 Cabin
Point, Surry County, Virginia . . . "Beginning
about 1689, a village known as Cabin Point stood here. It was a
tobacco shipping port in the 18th century. Colonial troops were
stationed here during the American Revolution in 1780 and 1781. By
16 Jan. 1781 Maj. Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at
Cabin Point with 700 additional soldiers to resist a further
invasion of British forces led by Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold. Soon
after British forces set up camp in Portsmouth on 19 Jan., Stueben
put Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg in charge of the troops here and
left to obtain supplies. Cabin Point remained a commercial center in
the 19th century for plantations south of the James River." |
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