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Portal:Virginia/Selected biography/17 Grace Sherwood (c. 1660 – c. 1740), known as the "Witch of Pungo", is the last person known to have been convicted of witchcraft in Virginia. A farmer, healer, and midwife, her neighbors accused her of transforming herself into a cat, damaging crops and causing the death of livestock.
State agencies control about one-third of protected land in the state, [152] and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation manages over 75,900 acres (307.2 km 2) in forty Virginia state parks and 59,222 acres (239.7 km 2) in 65 Natural Area Preserves, plus three undeveloped parks.
State flag of Virginia Location of Virginia in the U.S. map. This is a list of notable people who were born in the U.S. state of Virginia, were raised or lived in Virginia, or for whom Virginia is a significant part of their identity. Those not born in Virginia are marked with §.
This category is for people from the United States state of Virginia Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Virginia Also: Countries : United States : States : Virginia : People
The Virginia State Police, officially the Virginia Department of State Police, conceived in 1919 and established in 1932, is the state police force for the U.S. state of Virginia. The agency originated out of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles as an inspector and enforcer of highway laws.
The Dictionary of Virginia Biography (DVB) is a multivolume biographical reference work published by the Library of Virginia that covers aspects of Virginia's history and culture since 1607. The work was intended to run for a projected fourteen volumes, but only three volumes were published, the last in 2006.