Historical Marker
Major General Adam Stephen
Historical marker location:
627 South Queen Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia
( Marker is on South Queen Street (West Virginia Route 9) north of Bulldog Boulevard, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1920
1718 - 1791. Patriot Legislator Founder.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the site of John Brown's raid in 1859, which is considered a major event leading up to the Civil War. Brown and his supporters attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an effort to arm slaves and start a rebellion against slaveholders.