INDEX.
Reading edition
Accomac, 55, 261, 305.
Adams, John, 621, 652.
Adams, Samuel, 568, 581.
Agriculture, 349, 614.
Albemarle colony, 258.
Albemarle, Earl of, governor-in-chief, 450.
Alexander, Archibald, 429, 490.
Alexandria, Braddock quartered at, 472.
Algonquin tribes, 269.
Amadas, Captain, 21.
Amsterdam, New, captured by Argall, 111.
Andros, Sir Edmund, governor, 347;
charges against him, 356;
remanded to England, 357.
Appomattox River discovered, 65, 268, 307.
Appomattox town, 107, 264.
Appomattox Indians, 40, 307.
Argall, Captain Samuel, captures Pocahontas, 107;
his expedition against the French in Acadia, 111;
reduces Dutch fort at Manhattan, 111;
governor of Virginia, 124;
his tyranny, 127;
departure from Virginia, 129;
is knighted, 129.
Arlington, Earl of, 274.
Armada, Spanish, 27.
Arnold, Benedict, invades Virginia, 710;
returns to Portsmouth, 713;
his position there, 717;
joins Phillips in second invasion, 719;
succeeds Phillips, 722;
La Fayette refuses to correspond with, 722;
returns to New York, 727.
Assembly of Virginia first held, 139;
petitions the king, 172;
the holding of, disallowed by Charles the First, 179;
Charles the First desires assembly to be called, 181;
declaration of, against restoration of Virginia Company, 200;
loyalty of, 213, 251;
supreme power claimed by, 238;
sends address to Charles the Second, 251;
demonstrations of its loyalty, 253;
proceedings of, during Bacon's Rebellion, 296-7;
journals of, seized, 320;
"Bacon's Laws" repealed by, 322;
Culpepper calls one; Beverley, clerk of, persecuted, 335;
opposes governor's negative, and is prorogued, 339;
Nicholson refuses to call, 345;
held in college, 364;
ceremony of opening, 364;
acts of, 376;
Spotswood dissolves, 395;
Spotswood prorogues, 399;
loyalty of, 417;
passes relief acts, 507, 509;
resolutions of, against stamp act, 540-41;
thanks of, given to Washington, 504;
remonstrates against proceedings of British government, 543;
Botetourt dissolves, 557;
he calls together, 558;
disapproves of Episcopate, 561;
proceedings of, 570;
Dunmore dissolves, 573;
votes thanks to Dunmore for his conduct of Indian war, 594;
first under republican constitution, 672;
proceedings of, 681.
Bacon, Nathaniel, Jr., his servant and overseer slain by Indians, 286;
leader of insurgents, 287;
proclaimed a rebel and pursued by Berkley, 289;
marches into wilderness and massacres tribe of Indians, 289;
elected burgess, arrested, and released, 289;
sues for pardon, 290;
restored to council, 291;
Berkley issues secret warrants for his arrest and he escapes, 292;
re-enters Jamestown and extorts a commission, 293;
countermarches against governor, 299;
calls convention, 301;
exterminates Indians, 307;
marches upon Jamestown, 308;
puts governor to flight and burns Jamestown, 310;
dies, 311;
punishment of his adherents, 313, 317, 320, 321, 322.
Bacon, Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., 312, 329.
Bacon, Nathaniel, Sr., member of council, 292;
member of court-martial, 315;
auditor, 327;
president of council, 344.
Bacon, Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Bacon, Sr., 344.
Bacon Quarter Branch, 421.
Baltimore, George, Lord, visits Virginia; procures grant of territory from Charles the First, 183.
Baltimore, Cecilius, Lord, patentee of Maryland, employs Leonard Calvert to settle a colony there, 189;
character of Baltimore's grant, 191.
Baltimore, Benedict, Lord, 377.
Banister, Colonel John, 725.
Baptists in Virginia, Blair's letter respecting, 554.
Barges, battle of, 738.
Barlow, Captain, 29.
Barradall, Edward, 434.
Barren, Commodore James, 679.
Barren, Captain Richard, 679-80, 738.
Barron, Lieutenant William, 679.
Barron, Captain Samuel, 723, 738.
Batt, Captain Henry, his expedition across the mountains, 268.
Baylor, Colonel, 668, 691.
"Bear and Cub," extract from Accomac records, 261.
Behn, Mrs. Afra, 317.
Bennet, Richard, a non-conformist, removes to Maryland, 212, 215;
parliamentary commissioner, 216;
with Clayborne reduces Maryland, 222;
governor of Virginia, 223;
agent at London, 233.
