2.5 miles west of Phillis, Virginia, on Hwy 707, then travel 3.5 miles west on Hwy 705, then travel south 1 mile on Hwy 706, to cemetery on the west side of the road.

Eagle Point Cemetery is large sitting on a knoll of a hill on the left of the old home. The ground is covered with periwinkle, and at one time, large and very beautiful boxwoods, magnolias and ornamental shrubs grew here, but has fallen into disrepair

There are a great number of graves here, marked by a small rock at both head and foot. The three marked graves have white marble stones, about four feet high and three inches thick.

All that is left of the old homeplace is the wall of the basement, which stood 400-500 feet from the road, with a store house on the right side, Eagle Point cemetery on the left and a corn mill on the Roanoke River down behind the house. The house was a frame structure, with high brick foundation forming the walls of the basement. It was built on a high knoll that sloped down to the highway and was only one mile from Taylor's Ferry.

The Eagle Point Corn Mill was a large one for its day and an old man once said: Twas a mighty good mill, but too big a thing for him, ‘cause he never could get back home in time for the ole lady to cook an ash cake for his dinner, cause he had to wait his turn to get his meal ground. This mill was burned while owned by Mr. Alexander Sydnor, and was never rebuilt. Mr. Alexander Sydnor was then Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The home and store house were burned while owned by Mr. Lewis Wimbush.

Eagle Point was a busy center when mill and store were both being run so near the ferry, which was the only means of crossing the river at that time, there being no bridges across the Roanoke River.
Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection