terrace above highway, was totally excavated and reconstructed by the State, 1963.
Randolph County/Upshur County
Formed, 1787, from Harrison.
Benjamin Wilson
Airport Hill, WV
In 1774 Capt. Benjamin Wilson was made a colonel in Lord Dunmore's army when it invaded the Indian country.