WV-047 Peterstown


Marker text: PETERSTOWN

Founded by Christian Peters who settled two miles east in 1784. Established as town in 1804. Peters served as expert rifleman in Revolutionary War. Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike, notable north-south route, linked town in 1830s.

West Virginia Division of Archives and History, 2002.

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