Walter Crockett
N 36° 56.875 W 081° 03.547
17S E 494736 N 4089096
Located just off I77.
Waymark Code: WM96BZ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2010
Views: 12
Walter Crockett was born in the 1730s. By 1760, he had joined the augusta County militia. Rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel, he subsequently served in th militia for Botetourt, Fincastle, and the Montgomery Counties, beginning in 1769. He participated in the Point Plesant expedition of 1774 during Dunmore's War, and in Revolutionary War activities in southwestern Virginia in 1779 and 1780. He represented Montgomery County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1777-1779 and 1789) and at Virginia's convention to ratify the US Constitution in 1788. Crockett became the clerk of court of Wythe County in 1790. He died in 1811.
Department of Historic Resources 2001
K23
Marker Number: K23
Marker Title: Walter Crockett
Marker Location: Along I77
County or Independent City: Wythe County
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
Web Site: Not listed
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