Berkley, seat on James River, 163.
Berkley, Sir William, governor, 200;
issues proclamation against non-conformists, 203;
captures Opechancanough, 204;
visits England, 204;
generosity to royalist refugees, 215;
surrenders colony, 217;
goes into retirement, 222;
generous treatment of, 225;
elected governor, 242;
errors regarding his election, 243;
Charles the Second sends new commission to, 248;
emoluments of, 252-53;
again visits England, 252;
superintends Albemarle colony, 267;
his statistics of Virginia, 271;
his imbecile conduct in regard to the Indians, 281;
refuses to give Bacon a commission, 287;
proclaims Bacon a rebel, 288;
releases Bacon from arrest, 289;
issues secret warrants to arrest Bacon, 292;
Bacon extorts commission from, 295;
summons Gloucester militia, 298;
escapes to Accomac, 299;
returns to Jamestown, 306;
escapes from Jamestown, 310;
his recall and death, 223.
Berkley, Lady Frances, 224.
Bermuda Island, Sea-Venture wrecked on coast of, 94.
Bermuda City, 125.
Bermuda Hundred, 107, 112, 117.
Beverley, Robert, clerk of assembly, persecution of, 335-6-8.
Beverley, Robert, author of History of Virginia, 359.
Birkenhead discloses plot, 263.
Blackbeard, the pirate, 396.
Blair, Rev. James, Commissary, procures college charter, 346;
president of college, 347;
his controversy with Andros, 356;
his controversy with Nicholson, 368;
his controversy with Spotswood, 400;
his death and character, 434.
Blair, John, president, 553;
his letter concerning the Baptists, 554.
Bland, Giles, 304, 320.
Bland, Theodorick, speaker, 244.
Bland, John, 264.
Bland, Colonel Theodorick, Jr., has charge of convention troops, 694.
Bland genealogy, 670.
Bland, Richard, his "Letters to Clergy," 509;
a burgess, 535;
his "Inquiry into Rights of Colonies," 549;
member of committee of correspondence, 570;
delegate to congress, 630;
member of committee of safety, 624;
death of, 670.
Bolling, Colonel Robert, marries Jane Rolfe, 122.
Boone, Daniel, 595.
Boston, 257;
Culpepper visits, 329;
port bill, 574;
affairs at, 666.
Botetourt, Lord, governor, 556, 558;
his death, 559.
Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, his opinions on slavery, 526.
Braddock, Edward, General, his expedition against Fort Du Quesne, 471;
defeat, 475;
death, 480.
Brandywine, battle of, 685.
Braxton, Carter, interposes to stop Henry's advance, 612;
member of committee of safety, 624;
his Address to the Convention, 646;
signer of Declaration of Independence, 652;
sketch of, 662.
Breckenridge, 432, 490.
Brent, Captain, 284.
Bridge, Great, battle of, 635.
Bryan, Butler, Miss, marries Gov. Spotswood, 408.
Bucke, Rev. Mr., 95, 98, 117.
Bullet, Thomas, 501, 594, 635.
Bullet, Cuthbert, 594.
Burden's grant, 428.
Burgoyne, General, surrenders at Saratoga, 686.
Burnaby, Rev. Andrew, his account of Virginia, 502;
his opinion on the disputes between assembly and ministers, 511.
Burras, Anne, first Christian married in Virginia, 65.
Burwell, Lewis, President, 450.
Butler's Account of Virginia, 169-70.
Byrd, Captain William, 421.
Byrd, Colonel William, Sr., of Westover, purchases records of Virginia Company, 174;
auditor, 341;
his generosity to Huguenots, 370;
runs dividing line, 414;
his opinion of people of New England, 415;
plans Richmond and Petersburg, 421;
his death, 435;
epitaph, 436.
Byrd, Colonel William, Jr., of Westover, commands a Virginia regiment, 500;
member of council, 610.
Byrd, Mrs. Maria, of Westover, her correspondence with Arnold, 712.
Cabell, Col. William, member of convention of 1776, 624, 626;
member of committee of safety, 624;
sketch of, 626.
Culvert, Sir George, first Lord Baltimore, 183, 189.
Calvert, Leonard, commands expedition for planting colony in Maryland, 189.
Camden, Gates defeated at, 698.
Camm, Rev. John, opposes "Two-Penny Act," 509, 514.
Campbell, Colonel William, defeats Ferguson at King's Mountain, 699, 700;
at the battle of Guilford, 718;
joins La Fayette, 735.
Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel, killed at Eutaw Springs, 745.
Campbell, Colonel Arthur, 690.
