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The Nansemond are the Indigenous people of the Nansemond River, a 20-mile-long tributary of the James River in Virginia. Nansemond people lived in settlements on both sides of the Nansemond River where they fished (with the name "Nansemond" meaning "fishing point" in Algonquian), harvested oysters, hunted, and farmed in fertile soil.
Nansemond County, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.739323°N 76.609379°W. 1903 Map depicting Nansemond County (1646–1972) and other "lost counties" of Virginia. Nansemond is an extinct jurisdiction that was located south of the James River in Virginia Colony and in the Commonwealth of Virginia (after statehood) in the United States, from 1646 until ...
The area around Suffolk, Virginia, which is now an independent city in the Hampton Roads region in the southeastern part of the state, was originally inhabited by Native Americans. At the time of European contact, the Nansemond people lived along the river later known by the same name. The area was first explored by Jamestown colonists led by ...
A homeowner association [or homeowners' association (HOA), sometimes referred to as a property owners' association (POA), common interest development (CID), or homeowner community], is a private, legally-incorporated organization that governs a housing community and sets rules for its residents. They are found principally in the United States ...
Coordinates: 36°51′12″N 76°29′0″W. Bennett Creek [1] or Bennett's Creek is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km) [2] tributary of the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia . Pumps from the Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge Currituck filters sand from Bennett's Creek to increase the depth from 2 to 6 feet, April 2013.
Added to NRHP. April 11, 1973. Designated VLR. October 17, 1972 [2] St. John's Church, also known as Chuckatuck Church is a historic Episcopal church located near Chuckatuck. Constructed in 1755, St. John's is the third church to occupy the site in a parish which was established in 1642. St. John's Church preserves an important role in the ...
In 1672 Dew became a Quaker, possibly after William Edmundson, an associate of Quaker George Fox visited Nansemond County. Complicating matters, in 1660, a man named "Andrew Dew" bought land in Essex County considerably northwest of Nansemond County. That man had a wife named Ann and sons named Andrew and Thomas, but no proof exists of a family ...
The Nansemond River is a 19.8-mile-long (31.9 km) [1] tributary of the James River in Virginia in the United States. Virginian colonists named the river for the Nansemond tribe of Native Americans, who had long inhabited the area. [2] They continue as a federally recognized tribe in Virginia. The river begins at the outlet of Lake Meade north ...