Smith's Fort Plantation
N 37° 08.184 W 076° 50.117
18S E 336988 N 4111580
Smith's Fort was on the opposite side of the James River from Jamestown.
Waymark Code: WM1668
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2007
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Captain John Smith began Smith's Fort in 1609, two years after the first permanent English colony in the New World was established in Jamestown. The remains of the fort, a two-foot high earthwork, constitute the oldest exant structure of English origin in Virginia. The fort stands on a high bluff overlooking Gray's Creek and encloses a triangle of about two hundred feet on each side. Thomas Rolfe, the only child of John Rolfe and Pocahontas, probably owned this tract. The house is a mid 18th-century Tidewater plantation dwelling likely built for Jacob Faulcon, Surry County clerk from 1781 to 1801.
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The marker is just across the road from the Surrey House - great southeastern Virginia food!
Marker Number: K 233
Marker Title: Smith's Fort Plantation
Marker Location: Rt. 10 in Surry, VA. Near the courthouse.
County or Independent City: Surry
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
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