General Adam Stephen's Tomb on Queen Street in Martinsburg
The Inscription Reads:
PATRIOT - LEGISLATOR - FOUNDER
MAJOR GENERAL
1718 - ADAM STEPHEN - 1791
HE WAS COMMANDER OF A DIVISION IN THE REVOLUTION.
VOTED FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
WHILE A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY.
GRANTED 130 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SITE OF
MARTINSBURG, AND WAS THE FIRST SHERIFF OF BERKELEY COUNTY.
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ERECTED BY COUNTY COURT
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF
WILLIAM HENSHAW CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
JUNE 14, 1920
Gen. Adam Stephen Chapter
PRESIDENT
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