Fort Carpenter, Alleghany County, Virginia, was built about 1755-1756 by Joseph Carpenter, who migrated from the Province of New York to "the big bend" of the Jackson River on the Virginia frontier about 1745-1746.
[1] Located on a low bluff near the mouth of Carpenter Creek, it was later known as Cedar Hill.
[2] Logs and stones from the original structure were used in the later dwelling now on the site.
[3][4] In 1856, Joseph Hannah Carpenter graduated from the Virginia Military Institute as a civil engineer, and later went on to serve as an artillery cadet under the command of Stonewall Jackson.
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