Wylliesburgh

Historical marker location:

725 Jackson-Vaughan Rd, Wylliesburg, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Jackson-Vaughan Road (County Route 607) and Moody Circle Road, on the left when traveling west on Jackson-Vaughan Road.)

First Rest. Wilson-Kautz Raid.

The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.