Fort Forman (also spelled Furman or Foreman) was a

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erected by Captain

William Foreman Captain William Foreman (1726 – September 27, 1777) was a colonial American officer from Hampshire County, Virginia, who was killed during a Native American ambush at the McMechen Narrows on the Ohio River south of Wheeling, Virginia in 1777. F ...

at the beginning of the

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situated three miles north of Romney on the

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near Vance on

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. Fort Furman was in use from its construction in 1755 until 1764. Later, from Hampshire County in 1777, William Foreman led a company to the

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for the relief of Fort Henry at Wheeling. Forman’s party fell into an ambuscade by Native Americans at "McMechen Narrows" on the Ohio near

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. Twenty-one of the Virginians were killed at the first fire and several men were badly wounded. This ambuscade is known as "Foreman’s Defeat."

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Historic Hampshire "Foreman's Defeat" Article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forman, Fort Forts in Hampshire County, West Virginia Landmarks in West Virginia Forman Colonial forts in West Virginia

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