Editing Charles Town, West Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
* [[John Peale Bishop]], author
* [[Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop]], first female African American horse trainer
* [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], tried and hanged in Charles Town, 1859
*[[Sammi Brown]], former member of the [[West Virginia House of Delegates]]
* [[Frank Buckles]], longest-surviving American veteran of [[World War I]]
* [[Martin Delany]], abolitionist, physician, leader in the [[Black Nationalism]] movement
* [[Warren B. English]], politician
* [[Darryl Fitzwater]], Anglican bishop
* [[Jack W. Germond]], political reporter and commentator
* [[Gary Gregor]], [[NBA]] player 
* [[Hamilton Hatter]],  founder of [[Bluefield Colored Institute]]
* [[John H. Hill]], former slave, president of [[West Virginia State University]]
* [[James Jett]], [[NFL]] player
* [[Samuel Mason]], Revolutionary War soldier and early American [[outlaw]]
* [[Frederick Mayer (spy)|Frederick Mayer]], German-born Jewish agent of the [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] during [[World War II]]
*[[William McSherry]], Jesuit and president of [[Georgetown University]]
* [[Alex Mooney]], U.S. Congressman for [[West Virginia's 2nd congressional district]]
*[[Frank R. Stockton]], author, most famous for the short story "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
* [[David Hunter Strother]], artist, author, soldier, statesman (Consul General to Mexico City)
* [[Edward Tiffin]], first governor of Ohio
* [[Samuel Washington]], [[George Washington]]'s brother, lived in Charles Town at [[Harewood (West Virginia)|Harewood]]
* [[William Lyne Wilson]], Postmaster General of the United States
* [[Thomas Worthington (governor)|Thomas Worthington]], sixth governor of Ohio and one of the first senators from Ohio