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Governor Floyd's Grave

Alleghany County · Just south of Sweet Chalybeate. · location approximate

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A short distance across the State line is the grave of John Floyd, Governor of Virginia, 1830-34. Floyd while in Congress led in taking measures to secure Oregon for the United States. He died in 1837.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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