Fort Chiswell Site - Fort Chiswell, VA, USA - Daughters of the American Revolution on Waymarking.com

Marker can be reached from East Lee Highway (Route F-044 Frontage Road) 0.9 miles east of Max Meadows Road (Virginia Road 121), on the left when traveling east. The cairn for the marker is accessed via the driveway.

A cairn marks the site of historic Fort Chiswell in Fort Chiswell, Virginia. The cairn is embedded with a millstone and a placard denoting the location which was mostly paved over during modern road construction.
The Golden Wheel is located at the bottom center of the placard splitting the 19 and 24 of the year it was placed.

DAR Chapter: Stuart Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Wytheville, VA Date Placed: 01/01/1924 Inscription: FORT CHISWELL Built by Colonel William Byrd for his expedition against the Cherokees military outpost of Southwest Virginia 1758-76, county-seat of old Montgomery County 1776-1790, strategic point in the defence of the lead mines during the Revolution. These millstones were used in the old Fort Chiswell Mill. Erected By Stuart Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, Wytheville, Va. 1924

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