Historical Highway Markers

Tarleton's Movements

UM-40

At this point Tarleton, the British cavalryman, crossed the Meherrin River, May 14, 1781. Sent ahead of Cornwallis's army, he had raided through Southampton and Greensville counties.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1931

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