Editing Chapmanville, West Virginia (section)

==History==

===Captain Farley's Raid===
Captain Henry Farley, a veteran of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] and resident of [[Montgomery County, Virginia]], was the first known Anglo visitor to present-day Chapmanville. In June 1792, Captain Farley passed through the area while pursuing a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] war party that had raided Virginia settlements at [[Bluestone River]]. By the time he reached what is today Chapmanville, he and his group had already engaged the retreating natives in the headwaters of [[Coal River (West Virginia)|Coal River]] and in the Guyandotte River valley some two miles below what is today [[Logan, WV|Logan]]. Farley pursued the natives to the mouth of the Guyandotte River before returning home.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ragland|first1=Henry Clay|title=The History of Logan County, West Virginia|date=1896|publisher=Logan County Banner|location=Logan, WV|pages=24–25}}</ref>

===Pioneer Settlers===
Chapmanville was settled by the Chapman and Ferrell families. The following families were also important in its early history: Butcher, Conley, Dingess, Godby, and Stollings.

===Civil War===
During the [[American Civil War]], Chapmanville residents overwhelmingly supported the Confederacy. The [[Battle of Kanawha Gap]] occurred at Chapmanville on September 25, 1861. A highway historical marker commemorates the battle. An irregular pro-Confederate unit called the Black-Striped Company operated in the vicinity throughout the war. A legend persists that a Union payroll of gold coins is buried on the west side of the river in Chapmanville.