Mason County
Mason County is located on the western edge of West Virginia, bordering the state of Ohio and the Ohio River. The population in 2010 was 27,324. The county seat is Point Pleasant, site of the Silver Bridge collapse in 1967 and sightings of the “Mothman”. Main industries include river commerce, (2) Wildlife Management Areas, manufacturing, and power generation.
Major cities in Mason County include Point Pleasant and Mason.
https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1563
GOOGLE EARTH MAP OF ALL MARKERS – MASON COUNTY
ANDREW & CHARLES
LEWIS MARCH
LOCATION: KRODEL PARK, RT 62 / RT 2, APPX 1 MILE EAST OF DOWNTOWN POINT PLEASANT, SITUATED APPX 50 YARDS FROM HIGHWAY AT EAST ENTRANCE TO PARK
PHOTOS 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
(NOTE: LAST 2 PHOTOS ARE AT CHARLES LEWIS’ GRAVE AT TU-ENDIE-WEI STATE PARK AT NEARBY POINT PLEASANT BATTLE MONUMENT PARK)
GPS:
38* 50′ 08″ N, 82* 07′ 25″ W
38.835582 N, 82.123782 W
BOONE’S TRADING POST
LOCATION: KRODEL PARK, RT 62 / RT 2, APPX 1/2 MILE EAST OF DOWNTOWN POINT PLEASANT, AT WEST ENTRANCE TO PARK
PHOTOS 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 50′ 20″ N, 82* 07′ 48″ W
38.839040 N, 82.130137 W
“BORDER GRAYS”
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT, 4TH STREET, BETWEEN VIAND STREET (RT 2) AND MAIN STREET, CLOSE TO MOTHMAN STATUE
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 50′ 33″ N, 82* 08′ 17″ W
38.842511 N, 82.138149 W
CAPTAIN JOHN HEREFORD /
MERCER’S BOTTOM
LOCATION: RT 2, MERCER’S BOTTOM, APPX 15 MILES SOUTH OF POINT PLEASANT, APPX 2 MILES NORTH OF ASHTON, JUST SOUTH OF CR 24
PHOTOS 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 39′ 07″ N, 82* 09′ 51″ W
38.651980 N, 82.164394 W
DANIEL HAYMOND POLSLEY
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT, RT 62 AT 7TH STREET AND RAILROAD BRIDGE CROSSING
PHOTOS 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 50′ 44″ N, 82* 08′ 13″ W
38.845629 N, 82.136965 W
DR. JESSE BENNETT
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT, RT 62, BETWEEN 9TH STREET AND 10TH STREET AT CEMETERY, NEXT TO EARLY GRAVES MARKER
** MISSING 14 SEPTEMBER 2022 **
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 50′ 51″ N, 82* 08′ 11″ W
38.847559 N, 82.136389 W
** NOTE: ALSO SPELLED BENNET **
EARLY GRAVES
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT, RT 62 AT 9TH STREET AND CEMETERY, NEXT TO DR. JESSE BENNETT MARKER
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
NOTE: MANY OLDER GRAVESTONES ARE NOT LEGIBLE. WE COULD NOT IDENTIFY GRAVES OF ROUSH AND WAGGENER.
GPS:
38* 50′ 51″ N, 82* 08′ 11″ W
38.847556 N, 82.136389 W
FORT ROBINSON
LOCATION: RT 62, APPX 5 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN POINT PLEASANT AT AIRPORT ROAD
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 54′ 49″ N, 82* 06′ 54″ W
38.913669 N, 82.115054 W
GENERAL JOHN McCAUSLAND MEMORIAL FARM /
REDMOND – McCAUSLAND HOME
LOCATION: RT 817, APPX 6-1/2 MILES SOUTH/EAST OF HENDERSON, AT SITE OF WV DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE “GENERAL JOHN McCAUSLAND MEMORIAL FARM”.
