The next historic stage that influenced the area now known as Follansbee involved the war for independence against England. During the bloody war, Indian raids intensified as Mingo and Shawnee allied themselves with the British. The British supplied them with muskets and gunpowder as they attacked local outposts.  A Fort at Holliday Cove (Weirton) housed militia that protected the present day area of Follansbee.  In 1777, militiamen from Fort Holliday helped to rescue inhabitants at Fort Henry in Wheeling from a siege of 350 Wyandot, Shawnee, and Mingo armed by the British. In 1782, Fort Decker (Follansbee) was the site of a rendezvous of militiamen, mostly from Pennsylvania, for an attack against Ohio Indians. (See 1782 on timeline).

British troops fire on Militiamen.