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Historical Highway MarkersArgall TownWT-5
About 1617, Deputy Governor Samuel Argall established a settlement on 300 acres near here. Situated on land that had been formerly inhabited by the Paspahegh Indians, the group of dispersed buildings was incorporated into the 3,000-acre Governor's Land tract. John Rolfe reported in 1619 that the settlers had "good & convenyent houses" and that they had "done best of all New-Comers." Nevertheless, by 1627 the residents had petitioned to leave the area because of exhausted soil, decayed houses, and difficulty in defending the settlement from attack.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Susan Myra Kingsbury, The Records of the Virginia Company of London, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906-1933); H. R. McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, 2nd Edition (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1979) |