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Jarman's Gap

Jarman's Gap is a Virginia historical marker in Augusta County, dedicated 1949.

Augusta County · dedicated 1949 · East Side Highway, in pulloff 500 feet south of intersection with Dooms Crossing Road

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Five miles east, formerly known as Woods' Gap. Michael Woods, his three sons and three Wallace sons-in-law (Andrew, Peter, William), coming from Pennsylvania via Shenandoah Valley, crossed through this pass into Albemarle County in 1734--pioneers in settling this section. In 1780-81 British prisoners taken at Saratoga went through the gap en route to Winchester. In June 1862 part of Jackson's army, moving to join Lee at Richmond, used this passage.

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