Carr, Dabney, 571.
Carrington, Paul, member of committee of safety, 624;
sketch of, 624-25.
Carrington, Edward, 625.
Carter, John, 238, 264.
Carter, Robert, President, 412.
Carter, Charles, of Shirley, member of first council under republican constitution, 651.
Carter, Colonel Landon, 509.
Carthagena expedition, 417.
Cary, Colonel Archibald, 555, 646;
member of committee of correspondence, 570;
reports preamble and resolutions of independence, 646;
chairman of committee to prepare declaration of rights and plan of government, 648.
Charles the First, his colonial policy, 175-79;
disallows assemblies, 179;
desires one to be called, 181;
appoints council of superintendence, 187;
grants Clayborne a license, 188;
reinstates Harvey, 195;
his government, 197;
his letter to assembly, 201;
overthrown at Naseby, 204;
executed, 212.
Charles the Second, restoration of, 244;
transmits new commission to Berkley, 247;
grants territory of Virginia to Arlington and Culpepper, 274.
Charleston, South Carolina, founded, 330.
Charta, Magna, recognized, 237.
Charter granted to London Company, 35;
new one, 76;
dissolved, 174;
Virginia obtains a meagre one, 326.
Chelsea, seat of Austin Moore, 387.
Cherokees, party of, visit Williamsburg, 450;
in Sandy Creek expedition, 490;
reduced to submission, 672;
invaded by Shelby, 692.
Chesapeakes town discovered, 23.
Chesapeake Bay supposed to have been discovered by Spaniards, 19;
Newport enters, 38;
Smith explores, 55, 60;
discovered by English, 188;
explored by Pory, 188;
naval action in, 743.
Chickahominy River, 45.
Chickahominies, 110.
Chicheley, Sir Henry, appointed to command expedition against Indians, 280;
governor, 328, 332.
Christanna, Fort, 384.
Church at Jamestown, 52, 101;
of England, conformity to, required, 151;
condition of, in Virginia in 1661, 249;
laws concerning, 255;
in Virginia, Rev. Morgan Godwyn's account of, 277;
statistics of, 331;
condition of, 354;
dissent from, 438;
ministers of, oppose "Two-Penny Act," 509.
Clarke, General George Rogers, captures St. Vincennes, 691-92, 713.
Clayborne, Colonel William, secretary of Virginia, effects settlement on Kent Island, 188;
his contest with Maryland, 189, 192;
convicted of high crimes, escapes to Virginia, goes to England, 192;
expels Calvert from Maryland and usurps government, 205;
one of commissioners for reducing Virginia, 216;
assists Bennet in reducing Maryland, 222;
authorized to make discoveries, 225;
with Bennet seizes government of Maryland, 230;
displaced from office of secretary, 254;
burgess, 281;
member of court-martial, 315;
genealogy, 324.
Cohees, 424.
Coin, current, 350, 444.
Collectors, 351, 354.
College of William and Mary, 345-47, 361-64, 376, 437.
College, Hampden Sidney, founded, 677.
College, Washington, founded, 677.
Commencement at William and Mary, 361.
Commissary, his power, 374.
Committee of correspondence, 570.
Committee of safety, 624.
Commonwealth of England, 212.
Company, Virginia, 175.
Congress meets at Philadelphia, 579, 618.
Constitution of Virginia, 648.
Convention troops quartered near Charlottesville, 694;
removed, 708.
Convention called by Bacon, 300.
Convention meets at Williamsburg, 575;
second, meets at Richmond, 599, 624;
meets at Williamsburg, 644;
proceedings of, 644-48;
instructs delegates in congress to propose independence, 646.
Convicts, 269.
Convocation, 368, 400.
Corbin, Colonel G., member of council, 610.
Corbin, G., Jr., member of council, 610.
Corbin, Henry, 264.
Corbin, Colonel Richard, deputy receiver-general, 611.
Corbin, John Tayloe, 645.
Cornstalk, Indian chief, 585, 587, 589.
Cornwallis, Lord, invades Virginia, 726;
pursues La Fayette, 728;
marches to Point of Fork, 729;
commits devastations, 733;
retires to lower country, 735;
pursued by La Fayette, 735;
fortifies Yorktown, is besieged and capitulates, 742-45.
Correspondence, committee of, 570.
Council, 351.
Counties, 190.
Court of claims, 351;
county courts, 352;
general court, 352;
courts closed, 620.
Cromwell, Oliver, dissolves Long Parliament, 225;
declared Protector, 225;
his tolerant views, 231;
letters, 230-31;
death, 240;
Virginia during his protectorate, 242.
