Mann~Miller / Springfiled
N 37° 31.809 W 080° 39.512
17S E 530170 N 4153741
A two signed sign telling us about the Mann, Miller families and the community of Springfield.
Waymark Code: WMQ8YR
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2016
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Mann~Miller
The Mann and Miller families, neighbors in Germany, together migrated to America and settled near this site circa 1774. First were friends John Miller and Jacob Mann. Families labored to build Cook's Fort, Indian Creek Church and town of Springfiled. Both settles and most family burials in the Tyler Mann and Miller~Halstead cemeteries.
Springfield
Here in 1852, 1/4 acre lots were sold to form the community of Springfield, located on Great Road. Some forty families lived in the village, which included homes, stores, schools, churches, mill, tannery, brick yard, post office and a resort hotel. Known as Hunters Springs, the town had virtually disappeared by the middle of the twentieth century.
Marker Number: none on the sign
Marker Title: Mann~Miller / Springfiled
Marker Location: East of RT 122
County or Independent City: Springfield
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Archives and History, 2009
Web Site: Not listed
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