William Campbell. William Campbell was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1745, died at Rocky Mills, Hanover...
The Battle of Point Pleasant A Battle of the Revolution October 10th, 1774
The Battle of Point Pleasant A Battle of the Revolution
October 10th, 1774
Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Participated
By
Mrs. Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger
The State Gazette, Publisher
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
1909
Dedication
This little volume is dedicated to the memory of the brave colonists who, successful at the battle of Point Pleasant, had fought the opening battle of the Revolution, in preserving the right arm of Virginia for the struggle with the Mother Country; thus making possible the blessings of liberty we now enjoy as a Nation.
MRS. LIVIA NYE SIMPSON-POFFENBARGER.
Copyright, 1909,
By Mrs. Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger.
Benjamin Logan. Benjamin Logan, born in Augusta County, Va., 1743, was, in 1764, a sergeant in Boquets’s...
John Draper. Lieut. John Draper, of the Battle of Point Pleasant, was born in 1730, and was...
John Jones. John Jones was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, in 1755, and enlisted in the army...
Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby who served as a Lieutenant under his father Capt. Evan Shelby at the...
Capt. Evan Shelby Capt. Shelby, who with his two sons, was in the Battle of Point Pleasant,...
Col. William Flemming Col. William Flemming was renewed not only as a military genius, but as a...
Col. John Field Col. John Field born in Culpepper County in 1720 of good family is buried...
Col. Charles Lewis While Andrew Lewis is known as the “Hero of the Battle of Point Pleasant,”...
General Andrew Lewis Gen. Andrew Lewis, the hero of the Battle was not only a gentleman of...
