aka Wineoak Ferry, aka Manning's Ferry, aka Baker's Ferry - on the Nottoway, the north branch of the Chowan River.

As Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis and his British Army marched north to Yorktown, Virginia a Loyalist raiding party burned the settlement at Wyanoke Ferry.

Maj. Hardy Murfree reported on July 22nd that the enemy came from Suffolk, VA to South Quay on July 16th and destroyed some warehouses. The next day, July 17th, they marched to Wyanoke Ferry and burned down Mr. Manning's dwelling and store house, then took all the horses and plundered the homes of the local inhabitants.