Hog Island

Hog Island is a Virginia historical marker in Surry County, dedicated 1948.

Surry County · dedicated 1948 · Rte. 10, at intersection with Bacon's Castle Trail

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On this point, in James River nine miles northeast, the settlers kept their hogs in 1608. When abandoning Jamestown in June, 1610, they stopped at the island for a night. The next morning, proceeding down the river, they met a messenger from Governor Lord Delaware, who had just arrived, and returned to Jamestown.

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