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Crockett's Cove
Cove Rd,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
37° 0' 32.86512",
-81° 4' 23.021544"
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Virginia State Historical Marker |
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Crockett's Cove has been home to the Crockett family for two centuries. It was named for Lt. John Crockett, Sr. (1737-1799), son of Samuel and Esther Thompson Crockett, a Revolutionary War veteran buried in the family cemetery a mile east. His half-brother Lt. Col. Robert Sayers (1754-1826), buried on a hill near him, also served in the war and later became a justice of the peace and a member of the Virginia General Assembly. On 10 May 1864 during the Civil War, just east of the Allen Crockett house here, occurred a cavalry engagement between the brigades of Union Brig. Gen. William W. Averell and Confederate Brig. Gen. William E. Grumble Jones.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union, American Revolution, the Revolutionary War. See more historic sites related to Virginia in the Revolution. View other Virginia Civil War Historical Markers |
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Crockett's Cove Virginia Map
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