Witchduck Point is the name of the location where suspected witch Grace Sherwood was subjected to trial by water July 10, 1706. It is located within the neighborhood of Witchduck in Virginia Beach, Virginia.[1]
Date | 10 July 1706 |
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Location | Witchduck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA |
Participants | Grace Sherwood, Virginia State Authorities |
References
edit- ^ Chitwood, Oliver Perry (1905). Justice in Colonial Virginia. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Vol. 23 (reprinted by READ BOOKS, 2010 ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. ISBN 978-1-4455-7823-1.