Garard's Fort - East
N 39° 48.750 W 080° 00.794
17S E 584460 N 4407412
A sign telling abvout events that took place on May 28, 1782.
Waymark Code: WMD3JD
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2011
Views: 8
Garards's Fort
Site of frontier refuge in Revolutionary War. Station of a small detachment of Virginia militia in 1777, when this area was claimed as part of Monongalia County, Virginia. Near here, on May 12, 1782, the wife and three children of the noted Baptist minister, Rev. John Corbly, were killed while on their way to church; two of Corbly's other children were wounded in the same Indian attack but survived.
Marker Name: Garard's Fort
County: Greene
Date Dedicated: 01/01/2001
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: East of town on north side of Garard's Fort road, SR2011
Category: Histroy
Website: Not listed
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