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History
The first permanant European settlement in Virginia was made in Jamestown in 1607. These settlers were called the Virginia Company of London, and in 1609 recieved a charter. In 1624, the Virginia Company was dissolved when it became a royal colony. French Huguenot and German settlers arrived in Virginia by the mid-18th century.[2]
Resources
Statewide Records
- Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia: 1620-1632, 1670-1676 by H.R. McIlwaine, (1924. Reprint. Richmond: VSL, 1979).
- Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia (1680-1775) by Virginia Council, 6 Vols., (1925. Reprint. Richmond: VSL, 1966-1978).
- Virginia Colonial Decisions: The Reports by Sir John Randolph and Edward Barradall of the Decisions of the General Court of Virginia, 1728-1741 by R.T. Barton, 2 Vols., (Boston: n.p., 1909).
- The Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1776 by John Pendleton Kennedy and Henry Reed McIlwaine, 13 Vols., (1905-1915. Reprint. Richmond: VSL and Scholarly Resources, 1985).
References
- ↑ Christina K. Schaefer, Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998
- ↑ Christina K. Schaefer, Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 475. WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998