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Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from ... Stevens maintained a house on the island (which ...
Sub Rosa is a historic mansion in Pocahontas, Mississippi, U.S.. It was built for John and Margaret Greaves from 1852 to 1854, [2] and it was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. [3] In 1870, in the aftermath of the American Civil War, the Greaves moved to Los Angeles, California and rented Sub Rosa to Jim Bostick. [3]
Werowocomoco first became known to the early English settlers of Virginia as the residence of Wahunsenacawh or Wahunsonacock, the paramount weroance of the area. He and his people were known to them as Powhatan, a name derived from his native village, the small settlement of Powhatan, meaning the falls of the river, at the fall line of the James River (the present-day Powhatan Hill ...
Pocahontas Island, a nationally recognized historic area, is one of the oldest free-Black communities in the U.S. Although called an island, it actually is located on a peninsula that juts into ...
Pocahontas Island resident Marlo Green calls out Petersburg councilors for sitting 'comfy in your house' and not dealing with rigs destroying neighborhood
Residents of the cozy historic Pocahontas Island have wanted Petersburg to keep heavy tractor-trailers bound for water plant off neighborhood streets
William Randolph was baptized in Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England on 7 November 1650.He was the son of Richard Randolph (21 Feb 1621 – 2 May 1678) [5] [6] and Elizabeth Ryland (21 Oct 1621 – 1669) of Warwickshire. [6]
Thomas Rolfe was born in the English colony of Virginia to John Rolfe and his wife, Pocahontas, in January 1615. [3] It is believed he was born at the Rolfe family plantation, Varina, in what was then the corporation of James Cittie.