Sistersville, VA

Headnote
Sistersville, 48 miles below Wheeling, is one of the best landings on the Ohio. This town was laid out in 1814 as the county-seat; but in 1816 it was removed to Middlebourn, 9 miles east of here. It is a flourishing village, containing 4 mercantile stores and about 80 dwellings. (Historical Collections, 1852)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Tyler County, VA

Sistersville, Virginia (Howe)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Sistersville, 48 miles below Wheeling, is one of the best landings on the Ohio. This town was laid out in 1814 as the county-seat; but in 1816 it was removed to Middlebourn, 9 miles east of here. It is a flourishing village, containing 4 mercantile stores and about 80 dwellings.
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 496.
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