Before you go on your journey, remember that John Skidmore's grave is on private land!  Be sure to ask permission before entering the property! --The owner's home is clearly visable, once you turn off of US Highway 220. Please take note that the "road" is in really bad shape, so you may want to park your car and continue by foot before you reach the first brook, or  consider borrowing a jeep, truck or All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV)!

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Start at the Pendleton County founder's memorial, on US Highway 220, at Ruddle, West Virginia: From the Pendleton County founder's monument, go north on U.S. Highway 220-- 2.1 miles to Squire Road, turn right and go over bridge Take the first right at Sugar Maple Bridge Road Go 0.2 miles to gate (just past barn on the left). Go through gate, cross a brook twice and turn left at second gate. Go approximately 0 .1 mile; the trail to the grave will be on your left. It is marked with a painted metal plate nailed to a tree on the left side of the "so-called" road you just drove up. Follow the trail 100 yards straight down the trail. You will come to a small clearing. The grave is surrounded by a small blue metal fence. The total distance from the Founder's monument to the trail is approx 2.7 miles.