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By J. J. Prats, September 19, 2009
Skinner’s Neck and Windsor Markers
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Virginia, Caroline County, Moss Neck — N-12 — Windsor —
This is the ancient Woodford Estate. Governor Spotswood and the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe stopped here on their way to the mountains, August, 1716. Here General William Woodford was born, October 6, 1734. He defeated Governor Lord Dunmore at . . . — — Map (db m22577) HM
2 ► Virginia, Orange County, Locust Grove — J-34 — Germanna —
Here Governor Alexander Spotswood established a colony of Germans in 1714. At that time the Rapidan River was the frontier of Virginia. On August 29, 1716, Spotswood left from this place with the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe on his exploring . . . — — Map (db m171387) HM
3 ► Virginia, Madison County, Madison Mills — JE-2 — Knights of the Golden Horseshoe — Reported permanently removed
Near here Governor Alexander Spotswood and his troop of gentlemen, Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, on their way to explore the land beyond the mountains, camped on August 31, 1716. — — Map (db m291646) HM
4 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Swift Run — D-10 — Knights of the Golden Horseshoe —
On 5 Sept. 1716, in this region, it is believed, Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood and his party of government officials, gentry, Native Americans, soldiers, and servants crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah Valley. Their . . . — — Map (db m1842) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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