Source:Helen Campbell. 1786 Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia

Greenbrier, West Virginia

Greenbrier County was formed from portions of Botetourt and Montgomery Counties. Greenbrier is bounded N. by Nicholas, and Pocahontas, - E. by Bath and Allegheny, - S. by Monroe, - and W. by Great Kanawha, which separates it from Logan. The county is for the most part drained by Greenbrier river, and its tributaries; but from its western border numerous creeks flow northwestwardly into Gauley river, the principal of which is Sewell's creek. It rises in Sewell's Mountain (the highest mountain in this county,) and is one of the extreme southern sources of the Gauley river. The topography is creviced and in some areas mountainous. The most conspicuous is that known by the name Keeney's Nob, on which is a creek which rises near the top of the mountain, runs west and empties into the New River, one mile below Richmond's Falls. The landscape of Greenbrier is rough country. The mountains are sheltered with a growth of large timber of various kinds. The lands are infested with rattlesnake, copperhead, blacksnake. There is an abundance of deer, wild turkey, pheasants, wolves, wild cats, panthers, bears, and a variety of small game. The mean elevation of the farms above the ocean level is at least 1,500 feet.

The Greenbrier River is located east West Virginia. The river rises in the Allegheny Mountains as two headstreams that unite the south of Cass and continue in a SW direction to enter the New River at Hinton. The Greenbrier River is 170 miles long and flows into a picturesque valley through the Allegheny Mountains.