Cromwell, Richard, succeeds to protectorate, 240;
recognized by assembly, 241;
resigns, 242.
Cropper, Colonel, 740.
Culloden prisoners, 340.
Culpepper, Thomas, Lord, governor-in-chief, 328, 331, 333, 336.
Cummings, Rev. Charles, 690.
Curtis, Edmund, 220.
Custis, Martha, Washington marries, 504.
Dale, Sir Thomas, governor, his code of martial law, 104;
founds town of Henrico, 105;
his expedition up York River, 108;
proposes to marry a daughter of Powhatan, 113;
takes Pocahontas to England, 116.
Dandridge, Captain Nathaniel West, 409, 418, 422.
Dandridge, John, 504.
Dandridge, Martha, marries, first, John Parke Custis; and secondly, George Washington, 504.
Dandridge, Bartholomew, 644, 651.
Dare, Virginia, first Christian child born in Virginia, 26.
Davies, Rev. Samuel, settles in Hanover County, 446;
his zeal and eloquence, 447, 484;
visits Great Britain, 482;
his allusion to Washington, 483;
patriotism and influence, 483, 498.
Dawson, Rev. Thomas, president of William and Mary, 505.
Deane, Silas, 702-3.
Declaration of Rights, 648.
Declaration of Independence, 652;
Virginia signers of, 652.
Declaration, Mecklenburg, 615.
Delaware, Lord, first governor of Virginia, 77, 96, 101, 103, 126.
Delaware River, name of, 126.
Delaware City, 126, 313.
Delaware, Lady, presents Pocahontas, at court, 119.
Dennis, Captain, commissioner for reducing Virginia, 216;
compels colony to surrender, 217.
Dictator, alleged scheme of appointing, 676.
Digges, Edward, governor, 233;
agent at London, 236.
Digges, Dudley, 233.
Disputes between colonies and mother country, 530.
Dinwiddie, Robert, governor, 452;
dissensions between him and assembly, 454;
his correspondence with Washington, 493, 496;
letter to Fox, 494;
succeeded by Blair, 494, 498.
Discovery, early voyages of, 17.
Dissenters, 202, 211, 371-73, 438, 446.
Dividing line, 414.
Drake, Sir Francis, 24.
Drummond, William, 266, 294, 299, 302-3, 307-8, 316, 321.
Drummond, Sarah, 303.
Drysdale, Hugh, governor, 411.
Dunmore, Lord, governor, 569;
dissolves assembly, 570, 573;
his Indian war, 582;
indignation against, 588;
his proclamation, 607;
removes powder, 607;
his proceedings, 608-10;
offers "the olive branch," 618;
retires aboard the Fowey, 619;
correspondence with assembly, 619;
his predatory warfare, 632;
driven from Gwynn's Island, 665;
retires from Virginia, 665;
subsequent career, 665.
Dunmore, Lady, arrives at Williamsburg, 572;
retires aboard the Fowey, 612;
returns to Williamsburg, 618;
embarks for England, 623.
Dutch, the, England at war with, 264.
Du Quesne, Fort, Braddock's expedition against, 471;
captured by Forbes, and called Fort Pitt, 502.
Effingham, Lord Howard of, Governor, 336;
his corruption and tyranny, 342.
Elizabeth, Queen, names Virginia, 22.
Elizabeth River, 59.
Episcopate, American, 560.
Eutaw Springs, battle of, 744.
Fairfax, William, 435, 457.
Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, 458.
Fairfax, Bryan, 574.
Farmingdale, 122.
Farrar's Island, 104.
Fauquier, Francis, governor, 508;
his death, 553.
Ferguson, Colonel, killed at King's Mountain, 698, 700.
Ferrer, Nicholas, deputy treasurer of Virginia Company, 170, 174-76, 187.
Ferrer, John, 171, 187, 226.
Forbes, General, captures Fort Du Quesne, 502.
Fontaine, John, 387.
Fontaine, Rev. Peter, his opinion on slavery, 494.
Francisco, Peter, 733.
Franklin, Benjamin, 473, 652, 702.
Fredericksburg, Smith visits site of, 59;
volunteers assembled at, 608.
Free Trade established, 245.
Free Church of Scotland, disruption of, 367.
Fresh, great, 560.
Fry, Colonel, 463-65.
Gap, Dutch, 105.
Gates, Sir Thomas, governor, 35, 77, 94-8, 102-4, 111.
Gazette, Williamsburg, 419.
Gates, Horatio, serves under Braddock, 472;
Burgoyne surrenders to, 686;
defeated at Camden, 698.
