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John Smith (explorer)
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and ...
Smith moved westward to Frederick County, Virginia in 1773 and became a planter. By 1777 he built a manor house he called "Hackwood", near the county seat at Winchester. He was commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773, and the county lieutenant in 1777. Smith also served in the local militia and fought in Dunmore's War with the Indians in 1774.
History of Virginia
The Wicocomico people were encountered by Captain John Smith in 1608 as he explored Virginia. [2] He notes a village of about 130 men on the South side of the mouth of the Patawomeke (Potomac) River. The Northumberland County Court began manipulating and interfering in the governance of the local tribes by the mid-17th century.
History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699)
Historic Jamestown
An excerpt of 'A True Relation of Virginia' by John Smith. John Smith, explorer and captain of the newly established Virginian colony wrote frequently and in 1608 Smith's first book A True Relation of Virginia also known under the title A True Relation of such occurrences and accidents of noate as hath hapned in Virginia since the first ...