Volume 11 , Issue 11

Marlinton, Pocahontas Co., WVa

Marlinton, West Virginia is the county seat of Pocahontas county. It was settled in 1749 by Stephen Sewell and Jacob Marlin, first white settlers on the Greenbrier River. An old oak in Marlinton marked the corner of the first land survey made west of the Alleghenies. The survey by Col. Andrew Lewis of lands granted to the Greenbrier Company in 1751 consisted of 100,000 acres of land along Greenbrier River.

Marlinton is located about 18 miles of south Cass, WV; 40 miles east of Richwood, WV; 45 miles from Lewisburg, WV; and 64 miles south of Elkins, WV.

Marlinton is located on the path of the old Indian trail, Seneca Trail, that once lead from upper New York to deep within Georgia. In 1755, Fort Greenbrier was built and garrisoned by Col. Lewis in Marlinton. During the French and Indian War, 18 settlers lost lives in the vicinity. Variant names for Marlinton, WV are: Marlin's Bottom, Marling Bottom, Marlings, Marlinton, Marlins, Marlins Bottom.
  |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---