Geography, physical, of Virginia, 426.
Germans settle valley of Shenandoah, 431.
Germanna, residence of Governor Spotswood, 381, 404.
Germantown, battle of, 685.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 19.
Gilbert, Bartholomew, 29.
Girty, Simon, 593.
Godwyn, Rev. Morgan, his account of church in Virginia, 277.
Gondomar, Count, 19, 169, 176.
Gooch, William, governor, 414;
commands Virginia regiment in Carthagena expedition, 417;
his character, 449;
his interview with dissenters, 440;
his measures against them, 441;
resigns, 448.
Gookin, Daniel, 164.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 35;
his voyage to New England, 28;
his death, 43.
Governor, powers of, 350.
Gravesend, Pocahontas dies at, 120.
Greene, Nathaniel, General, 715.
Greenspring, plundered by rebels, 308;
assembly held at, 322.
Grenville, George, introduces stamp act, 538.
Griffin, Rev. C., 384.
Grymes, John, member of council, 446;
taken prisoner, 665.
Guilford, battle of, 718.
Gwynn's Island, Dunmore driven from, 665.
Hakluyt, Richard, 115.
Hall, Carpenter's, congress meets in, 579.
Hamor, Ralph, visits Powhatan, 112.
Hampden Sydney College founded, 677.
Hanover presbytery, memorial of, 673.
Hansford, one of Bacon's adherents, executed, 314.
Hariot, Thomas, 23-4.
Harrison, Benjamin, of Surry, 654.
Harrison, Benjamin, of Brandon, member of first council under republican constitution, 651.
Harrison, Jr., Benjamin, of Berkley, member of committee of correspondence, 570;
delegate to congress, 681;
signer of Declaration, 652;
his family, 654-56.
Harrison, John, delegate in congress, 681.
Harvey, Sir John, governor, 182;
visits Calvert, 191;
gives away large tracts of Virginia territory, 193;
his corruption and tyranny, 193;
deposed and reinstated, 195.
Hatcher, William, 228.
Hawley, Major Joseph, of Massachusetts, 601.
Henrico, town of, 105.
Henry, Prince, 109.
Henry, Rev. Patrick, 521.
Henry, John, father of Patrick Henry the orator, 520;
his map of Virginia, 521.
Henry, Jr., Patrick, his speech in "Parsons' Cause," 515;
early life and education, 519;
his resolutions against stamp act, 538;
Mason's opinion of, 573;
member of convention, 538-42;
member of congress, 579;
his resolutions for putting colony in state of defence, 599;
his speech, 600;
captain of Hanover volunteers, 611;
recovers compensation for powder, 612;
Dunmore's proclamation against, 613;
his popularity, 614;
colonel of 1st Virginia regiment, 627;
resigns, 641;
indignation of troops, 641;
member of convention of 1776, 644;
elected first governor of independent Virginia, 650;
alleged scheme of making him dictator, 676.
Hill, Colonel Edward, (the elder,) speaker, 228;
defeated by Ricahecrians, 233;
re-elected speaker, 239;
disfranchised, 297;
his death, 361.
Hillsborough, Earl of, 558.
Hobkirk's Hill, battle of, 727.
Holloway, John, speaker, 415.
Hopkins, William, lawyer, 416.
Horrocks, Rev. James, 562.
Howard, Lord of Effingham, 337, 342.
Howe, Colonel, assumes command of Virginia troops at Great Bridge, 636;
occupies Norfolk, 638.
Howe, Sir William, evacuates Boston, 667.
Hudson River discovered, 60.
Huguenots, 369.
Hunt, Rev. Robert, 38, 43, 51, 52.
Hunter, Robert, appointed governor, captured during voyage, 375.
Indians, seen at Cape Henry, 39;
assault Jamestown, 42;
Smith captured by, 46;
tribes of, discovered by Smith, 47;
Smith erects fort as refuge from, 74;
manners and customs and character of, 85;
extermination of, 50, 167;
general act relating to, 255;
number of, in Virginia, 268-69;
incursions of, 280, 486, 492;
Piscataway besieged, 285;
murders committed by, 286;
tribe of, massacred by Bacon, 289;
Bacon marches against South-side tribes, 307;
Spotswood reduces tribes of, 380;
Captain McDowell slain by, 431;
treaty with Six Nations of, 433;
treaty of Lancaster, with, 433;
battle with, at Point Pleasant, 584;
Logan's speech, 590;
Boone's rencontres with, 595-98;
Cherokee sue for peace, 672.
