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Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived at West Point from 1777 to 1786 after fire destroyed his plantation Chericoke, upriver on the Pamunkey. From West Point Braxton channeled war goods to Patriot troops.
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West Point, Virginia · United States
