Riverside Frontiersman: George Smith’s Occoneechee Neck Legacy

Around the time that George Smith was born, the Cheroenhaka Indian Tribe, or commonly called the Nottoway Indians, due to encroachment by the Colonials of Virginia moved from the Nottoway town of Tonnatorah in Sussex County, Virginia to the Assamoosick Swamp in what was then Isle of Wight County, Virginia. In 1705 the Virginia House... Continue Reading →

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Flowing Through Surry: Thomas Smith’s Story on the Blackwater River

During the 1600s, in the Colony of Virginia, the laws allowed any person who settled in Virginia (personal right) or paid for the transportation expenses of another person who settled in Virginia (transportation right), to be entitled to receive fifty acres of land for each immigrant. This provision was known as a headright system. On... Continue Reading →

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