[2] In its earliest days, Frenchburg consisted of a general store and a wagon repair shop.

[3] During the American Civil War, Frenchburg was a village consisting of a cluster of houses and a mill, operated by the Cummins family, along the Northwestern Turnpike.

[4] Sergeant John C. Leps, along with seven men, departed the Confederate camp near Blue's Gap and fired upon a detachment of Union soldiers in the vicinity of Frenchburg.

[4] While Frenchburg's residents were most likely not responsible for aiding bushwhackers in the area, General Lander gave orders that the town be burned.

[3] After the war, Frenchburg's Camp Walker served as a site for reunions of Confederate veterans and their families until the 1930s.