Volume 14 , Issue 8

NW Okie's Corner

Besides continuing to reading about the History of Highland County, Virginia, we have been hooked on watching PBS's Downton Abbey of life in England. BUT . . . back to Highland County, Virginia, we found an early issue of The OkieLegacy Ezine, Vol. 12, Iss. 49, 2010-12-06, which showed a Google satellite map of Highland County, Virginia we will again share with you this week. SEE BELOW.


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We have also connected with some WARWICK and GWIN descendants from the Highland area and have added more Warwick / Gwin photos to our Warwick / Gwin Albums. Scroll down to see the cemetery markers for the Gwin and Eckard family cemetery. Gerald McLaughlin sent us some cemetery markers of Capt. David Gwin and Maj. Jacob Warwick of Virginia. Capt. David Gwin's marker is located in the Clover Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Highland County, Virginia. This following link is information on Capt. David Gwin at findagrave.com showing the grave marker. My 4th great grandfather, Capt. David GWIN (1742-1822) was reported as being born in Orange, Virginia and dying in Clover Creek, Highland, Virginia. My Grandmother Constance Estella Warwick McGill researched for her DAR certificate in the mid-1920's using her family ties to Capt. David Gwin.

Maj. Jacob Warwick's marker is on the banks of the Jackson's River just west of Warm Springs. The Meadow Lane Cottages is on that property.

Clover Creek Chapel
Clover Creek Chapel was the former chapel of McDowell Presbyterian Church, established in 1881 in Clover Creek, central Highland County, Virginia,four miles south of McDowell on Rt. 678 (Bullpasture River Road). The land for the chapel and cemetery behind it was donated by the McClung family since 1821. William McClung married Rachel Gwin and held title to the surrounding farm. The original owner of the land was probably Wallace Estill, who in 1743, obtained a 344-acre land patent in then Augusta County.

The cemetery predates the chapel by many years, originating as a family graveyard used by the farm owners. Among those buried there is Captain David Gwin (1742-1822). Gwin fought in the Virginia Militia at the Battle of Point Pleasant under General Thomas Lewis, prior to the Revolution. Gwin was captain with the Revolutionary forces, serving at Guilford Court House and Yorktown. He was twice married and had thirteen children. Gwin's grave is marked by a stone tablet erected by the South Branch Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Capt. David Gwin was the grandparent of Samuel Gwin, whose daughter, Signora Belle Gwin, was my Great grandmother.

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