Colonel Thomas Stegge, Jr.
This tablet is dedicated
to the memory of
Colonel Thomas Stegge, Jr.
proprietor of
the Falls Plantation, 1659-70
first land-patentee permanently
to reside at the falls of James River;
uncle and benefactor of William
Byrd I., whose son in 1737 caused
the town site of Richmond
to be surveyed.
Erected by the people of south Richmond, 1937
on the occasion of the bicentennial celebration
Marker can be reached from the intersection of East 10th Street and Hull Street Road (U.S. 360).
Courtesy hmdb.org
