Campaign of 1781 F72
Tarleton, sent by Cornwallis to destroy supplies at Bedford, passed here going west, July, 1781.

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Sussex County Z268
Area 515 Square Miles Formed in 1753 from Surry, and named for an English county. Cornwallis passed through this county in 1781.

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Sussex County Z35
Area 515 Square Miles Formed in 1753 from Surry, and named for an English county. Cornwallis passed through this county in 1781.

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York County Z265
Area 136 Square Miles One of the eight original shired from in 1634. First called Charles River, which was named for King Charles I. The name was changed in 1643 to York for Yorkshire, England. Cornwallis’s surrender, October 19, 1781, took place at Yorktown.

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Elk Ridge Landing - 100
An important colonial port for shipment of tobacco. Here in 1765 Zachariah Hood, Maryland’s “Stamp Act” Agent, was hanged in effigy. Lafayette’s troops camped here April 17-19, 1781 on the way to engage Cornwallis in Virginia. George Washington Passed here many times. Location: Location: Corner of Old Washington Road and Washington Blvd. (Route 1) in Elkridge. Howard County

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Westover V8
In 1619 the first settlement was made at Westover, about two miles southeast. Two settlers died in the Powhatan uprising of 1622. Theodorick Bland bought Westover in 1666; William Byrd I acquired it in 1688. About 1730, his son, Colonel William Byrd II, built the present house, which exemplifies the high level of architectural quality attained during the colonial era. In January 1781 the British army under General Charles Cornwallis crossed the James River at Westover in pursuit of the Marquis de Lafayette.

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Gloucester County Z99
Area 223 Square Miles Formed in 1651 from York, and named for Gloucester County, England. Bacon, the rebel, died in this county, 1676. Gloucester Point was the outpost of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 1781.

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Gloucester County Z9
Area 223 Square Miles Formed in 1651 from York, and named for Gloucester County, England. Bacon, the rebel, died in this county, 1676. Gloucester Point was the outpost of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 1781.

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The Marquis Road W206
Lafayette reopened this road in June, 1781, when moving south to intervene between Cornwallis and Military stores in Albemarle County. The road has ever since been known as The Marquis Road.

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Boswell's Tavern W207
At this old tavern Lafayette camped, on June 12, 1781, while moving southward to intervene between Cornwallis and military stores in Albemarle County.

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