Upper Weyanoke
Five miles due south. In 1617, the Indian chief, Opechancanough, gave Governor Yeardley land there. In 1665, the place passed to Joseph Harwood, whose descendants, the Douthats, still own it. In June, 1864, most of Grant's army crossed the James River at Weyanoke on a pontoon bridge nearly half a mile long.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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