Sleepy Hole Ferry
Three miles east, Benedict Arnold, returning from his Richmond raid, crossed the river there, January 16, 1781; Cornwallis, going to Portsmouth, crossed there in July 1781.
Marker is at the intersection of Nansemond Parkway (Virginia Route 337) and Kings Highway (Virginia Highway 125), on the right on Nansemond Parkway.
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