Bacon's Castle

Bacon's Castle is a Virginia historical marker in Surry County, dedicated 1961.

Rte. 10, at Rte. 617

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This house, just to the north, was built by Arthur Allen in 1655. In Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, the house was seized by a party of rebels and fortified. On December 29, 1676, it was captured by sailors from a ship in James River who were engaged in putting down the rebellion.

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Historical maps covering this location

1630 · Nova Virginia Tabula. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1670 · Virginia and Maryland As it is planted and Inhabited this present Year 1670 ... (John Carter Brown Library, Brown University)
1671 · Noua Terrae-Mariae tabula. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point of interest of the… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1907 · Yorktown, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point of interest of the…, 1862, covering the location of Bacon's Castle, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point of interest of the…, 1862, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Bacon's Castle

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