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Old Stone Fort Built by Pioneer William Evans Is Still Standing
The article recounts William Evans choosing land in Frederick County before 1753 and building the limestone Old Stone Fort, later called Nicewander Fort. It traces ownership through the Nicewander and Stickley families, notes a graveyard, and mentions 1798 to 1800 evangelical meetings by Asbury and Newcomer at Nicewander's with large gatherings and a return trip to Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Evans
Frederick County
David Logan
Buffalo Marsh
William Frans
Evans
Little Marsh
Lord Pairfax
John Bayliss
Bayliss
Cartmell
Wiliam Evans
William Reagley
David Nicewander
Nicewander
Willam Reagley
Abraham Stickley
U.S. Steel Co
Nicewanders
Abraham Nicewander
John Tice
Gen. Meredith
Cedar Creek
Asbury
Methodist Church
Newcomer
United Brothers
Nicewander’s
Adam Geeting
U.S. Steel Co., Inc