Ingram succeeds Bacon, 313.
Innes, Colonel, 469, 496, 632, 710.
James the First, king, issues letters patent, 35;
his cruel treatment of Raleigh, 134, 156;
jealous of Virginia Company, 169;
death of, 175.
James the Second succeeds to throne, 339;
his despotism, 341;
abdicates, 342.
Jamestown, landing at, 41;
assaulted by Indians, 42;
destroyed by fire, 51;
scarcity of provisions at, 75;
abandoned by colonists, 98;
they return to it 98;
church at, 101;
condition of, 124;
Bacon enters, 293;
situation of, 309;
burnt by rebels, 310;
seat of government removed from, 358.
Jarratt, Rev. Devereux, biographical sketch of, 563.
Jefferson, John, 172.
Jefferson, Peter, 604.
Jefferson, Thomas, meets with Patrick Henry, 524;
member of committee of correspondence, 570;
his "Summary View," 575;
notice of, 603;
marries Martha Skelton, 606;
author of preamble to Declaration of Rights, 650;
author of Declaration of Independence, 652;
member of committee of revisal, 676;
governor, 708-11;
attempt of British to capture, 732.
Jeffreys, Colonel Herbert, governor, 323;
his proceedings, 326-28;
succeeded by Chicheley, 328.
Jones, Rev. Hugo, 357, 382.
Jones, Joseph, delegate to congress, 681.
Jumonville, M. De, death of, 464.
Kemp, Richard, governor, 204.
Kent Island, 196.
Kenton, Simon, 593.
King's Mountain, battle of, 699.
Kinloch, Francis, 732.
Kiquotan, (Hampton,) 66, 104, 139, 319.
La Fayette, Marquis De La, 722, 735, 737, 743, 747, 748, 751.
Land, grants of, 350.
Lane, Ralph, governor of Raleigh's colony, 23.
Laneville, 611.
Lancaster, treaty of, 433.
Laud, Archbishop, 189, 199.
Lawrence, Henry, 241.
Lawrence, Richard, 259, 294, 298-99, 302, 311, 316, 317.
Laydon, John, 65.
Lee, Richard, 264.
Lee, Richard Henry, his opinions on the "Two-Penny Act," 512;
a burgess, 537;
proposes separation of offices of speaker and treasurer, 544;
sketch of his early life, 577;
moves resolution of separation from Great Britain, 652;
biographical sketch of, 659;
charges against, 681;
he demands an inquiry, 682;
his defence and honorable acquittal, 682-84.
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, signer of Declaration, 652;
notice of, 662;
tenders his resignation as delegate in congress, 682.
Lee, Thomas Ludwell, member of committee of safety, 624.
Lee, Arthur, biographical sketch of, 701.
Lee, William, American commissioner at Vienna and Berlin, 704.
Lee, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, biographical sketch of, 745.
Lee, General Charles, 664, 668, 688.
Leslie's invasion, 707.
Lewis, John, pioneer of Augusta, 428.
Lewis, Andrew, defeats Indians at Point Pleasant, 585-86;
sketch of, 588;
his brothers, 589;
appointed brigadier-general, 641;
expels Dunmore from Gwynn's Island, 665.
Lewis, Colonel Charles, killed at Point Pleasant, 585.
Loan office scheme, 539.
Logan, speech of, 590;
sketch of, 590-93;
his death, 706.
Loudoun, Lord, appointed governor-in-chief of Virginia, 500.
Loudoun, Fort, in Virginia, 494.
Loudoun, Fort, in Tennessee, 492.
Ludwell, Thomas, 264;
agent at London, 276;
his death, 358.
Ludwell, Colonel Philip, member of council, 291;
captures Giles Bland, 306;
quarrels with Jeffreys, 327;
sent to England to prefer complaints against Effingham, 342, 344.
Lyons, James, attorney for plaintiff in "Parsons' Cause," 516.
Madison, Captain, 166.
Madison, Jr., James, biographical notice of, 704.
Makemie, Rev. Francis, 371.
Manhattan, 111, 151.
Manakintown, 370.
Manakin Indians, 289.
Marriage, the first in Virginia, 65.
Marshall, Colonel Thomas, 685.
Marshall, John, (chief justice,) 635, 713.
Mary's, St., in Maryland, settled, 190.
Mary's, Mount, St., settled by Gookin, 164.
Mason, George, draughts non-importation agreement, 558;
member of committee of safety, 624;
author of declaration (or bill) of rights, 648;
author of constitution of Virginia, 648;
member of committee of revisal, 676;
genealogy, 648.
