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Middle Peninsula Historic Marker Tour
American Revolution
Carter Braxton
The Middle Peninsula figures prominently in the
fight for American independence both in its people and in
military operations. Carter Braxton, a signer of the Declaration
of Independence, hailed from both King William and King and
Queen Counties.
Lord Dunmore, Colonial Governor and Britsh Colonel Tarleton
Lord Dunmore, the colonial Governor, fled
the colonies through the Middle Peninsula and the area was
the location of encampments by General Lafayette as well as
Colonel Tarleton's final skirmish.
Listed below are links to markers containing
American Revolutionary era history as part of its subject
matter.
1.
To Gwynn's Island