W.V. Lost colony

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Yea, Thanks,But that much i found..I was at the waymarker today...Close to home..I even know of one house that has peach trees.There not old enough thou.I will ask where they got the starts
 

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I think those are the only references to the colony...If anyone else sees or hears more please let me know...
 

YoungBlood

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Sorry I can't help with your colony but in northern WV there is another colony started by George Washington called Washingtonlands.
 

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The settlement was devoured by mothmen. LOL sorry I couln't resist. Mothmen stories are in the Gallipolis, OH area too.
 

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robgwv,i put this map together,from the points in the article,looks like both ninemile
have several bends,i guess its a place to start im sure the setllement,wasnt that far
from the water,prob a short away from whatever flood range was in the mid 1700s
places per article
A is about 2 mile from the mouth of the Kanawha River
B is the putnam county line
C is upper ninemile creek
D is lower ninemile creek
map of points
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points from the article
The tract ran about 17 miles along the Kanawha River, starting about two miles from its mouth, and ending
approximately at the present-day Putnam County line.
the group finally decided where the middle of the tract was...in a bend that is believed to be at the present site of Nine Mile Creek
Theresa's Haunted History of the Tri-State: Washington's Lost Colony

the area seems close to..........
chief cornstalk wildlife management area map
http://www.wvdnr.gov/hunting/WMA/Chief%20Cornstalk.gif
 

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Thanks, I will be on the lookout for artifacts(who knows). I live between the two creeks.
 

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I was looking at your map, It shows a location for a town called "Volcano" it is in Ritchy county. I still have a farm near there in Petroleum although I now live in Texas. I know that Volcano was an old oil town that had a population of over 50,000 at one time. then a fire destroyed it and it was never rebuilt. When I was young there was still some timbers of a mansion still standing, gown now. At one time it had the Worlds longest continuous wire line, "over 20 miles I was told", pump station. I would like to check this area out some time.

Stu
 

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WV Lost Colony

The site is not were the historical marker is. The roads were changed when the new highway(RT 35) went through in the early 20th century. The accual colony is located across the river on RT 62 and the end of the Heritage Farms on the east side. Near the rock cliff. This is private property and has been in the same family for over 200 years. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Pleasant,+WV/@38.7768948,-81.9993297,210m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x88489c818926aae1:0x4294c7ac07660e0f
 

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