Jordan's Point
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N 37° 14.475 W 077° 14.845
18S E 300653 N 4124002
One of two highway markers describing the history of the area.
Waymark Code: WM7RWZ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2009
Views: 3
Jordan's Point is located on the south bank of the James River about three mile north of this location. A small airport was once located near the marina, but it is now a residential neighborhood. The Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge, a vertical lift bridge, replaced the ferry system in 1966.
"Weyanoke Indians, part of the Powhatan Chiefdom, occupied Jordan's Point, around two miles north on the James River, when English colonists arrived in 1607. There, about 1620, Samuel Jordan settled; the place was called Jordan's Journey. By 1625, his widow Cicely and more than 50 other people resided there in some 15 households within a fortified compound. More than a century later, Richard Bland (1710-1776), member of the First Continental Congress, lived there. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, excavations at Jordan's Point revealed one of the richest arrays of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites in Virginia."
Marker Number: K-208
Marker Title: Jordan's Point
Marker Location: Intersection of Ruffin Road and Old Stage Road
County or Independent City: Prince George County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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