Parsons/Corrick’s Ford
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two-bit Joe
N 39° 05.759 W 079° 40.845
17S E 614083 N 4328256
Located in Parson
Waymark Code: WM3AG0
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2008
Views: 20
John Crouch, pioneer settler, established “tomahawk rights” here in 1766, but the town was not incorporated until 1893. Here Shavers Fork and Blackwater unite to form the Cheat River. Hu Maxwell, the historian, lived near.
After the battles of Philippi, Laurel Hill, and Rich Mountain, Gen. R. S. Garnett, new commander of the Confederates, led his army southward through the Tygarts Valley. His force was overtaken at Corrick’s Ford, July 13, 1861, defeated, and Garnett killed.
Marker Title: Parsons/Corrick’s Ford
Marker Location: US 219, in Parsons at junction with WV 72 N39°05.759 W079° 40.845
County or Independent City: Tucker County
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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