Historical Markers in Spring Grove, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Spring Grove, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Prince George County, Spring Grove — K-216 — Ward's Creek — Reported missing

Named for John Ward, who patented land here in 1619. The plantation was represented in the first General Assembly, 1619. — — Map (db m35938) HM

2 ► Virginia, Surry County, Spring Grove — K-222 — Cabin Point —

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 . . . — — Map (db m35939) HM

3 ► Virginia, Surry County, Spring Grove — K-231 — Swann’s Point —

Ten miles Northeast is Swann’s Point on James River. In 1635 William Swann patented land there. The English Commissioners investigating Bacon’s Rebellion met at Swann’s point in 1677. William Swann’s Tomb, dated 1680 is there. — — Map (db m2690) HM

4 ► Virginia, Surry County, Spring Grove — K-331 — Temperance Industrial and Collegiate Institute —

On 12 Oct. 1892, Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood, born enslaved in 1863 in Rich Square, North Carolina, founded the Temperance Industrial & Collegiate Institute nearby with fewer than ten students. Sprawled over sixty-five acres on the James River in . . . — — Map (db m74776) HM

5 ► Virginia, Surry County, Spring Grove — K-226 — Wakefield and Pipsico —

Located five miles to the north is Wakefield. Benjamin Harrison patented this land about 1637. His descendents became major landowners and were influential in Virginia and United States politics. Governor Benjamin Harrison was a signer of the . . . — — Map (db m2691) HM

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