He built a plantation about 30 miles upstream ... around her death are considered suspicious by others. Though Jamestown and the Virginia Colony that grew from it had found financial success ...

When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, ...

The nonprofit that runs Henricus Historical Park is embarking on the project while continuing its search for additional ...

A growing opposition to a proposed expansion in Kingsmill prompted James City County (JCC) to host a community meeting on ...

Letter writers debate the origins of Thanksgiving, praise help for caregivers, discuss the basis of gun control and lament ...

1619 - A mystery ship drops anchor at Jamestown. Somewhere on the high ... and an African -- run away from a Virginia plantation. Captured and returned to Virginia, they are tried for breaking ...

1619: A Dutch ship brings the first permanent African settlers to Jamestown. Africans soon are put to work on tobacco plantations. 1663: A Virginia court decides that a child born to a slave ...

When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and ... one of a number of plantations granted by the Virginia Co. of London to its stockholders. Prior to leaving England in September ...