Spring Grove in Surry County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Cabin Point

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 18, 2010

1. Cabin Point Marker

Inscription. Beginning about 1689, a village known as Cabin Point stood here. It was a tobacco shipping port in the 18th century. Colonial troops were stationed here during the American Revolution in 1780 and 1781. By 16 Jan. 1781 Maj. Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Cabin Point with 700 additional soldiers to resist a further invasion of British forces led by Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold. Soon after British forces set up camp in Portsmouth on 19 Jan., Steuben put Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg in charge of the troops here and left to obtain supplies. Cabin Point remained a commercial center in the 19th century for plantations south of the James River.

Erected 2003 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-222.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 16, 1781.

Location. 37° 11.144′ N, 77° 1.907′ W. Marker is in Spring Grove, Virginia, in Surry County. It is at the intersection of Colonial Trail West (Virginia Route 10) and Cabin Point Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling west

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on Colonial Trail West. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Spring Grove VA 23881, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brandon (approx. 3 miles away); Hood's (approx. 3.4 miles away); Swann’s Point (approx. 3½ miles away); Temperance Industrial and Collegiate Institute (approx. 3½ miles away); Wakefield and Pipsico (approx. 3½ miles away); Claremont School (approx. 4.2 miles away); Claremont (approx. 4.2 miles away); Quioughcohanach Indians (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spring Grove.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Ward's Creek (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Colonial Trail West (facing west) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 18, 2010

2. Colonial Trail West (facing west)

Colonial Trail W & Cabin Point Rd (facing east) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, September 18, 2010

3. Colonial Trail W & Cabin Point Rd (facing east)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 3,565 times since then and 147 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 20, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.