Alleghany County / Rockbridge County
(obverse)
Alleghany County
Area 458 Square Miles
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.
(reverse)
Rockbridge County
Area 616 Square Miles
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.
Marker is on West Midland Trail (Virginia Route 850) 1.7 miles south of Brattons Run (Virginia Route 780), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
