Grace Sherwood lived in Princess Anne County from the late 1600s until the 1730s, when many American colonists believed witchcraft explained unusual events. In 1706, after charges that her behavior disrupted the lives of her neighbors, she submitted to a trial by water, or "witch ducking." Although she was found guilty of witchcraft, her life was spared, and the governor of Virginia formally pardoned her 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.