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 46′ 55″ N, 82* 02′ 45″ W
38.781990 N, 82.045940 W
GENERAL McCAUSLAND
LOCATION: RT 35 (RT 817), APPX 1/2 MILE NORTH OF PUTNAM COUNTY LINE, APPX 4 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHSIDE, APPX 18 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF POINT PLEASANT
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 39′ 25″ N, 81* 58′ 10″ W
38.657213 N, 81.969438 W
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT, VIAND STREET (RT 2) AT INTERSECTION WITH 6TH STREET, BEHIND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 50′ 39″ N, 82* 08′ 14″ W
38.844174 N, 82.137358 W
HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH
LOCATION: RT 35 (RT 817), SOUTHSIDE, APPX 13 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF POINT PLEASANT. AT LITTLE 16 MILE CREEK ROAD BY CHURCH.
** MISSING ON 14 SEPTEMBER 2022 **
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 43′ 00″ N, 81* 58′ 08″ W
38.716776 N, 81.969081 W
JOHN HALL
LOCATION: RT 62, APPX 5 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN POINT PLEASANT, APPX 300 YARDS NORTH OF AIRPORT ROAD
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 54′ 58″ N, 82* 06′ 46″ W
38.916120 N, 82.113103 W
KELLIAN V. WHALEY
LOCATION: RT 62, POINT PLEASANT, APPX 2 MILES NORTH OF COUNTY COURTHOUSE, NEXT TO LONE OAK CEMETERY
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
COULD NOT LOCATE A GRAVESTONE FOR KELLIAN V. WHALEY, BUT DID FIND A WHALEY FAMILY STONE WITH SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS BURIED IN SURROUNDING PLOT. NOT SURE IF THAT IS HIS GRAVESITE OR NOT.
GPS:
38* 52′ 21″ N, 82* 07′ 29″ W
38.872729 N, 82.124970 W
LAKIN STATE HOSPITAL
LOCATION: RT 62, LAKIN, APPX 9 MILES NORTH OF MASON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN POINT PLEASANT
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 57′ 14″ N, 82* 05′ 13″ W
38.953957 N, 82.087059 W
eWV ENCYCLOPEDIA – LAKIN HOSPITAL
LIVIA S. POFFENBARGER
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT, MAIN STREET JUST SOUTH OF 1ST STREET AT ENTRANCE TO POINT PLEASANT BATTLE MONUMENT PARK, NEXT TO POINT PLEASANT BATTLE/WAR OF 1812 MARKER
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 50′ 21″ N, 82* 08′ 25″ W
38.839239 N, 82.140374 W
LOST COLONY
LOCATION: RT 817, APPX 10 MILES SOUTH/EAST OF RT 2 (HENDERSON), NORTH SIDE OF INTERSECTION WITH RT 35 CONNECTOR
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 46′ 02″ N, 82* 00′ 29″ W
38.767342 N, 82.008064 W
** NOTE – ONE SOURCE STATES THE COLONY WAS ACTUALLY LOCATED EAST ACROSS THE RIVER BY RT 62. I CANNOT VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THAT CLAIM. **
“MARK TWAIN” FAMILY
LOCATION: RT 62, LAKIN, APPX 9 MILES NORTH OF MASON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN POINT PLEASANT, APPX 350 YARDS NORTH OF LAKIN STATE HOSPITAL MARKER
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 57′ 25″ N, 82* 05′ 14″ W
38.957087 N, 82.087493 W
MAY MOORE MOUND
LOCATION: RT 2, APPX 2 MILES NORTH OF CR 56 AND BEN LOMOND, APPX 8-1/2 MILES SOUTH OF RT 2 BRIDGE OVER KANAWHA RIVER AT POINT PLEASANT
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
NOTE: MOUND WAS NOT VISIBLE DUE TO CROPS AND VEGETATION
GPS:
38* 44′ 21″ N, 82* 10′ 57″ W
38.739327 N, 82.182556 W
POINT PLEASANT
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT COURTHOUSE, CORNER OF 6TH STREET AND MAIN STREET
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 50′ 40″ N, 82* 08′ 17″ W
38.844450 N, 82.138115 W
POINT PLEASANT BATTLE /
WAR OF 1812
