Austinville - Fincastle Resolves Marker

TO MARK
THE SITE OF
THE LEAD MINES
AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF AMMUNITION
TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
AND OF
THE COURTHOUSE OF FINCASTLE COUNTY
1772-1776
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HERE ON JANUARY 20, 1775 THE COMMITTEE
OF SAFETY OF FINCASTLE COUNTY ADOPTED
RESOLUTIONS BOLDLY DECLARING THEIR DETER-
MINATION NEVER TO SURRENDER THE RIGHTS
AND PRIVILEDGES GRANTED TO THEM AS VIRGINIANS
CLOSING WITH THIS ASSERTION:
"THESE ARE OUR REAL THOUGH UNPOLISHED
SENTIMENTS OF LIBERTY AND LOYALTY AND IN
THEM WE ARE RESOLVED TO LIVE AND DIE."
ERECTED BY STUART CHAPTER
AND BY WILDERNESS ROAD CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BICENTENIAL COMMITTEE
COMMEMORATED AT FORT CHISWELL, JANUARY 19, 1975,
THE WORK OF THE FINCASTLE COUNTY COMMITTEE OF SAFETY
WHOSE NAMES FOLLOW:
CHARLES CUMMINGS, WILLIAM PRESTON, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN,
STEPHEN TRIGG, ARTHUR CAMPBELL, WILLIAM INGLES,
WALTER CROCKETT, JOHN MONTGOMERY, JAMES McGAVOCK,
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, THOMAS MADISON, DANIEL SMITH,
WILLIAM RUSSELL, EVAN SHELBY, AND WILLIAM EDMUNDSON.

Photo December 27, 2006 by David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net