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BUNKER HILL-Hillbilly Daylillies
As you enter this area of Berkeley County listen hard. Can you hear the rifle shots, or the sounds of music, or perhaps the mill wheel turning?
You might.
Development of this area, on the main road to Winchester, began in the early 1800’s with General Elisa Boyd building his own industrial village. He owned two mills (of the six in the area), a brick plant, a copper shop and a store.
In 1831 another early developer, Joel Ward, sold a half-acre to William Cleveland for $10.00. He built a store that was eventually sold to Charles North who opened a music school.
Later, but prior to the Civil War, Elisa Boyd’s son started to create a 
town. He sold some lots out of his holdings. On these were built a church and a school as well as houses. After the War, the son lost the family plantation (Edgewood Manor, which can be seen on the west side of Hwy 11 south of town). Some of this land was later sold to repay debts. The nine most eastern lots were sold to black people. On these were built a black cemetery and church and houses. This became known as Black Street or Black Row and the “best representation of colored people in Berkeley County”. A log house was built on each lot. Only one of these cabins remains today, although the church is still active.
The town suffered greatly in the Civil War, especially the two churches. In a letter written to the US Government in 1869, the Methodist Church asked for money to repair and replace seats, pulpit, windows and doors burnt for fuel by Gen. Wm. Banks’ Division from March 5-10, 1862. Calvary men also headquartered there while guarding US wagon trains that ran daily between Martinsburg and Winchester in 1862.