This is the "Gingham Cottage" in New Market, VA. On the right end of the wall is a marker telling us that the building is a reconstruction of John Sevier's Trading Post. This building is on the busy corner of Routes 211 and 11. The building has been struck by vehicles several times because the corner is a bit tight for large trucks trying to turn.Text of Marker:
Gen. John Sevier
1745-1815
Frontiersman - famed Indian fighter - Revolutionary patriot -
Co-Commander Battle of King's Mountain - first Governor of Tennessee and six times Governor - first Congressman west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Founder of New Market, Va in 1765. His fur trading post stood on this spot and the logs in this cabin are from the original building.
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