Taylor's Ferry

Taylor's Ferry is a Virginia historical marker in Mecklenburg County, dedicated 1930.

Mecklenburg County · dedicated 1930 · Rte. 58, 0.3 miles west of Boydton

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Seven miles south. There a detachment of Virginia militia crossed the Roanoke River in February, 1781, on the way to join Greene in North Carolina. There Baron Steuben, commanding the forces in Virginia, had a depot of supplies.

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