Grace Sherwood lived in Princess Anne County from the latter 1600’s until the 1730’s, when many American colonists believed in witchcraft as a way to explain unusual events. In 1706, she submitted to a trial by water, a "witch ducking," because of charges that her behavior disrupted the lives of her neighbors. Although found guilty of witchcraft, her life was spared, and she was formally pardoned by the governor of Virginia 300 years later in 2006. She was Virginia’s only convicted witch tried by water, and Witchduck Road and Witchduck Point help preserve her story.
