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The ties among Virginia families were based on marriage. In a pre-Revolutionary War economy dependent on the production of tobacco as a commodity crop, the ownership of the best land was tightly controlled. It often passed between families of corresponding social rank. The Virginia economy was based on slave labor as the colony became a slave ...
Westover Plantation is a historic colonial tidewater plantation located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia.Established in c. 1730–1750, it is the homestead of the Byrd family of Virginia.
The Gilliam family arrived in Virginia in the 17th century as indentured servants. By the late 18th century the family had amassed several plantations in the area. Christian was the daughter of Richard Eppes of Appomattox Plantation. Her maternal grandfather was a descendant of Pocahontas, as were many members of the First Families of Virginia ...
Edward "Thornton" Tayloe (January 21, 1803 – November 26, 1876) was an American Diplomat, planter and scion of colonial tidewater gentry.He was named after his godfather, Edward Thornton a friend and fellow student of his father's at Eton College and His Majesty's ambassador to Washington D.C.
Carter's Grove, also known as Carter's Grove Plantation, is a 750-acre (300 ha) plantation located on the north shore of the James River in the Grove Community of southeastern James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia in the United States.
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Oct. 11—MOULTONBOROUGH Multiple generations of two soon-to-be related families are figuring out how to live together — loosely — in 2024. Becky Bryant moved back into her childhood home more ...
The Tidewater District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that comprises high schools located northwest of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. The Tidewater District schools compete in Region 1B with the schools from the Bull Run District, the Dogwood District, and the James River District, the Shenandoah District, and the Tri-Rivers District of the Virginia High School League.