VA-KB56 Egglestons Springs

Marker text: EGGLESTON'S SPRINGS

Near here Adam Harmon, probably in 1750, established what is believed to be the first settlement in Giles County. Here, in 1755, he found Mary Ingles as she was making her way back to Draper's Meadows after her escape from the Indians.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1930.

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Location: Rt. 730 (westbound) at Rt. 813, Eggleston., Giles County, Virginia

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