Fort Seybert

Historical marker location:

Oak Flat, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 33 and Sweedlin Valley Road (County Road 3), on the right when traveling west on U.S. 33.)

The first African American to serve as a member of the United States Senate was Hiram Rhodes Revels, who was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, in 1827.