Martha W McCartney
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A detailed look at the people associated with Jamestown from its founding in 1607 to 1800. Based on government records and private archives, it provides historical biographies of several distinct groups of people: Jamestown Island landowners, public officials, Native-American leaders, and African Americans associated with Jamestown. It also covers more than a thousand people who did not own land on Jamestown Island but whose activities brought them...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Within this volume, numerous variations of historic Indian place names are gathered under their most common spelling or modern equivalent. The information included in this thoroughly annotated volume was drawn from land patents, local and regional government records, public and private archives, and several collections of historical maps. This enables researchers to see how Indian place names changed over time and relate them to their equivalents...