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT, MAIN STREET JUST SOUTH OF 1ST STREET AT ENTRANCE TO POINT PLEASANT BATTLE MONUMENT PARK, NEXT TO LIVIA S. POFFENBARGER MARKER
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 50′ 21″ N, 82* 08′ 25″ W
38.839239 N, 82.140374 W
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT, AT 6TH STREET AND MAIN STREET IN SMALL MEMORIAL GARDEN
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
PHOTO #5 SHOWS LOCATION OF ORIGINAL BRIDGE JUST ON THIS SIDE OF THE CURRENT RAILROAD BRIDGE
PHOTOS #9-#10 SHOW THE NEW BRIDGE LOCATED ABOUT 1/4 MILE DOWNSTREAM OF THE OLD ONE
GPS:
38* 50′ 40″ N, 82* 08′ 18″ W
38.844627 N, 82.138379 W
eWV ENCYCLOPEDIA – SILVER BRIDGE
THOMAS HANNAN
LOCATION: RT 2, APPX 100 YARDS NORTH OF CABELL COUNTY LINE, APPX 21 MILES SOUTH OF POINT PLEASANT
PHOTOS 22 MAY 2023
GPS:
38* 35′ 11″ N, 82* 12′ 33″ W
38.586605 N, 82.209282 W
VIRGIL A. LEWIS
LOCATION: RT 33, MASON, RT 62 (2ND STREET) AT E. BROWN STREET
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
NOTE: MARKER IS PARTIALLY HIDDEN BEHIND UTILITY POLE, FLOWERS, AND STREET SIGNS
GPS:
39* 01′ 12″ N, 82* 01′ 54″ W
39.020219 N, 82.031673 W
WILLIAM H. POWELL
LOCATION: RT 62, CLIFTON, APPX 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF RT 833 BRIDGE ACROSS OHIO RIVER BETWEEN MASON AND CLIFTON, BETWEEN COLUMBIA STREET AND RAILROAD STREET
GPS:
39* 00′ 09″ N, 82* 02′ 30″ W
39.002546 N, 82.041681 W
http://archive.wvculture.org/history/civilwar/powellwilliam01.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Powell_(soldier)
WEST VIRGINIA /
OHIO
LOCATION: POINT PLEASANT COURTHOUSE, CORNER OF 6TH STREET AND MAIN STREET
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
NOTE: NOT LISTED IN LATEST WV MARKER GUIDE (SIGNS OF THE TIMES, 2020)
GPS:
38* 50′ 40″ N, 82* 08′ 17″ W
38.844450 N, 82.138115 W
MASON COUNTY /
WEST VIRGINIA
LOCATION: RT 33 / RT 62
** MISSING ??? **
NOTE: DUE TO REROUTING RT 33, EXACT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. I WILL DO MORE RESEARCH AND UPDATE.
PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES – LOCATION/STATUS ????
MASON COUNTY /
CABELL COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 2, APPX 1 MILE SOUTH OF GLENWOOD, APPX 21 MILES SOUTH OF POINT PLEASANT
GPS:
38* 35′ 11″ N, 82* 12′ 34″ W
38.586571 N, 82.209452 W
PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR PHOTOS
MASON COUNTY /
JACKSON COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 2, JUST OVER 1 MILE SOUTH OF RT 62 AND MT ALTO
PHOTOS 26 MAY 2022
GPS:
38* 51′ 17″ N, 81* 53′ 42″ W
38.854929 N, 81.895231 W
MASON COUNTY /
JACKSON COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 87, APPX 5 MILES SOUTH OF RT 62 JUST WEST OF RIPLEY
** MISSING 26 MAY 2022 **
PHOTOS 26 MAY 2022
GPS:
38* 46′ 45″ N, 81* 49′ 53″ W
38.779393 N, 81.831506 W
MASON COUNTY /
JACKSON COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 33
** UNKNOWN LOCATION/STATUS AS RT 33 HAS BEEN RE-ROUTED AS A 4-LANE. CURRENTLY, RT 33 DOES NOT PASS THROUGH MASON COUNTY. **
PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES/STATUS
MASON COUNTY /
PUTNAM COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 35 (NOW RT 817), APPX 12 MILES NORTH OF WINFIELD, APPX 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF GEN JOHN McCAUSLAND HOUSE AND MARKER
GPS:
38* 39′ 01″ N, 81* 58′ 15″ W
38.650535 N, 81.970926 W
MASON COUNTY /
PUTNAM COUNTY
LOCATION: RT 62, ROBERTSBURG, APPX 3 MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO
** MISSING 14 SEPTEMBER 2022 **
PHOTOS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
GPS:
38* 39′ 29″ N, 81* 57′ 03″ W
38.658256 N, 81.950886 W