Massacre of colonists by Indians in 1622, 160.
Massacre of colonists by Indians in 1644, 203.
Massacre of tribe of Indians by Bacon, 289.
Massawomeks, tribe of, 58.
Matthews, Captain Samuel, 209, 212;
governor, 234;
agent, 234, 236, 238;
his election as governor declared void, 238;
re-elected, 238.
Matthews, Thomas, 284.
McRoberts, Archibald, 566.
Maury, Rev. James, plaintiff in "Parsons' Cause," 515.
Maynard, Lieutenant, his engagement with Blackbeard, 396.
McDowell, Ephraim, 429.
McDowell, Captain John, 431.
Meade, Colonel Richard Kidder, aid-de-camp to Washington, 689;
the Meades of Virginia, 689.
Mechanics, condition of, 350.
Mecklenburg Declaration, 615.
Menendez, Pedro, 18.
Mercer, Colonel George, 487, 543.
Mercer, James, member of committee of safety, 624.
Mercer, General Hugh, mortally wounded near Princeton, 668;
notice of, 668-69.
Merchants, 350.
Methodists appear in Virginia, 562.
Middle Plantation, 188.
Minge, James, clerk of assembly, 281, 301.
Ministers, 249, 374, 696.
Monacan Indians, 63.
Monmouth, battle of, 688.
Monmouth's adherents sent to Virginia, 339.
Monongahela, battle of, 474.
Moore, Austin, of Chelsea, 387.
Moore, Bernard, of Chelsea, marries daughter of Governor Spotswood, 408.
Moore, Lucy, married to Speaker Robinson, 548.
Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina, battle of, 640.
Morgan, General Daniel, notice of, 686;
his victory at Cowpens, 715.
Morris, Samuel, dissenter in Hanover County, 439.
Morrison, Francis, governor, 252;
agent, 275.
Morquez, Pedro Menendez, explores Bay of Santa Maria, (Chesapeake,) 18.
Mounds in Virginia, 85.
Nansemond, 59.
Navigation act, 218, 248.
Navy, Virginia, 678.
Necessity, Fort, 465.
Neck, Northern, 248, 274.
Negroes introduced into Virginia, 144.
Negroes, number of, in 1649, 206.
Negroes, number of, in 1670, 272.
Negroes, number of, in 1714, 383.
Negroes, number of, in 1756, 494.
Negroes, duty on importation of, disallowed, 412.
Negroes, loss of, during British invasions, 733.
Nelson, President William, 654.
Nelson, Thomas, 653.
Nelson, Secretary Thomas, 651, 653, 747.
Nelson, Jr., General Thomas, his education, 653;
member of convention, 653;
member of congress, 653;
his letter urging independence, 645;
signer of Declaration, 652;
sketch of, 653;
his family, 653-54;
commands militia during Arnold's invasion, 710;
commands militia at siege of York, 747;
notice of him and his family, 653.
Nelson, Judge Hugh, of Belvoir, 731.
Newport, Captain, sails for Virginia, 38;
lands at Jamestown and explores the River Powhatan, 41;
visits Powhatan, 50;
returns to England, 53;
arrives with second supply, 61;
explores Monacan country, 63;
embarks for England, 65.
Nicholas, Robert Carter, elected treasurer, 547;
member of committee of correspondence, 624;
member of convention, 600, 602.
Nicholson, Colonel Francis, governor, 344;
succeeded by Andros, 347;
again governor, 358;
his tyranny, 358;
his complaints against Virginia, 363;
his speech to assembly, 365;
his controversy with Blair, 368;
is recalled, 369;
notice of his career, 369.
Non-importation agreement, 558.
Norfolk incorporated, 420;
burnt, 640.
Northy, Attorney-General, 367.
Norwood, Colonel, his voyage to Virginia, 213;
despatched by Sir William Berkley to Holland, 215.
Nott, Edward, governor, 375.
Ohio Company, 452.
Opechancanough, captures Smith, 46;
seized by Smith, 71;
visits Jamestown, 124;
his hypocrisy, 161;
heads a second massacre, 203;
taken prisoner by Berkley, and dies, 204.
Opitchapan succeeds Powhatan, 130.
Orders, general, 642, 652.
Ovid translated at Jamestown by George Sandys, 152.
Page, John, member of council, 347, 503.
Page, Matthew, 347.
Page, Mann, Jr., 682.
Page, John, of Rosewell, member of council, 614;
member of committee of safety, 624;
member of first council under the republican constitution, 651;
commands party of militia during Arnold's invasion, 712.
