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 an Indian ambush at the McMechen Narrows on the Ohio River south of Wheeling, Virginia in 1777. Fort Forma ...

at the beginning of the

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situated three miles north of Romney on the

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near Vance on

West Virginia Route 28 West Virginia Route 28 is a north–south route through the Potomac Highlands of the U.S. state of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 39 in Huntersville. The northern terminus is at the Maryland state l ...

. 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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