Patented in 1742 by John Bolling, Jr., the 2,735-acre Buffalo Lick Plantation tract along the James

River includes three notable historic sites. One

mile southeast stand the ruins of Mount Athos, the

home of William J. Lewis, an officer in the

American Revolution and member of Congress

(1817-1819). The house burned in 1876. The

Southside Railroad constructed the Six Mile Bridge

here six miles east of Lynchburg in 1854. Confederate Fort Riverview was built nearby during

the Civil War to guard this strategic structure.

Southern Maj. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax ordered

the bridge destroyed near the end of the war;

it was rebuilt soon after.

Marker is on Riverview Road (County Route 672) east of U.S. 29, on the left.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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