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Attempted Settlement
Attempted Settlement
A small group of Spanish Jesu...
James River
James River
Indians knew this as the Powhatan Rive...
Orientation Map
Orientation Map
Archer's Hope
Archer's Hope
The great Indian massacre of M...
A Famous African-American's Dream
A Famous African-American's Dream
T...
Glebe Land
Glebe Land
After 1619 these 100 acres of land were...
Jamestown Island
Jamestown Island
The woodland and marsh beyond the...
Real Estate
Real Estate
Early records tell of a...
Neck of Land
NECK OF LAND
Near &l...
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Attempted Settlement
Attempted Settlement
A small group of Spanish Jesuits attempted a settlement in Virginia in September 1570. They are said to have entered the James River and landed along this creek and crossed the peninsula to establish a mission near York ...
James River
James River
Indians knew this as the Powhatan River, the colonists renamed it in honor of their sovereign, James 1. It is one of Virginia’s longest and broadest rivers. Rising in the Appalachians it flows eastward, often soil laden, 340 ...
Orientation Map
Orientation Map
Archer's Hope
Archer's Hope
The great Indian massacre of March 22, 1622, during which a quarter of the population of Virginia was slain came nearest to Jamestown here in a community known as Archer’s Hope. At the house of Ensign William Spense ...
A Famous African-American's Dream
A Famous African-American's Dream
The earliest African-American national radio and television minster and advisor of three American presidents, the Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux purchased the lands around you in 1936. His dream was to establish a farm and a ...
Glebe Land
Glebe Land
After 1619 these 100 acres of land were set aside for the benefit of the Jamestown parish church and minister. Richard Buck was the first clergyman to have use of it. Later on Francis Bolton became minister at ...
Jamestown Island
Jamestown Island
The woodland and marsh beyond the water is Jamestown Island, a pear-shape area of some 1,500 acres, being about 2 ½ miles in length. It is separated from the mainland by Back Creek. In more recent times the ...
Real Estate
Real Estate
Early records tell of a land sale in 1636 being these 500 acres with “all howses…gardens, orchards, tenements.” The property passed from Thomas Crompe “of the Neck of Land” to Gershon Buck son of Reverend Richard Buck ...
Neck of Land
NECK OF LAND
Near “James City”
This area, like a peninsula and bounded on three sides by marsh, is just across from Jamestown Island. In 1625 there were a number or houses and 25 persons were living here. ...
