Fort Davis
Fort Davis is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Franklin County, dedicated 1946.
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Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Historical maps covering this location
- 1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1755 · North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1776 · Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing ... Maryland. (Northern Section) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1792 · A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
For example, one family's tree showed the Articles of Confederation marker in Pennsylvania standing under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s.
What that marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years there.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov