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Fort Chiswell

Fort Chiswell, Virginia
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Fort Chiswell was built by Colonel William Byrd for his expedition against the Cherokees and served as a military outpost of Southwest Virginia from 1758 to 1776, the county seat of old Montgomery County from 1776 to 1790, and a strategic point in the defense of the lead mines during the Revolution. These millstones were used in the old Fort Chiswell Mill.
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Fort Chiswell, Virginia · United States

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