Cemeteries in Gerrardstown, West Virginia

Private Cemeteries in Gerrardstown, West Virginia often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Gerrardstown, West Virginia are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Gerrardstown, West Virginia are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

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History. Originally established as Middletown on November 22, 1787, by an act of the Virginia General Assembly, Gerrardstown was laid off by David Gerrard on Mill Creek, a tributary of Opequon Creek. Gerrard was the son of Baptist minister John Gerrard (for whom the town was named in 1787, the year of his death).

Shepherdstown is the oldest town in West Virginia. The first settlement was recorded in 1730. Thomas Shepherd obtained a land grant in 1734 and was soon followed by other settlers. The town was originally named Mecklenburg in 1762, but then later changed to Shepherdstown in honor of its founder.

Other nominated names for the state included Vandalia, Kanawha, Appalachia, and Western Virginia.

In 1863, the western region was admitted to the Union as a new separate state, initially planned to be called the State of Kanawha, but ultimately named West Virginia.

Deep in the wooded mountains and hollows of Big Otter and Rush Fork, there's a teeny town called Booger Hole. It made headlines from the late 1800s through 1917 because of a mismatched series of murders in which bodies were never found.

Other nominated names for the state included Vandalia, Kanawha, Appalachia, and Western Virginia.

Kanawha was originally proposed as the state's name. The name honored a Native American tribe and a major state river of the same name. When the constitution for the proposed state was finalized in 1862, however, the name had changed to the more generic West Virginia.