Nat Turner’s Route in Southampton County, Virginia, 1831. The route starts from Nat Turner's Cave. It then moves to the houses of Giles Reese, Travis, Samuel Turner, Whitehead, Richard Porter, Nathaniel Francis, Peter Edwards, Newit Harris, Waller, Jacob Williams, Vaughan, then touches Blackhead Signpost, takes a circular route, and reaches Parker, Blunt, Thomas Ridley, towards Bethlehem crossroads. In the west, To Richmond via Petersburg 70 miles. In the south to Murfreesboro. In the east to Norfolk 70 miles. Jerusalem is on the way to Norfolk. Cypress Bridge is on Nottoway River. The area described in detail above has Bellfield to the left, Petersburg and Richmond to the North, and Norfolk to the east. Crosskeys and Jerusalem are in Virginia, and the border next to it is North Carolina.
