Alleghany County/Rockbridge County

Alleghany County/Rockbridge County is a Virginia historical marker in Rockbridge County.

Rte. 850, at the county line.

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Alleghany County Formed in 1822 from Bath, Botetourt, and Monroe, and named for the Alleghany Mountains. At Fort Mann in this county a battle took place between settlers and Indians led by Cornstalk, 1763. Rockbridge County Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute are there.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1755 · (Canada, Louisiane et Terres Angloises. Southeast section) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Map Of Virginia (lower center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Maryland (Lucas, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Natural Bridge, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

(Canada, Louisiane et Terres Angloises. Southeast section), 1755, covering the location of Alleghany County/Rockbridge County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — (Canada, Louisiane et Terres Angloises. Southeast section), 1755, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Alleghany County/Rockbridge County

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