Daniel Webster Dotson

Historical marker location:

Pound, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) and Petes Lane, on the right when traveling south on Orby Cantrell Highway.)

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.