Crockett’s Cove
Crockett’s Cove has been home to the Crockett
family for two centuries. It was named for
Lt. John Crockett, Sr. (1737–1799), son of Samuel
and Esther Thompson Crockett, a Revolutionary
War veteran buried in the family cemetery a
mile east. His half-brother Lt. Col. Robert
Sayers (1754–1826), buried on a hill near him,
also served in the war and later became a
justice of the peace and a member of the
Virginia General Assembly. On 10 May 1864
during the Civil War, just east of the Allen
Crockett house here, occurred a cavalry
engagement between the brigades of Union Brig.
Gen. William W. Averell and Confederate Brig.
Gen. William E. “Grumble” Jones.
Marker is at the intersection of Crocketts Cove Road (County Route 600) and Cove Road (County Route 603), on the right when traveling east on Crocketts Cove Road.
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