Witchduck Point

Ducking of Grace Sherwood
Date 10 July 1706
Location Witchduck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Participants Grace Sherwood, Virginia State Authorities

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]

References

  1. ↑ Chitwood, Oliver Perry (1905). Justice in Colonial Virginia. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science 23 (7–8) (reprinted by READ BOOKS, 2010 ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. ISBN 978-1-4455-7823-1.

Coordinates: 36°52′50.39″N 76°06′42.29″W / 36.8806639°N 76.1117472°W