Richard Blankenship
Richard Blankenship, Revolutionary War Soldier, was a member of Major James Robertson's company of New River Valley volunteers who fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774. He lived on a 33 acre farm 8 mi. southeast, at Ingleside, Mercer Co. and was recorded as an octogenarian in 1840 census. He was early settler, soldier and progenitor of many people in this area.
Marker is at the intersection of Alvis Street (U.S. 19) and East Main Street (West Virginia Road 20), on the right when traveling north on Alvis Street.
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