POINT PLEASANT  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

Mason county, See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, U.S.A., on the See also:

• OHIO

Ohio See also:

• RIVER

river, at the mouth of the Kanawha river, and about midway between See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg and See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati . Pop . (1900) 1934; (1910) 2045 . It is served directly by the See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore & Ohio and the Kanawha & See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan (controlled by the Hocking Valley) See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by the Hocking Valley railway on the opposite See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the Ohio river . The Kanawha river is navigable (by the use of locks and dams) for 90 M. above the town, and Point Pleasant is a re-See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping point for Kanawha See also:

• COAL

coal . Coal and See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt are See also:

• MINED

mined in the vicinity, but the surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is principally agricultural . The See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Point Pleasant, the only important engagement in " See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• DUNMORE

Dunmore's See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War," was fought here on the loth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1774 between about 'Too Virginia militiamen, under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis (c . 1720-1781),1 and about 'coo Shawnees and their See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, under their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, Cornstalk (c . 1720-1777).2 Lewis had been ordered to meet Lord Dunmore here with a See also:

• BODY

body of militiamen (recruited from Botetourt, West See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta and Fincastle counties), but when he reached the mouth of the Kanawha, after marching 16o m. from Fort See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union (now Lewis-See also:

• BURG

burg, W . Va.), Dunmore's force, which was to have gone over the See also:

• BRADDOCK
• BRADDOCK, EDWARD (1695?—1755),

Braddock trail to Fort See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt, and thence down the Ohio river, had not arrived . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early on the See also:

• MORNING

morning of the loth the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians suddenly attacked, and the battle continued fiercely throughout the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . At See also:

• NIGHT

night the Indians crossed the Ohio river, leaving behind many of their dead .

The whites lost about 144 in killed and wounded, See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Lewis (1733–1774), a See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the commanding officer, being among the former . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December Lord Dunmore concluded a treaty with the Indians, by which they surrendered their claim to lands See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the Ohio and agreed not to molest whites travelling to the western country . The battle, which overawed the Indians, and the treaty, which was not seriously broken for three years, made possible the rapid See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of the western country, especially of See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky, during the early years of the War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence.3 Four years before the battle the Virginia See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Burgesses had awarded to General Lewis, for his earlier services in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• INDIAN

Indian War, 9876 acres of See also:

• LAND

land, including the 1 General Lewis was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• DONEGAL

Donegal, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland; served with See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington at Fort See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

Necessity and at Braddock's defeat; was See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner from Virginia to conclude the treaty with the Six Nations at Fort Stanwix (1768) ; was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for several years; served as a brigadier-general in the War .of Independence; and in 1776 forced Lord Dunmore to retire from Gwynn's See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, in Chesapeake See also:

• BAY

Bay, where he had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge . 2 Cornstalk and his son were killed within the fort at Point Pleasant in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1777 by Virginian soldiers (contrary to the protests of their commanding See also:

• OFFICERS

officers), who thus avenged the See also:

• DEATH

death of a comrade . He was at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time warning the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of his inability to hold the Shawnees to the terms of the treaty of 1774 . There is a See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument (erected in 1899) over his See also:

• GRAVE

grave in the yard of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-house . 3 Various See also:

• AMERICAN

American writers have asserted that Lord Dunmore incited the Indians to attack the frontier in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to divert the colonists from their opposition to See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and that he purposely refrained from effecting a junction with Lewis, so that Lewis might be defeated and Virginia thus be greatly crippled on the See also:

• EVE

eve of the threatened war with the See also:

• MOTHER

mother country; and the battle itself has accordingly frequently been referred to as the first battle of the War of Independence . The assertions with regard to Lord Dunmore, however, See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest on circumstantial See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence alone, and have never been conclusively proved . See also:

• PRESENT

present site of Point Pleasant; the survey of this See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant was made by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Washington . After the battle General Lewis sent a detachment to build a fort (called Fort See also:

• BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON (1791–1876)
• BLAIR, HUGH (1718-1800)
• BLAIR, JAMES (1656`1743)
• BLAIR, ROBERT (1699—1746)

Blair) here; in 1776 Fort See also:

• RANDOLPH, EDMUND [JENNINGS] (1753–1813)
• RANDOLPH, JOHN (1773–1833)
• RANDOLPH, PEYTON (1721-1775)
• RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1523-1590)
• RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1605-1635)

Randolph (abandoned in 1779) was erected on the same site, and in 1785 (from which See also:

• YEAR

year the permanent settlement of the town may be dated) a third fort was built here . See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• BOONE
• BOONE, DANIEL (1734-1820)

Boone lived here from 1788 until about 1799 . In 1794 the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Point Pleasant was platted; it was incorporated as a town in 1833 .

A granite monument (86 ft. high) commemorating the battle was unveiled on the loth of October 1909 . See J . T . McAllister's See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article, " The Battle of Point Pleasant," in the Virginia See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine of See also:

• HISTORY

History and See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography (1901-1902), vol. x., and See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil A . Lewis, History of the Battle of Point Pleasant (See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston, W . Va., 1909) .