Official Name: | Fort Donnally, West Virginia |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Fort Donnally |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Greenbrier |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 2205 |
Coordinates: | 37.9436°N -80.4758°W |
Area Code: | 304 & 681 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1556430[1] |
Fort Donnally is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Rader Run Road in Rader Valley, just off US 60, approximately 8miles west of Lewisburg. It is also about 7.5miles southwest of Falling Spring.
The frontier fort that became the settlement was built in 1767 by Andrew Donnally Sr.
Fort Donnally was the site of an attack by a large group of Indians in May 1778. The settlements were warned by two scouts from Point Pleasant named John Pryor and Philip Hammond (Hamman) who had volunteered to give warning to the Greenbriar settlements. The two scouts went from Point Pleasant to Fort Donnally on foot, being dressed to look like Indians by Nonhelema, the sister of Chief Cornstalk. Col. John Stuart came to the aid of the Fort the next day after the attack had begun, news of the attack having arrived by messenger to Lewisburg, then Fort Savannah.