Pamunkey, or Pamaunkee, Indian name of York River, 47.
Pamunkey, residence of Opechancanough, 47.
Pamunkey Indians, 298.
Parishes, 371.
Parliament, Long, 199, 215.
"Parsons' Cause," 507.
Paspaheghs, 39, 103;
chief of, Smith's rencontre with, 73.
Patriot, the, capture of, 738.
Pendleton, Edmund, his early life and education, 535;
opposes Henry's resolutions, 541;
member of committee of correspondence, 570;
delegate to congress, 575;
member of committee of safety, 624;
president of convention, 644;
member of committee of revisal, 676.
Percy, Captain George, governor, 63, 66, 70, 73, 75, 97, 102.
Petersburg incorporated, 438;
skirmish at, 720;
General Phillips occupies, 720;
his death at, 722;
Arnold commands at, 722;
Cornwallis arrives at, 726.
Philadelphia, congress meets at, 579.
Phillips, General, prisoner of war, 694;
invades Virginia, 719;
commits devastations, 720-21;
his death, 722.
Pianketank, 59.
Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, 144.
Pirates, act against, 360.
Pirate captured, 361.
Piscataway, siege of, 284.
Plague in London, 265.
Plantagenet Beauchamp, 210.
Plantation, Middle, 300, 358.
Plymouth, landing at, 144.
Pocahontas rescues Smith, 48;
entertains him with a dance, 62;
discloses to him a plot, 67;
made prisoner by Argall, 107;
John Rolfe marries, 109;
baptized, 115;
visits England, 116;
recommended to the queen by Smith, 118;
Smith's interview with, 118;
presented at court, 119;
her death, son, and descendants, 120, 122.
Point Pleasant, battle of, 582, 584.
Point Comfort, 59, 188.
Population of Colonies, 362, 383, 450.
Population of Virginia, 272.
Porterfield, Colonel, mortally wounded at Camden, 698.
Pory, John, 139, 172, 188.
Post-office, 348.
Potomac River, 56.
Pott, Dr. John, governor, convicted of stealing cattle, 182-83.
Powder, Dunmore's removal of, 607.
Powhatan, name of river and seat, 41, 42.
Powhatan Indians, confederacy of, 269.
Powhatan, Indian chief, visited by Newport and Smith, 41, 49;
releases Smith, 48;
coronation of, 63;
Smith visits, at Werowocomoco, 65;
"Powhatan's Chimney," built for him by English, 68;
Werowocomoco his residence, 68;
consents to marriage of Pocahontas, 109;
Hamor's interview with, 112;
death of, and character, 129.
Presbyterianism, origin of, in Hanover, 439.
Preston, 432, 491.
Pretender, 437.
Printing in Virginia, 273, 418, 419.
Puritans, English, come over to Virginia, 144.
Puritan ministers from New England visit Virginia, 302.
Quakers, 244, 261, 396.
Quiqoughcohanocks, chief of, 39.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, his efforts to colonize Virginia, 21;
introduces tobacco at court, 25;
anecdotes of his using tobacco, 25, 153;
notice of his life and death, 132-36.
Raleigh, Lady, 133, 134, 135.
Raleigh, City of, in Virginia, chartered, 26.
Raleigh, the, 573.
Randolph, Sir John, speaker, 420;
his death, 424.
Randolph, William, 424.
Randolph, Peyton, king's attorney-general, 535;
replied to by Davies, 447;
opposes Henry's resolutions, 542;
speaker of house of burgesses, 630;
delegate to congress, 575;
president of congress, 579;
member of committee of correspondence, 624;
his death, 629.
Randolph genealogy, 629.
Randolph, John, attorney-general, 630.
Randolph, Edmund, 630.
Randolph, Beverley, 630.
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, 630.
Randolph, the frigate, blown up, 688.
Rappahannock River, 57.
Ratcliffe, John, 39, 43, 45, 53, 65.
Read, Colonel Clement, member of convention of 1775-6, 625.
Reekes, Stephen, pilloried, 199.
Revenue, 353.
Revolt threatened, 275.
Ricahecrians, Colonel Edward Hill defeated by, 199, 233.
Rice, Rev. Dr. John H., 82.
Richmond, town of, laid off, 421;
incorporated, 433;
convention meets at, 599;
seat of government removed to, 710;
entered by Arnold, 710.
Roanoke Island, 22, 23, 26, 226.
Roanoke River, 24.
Roanoke, or Rawrenoke, Indian shell-money, 56, 113.
Roanoke, John Randolph of, 631.
Robinson, John, president, 449.
Robinson, John, Jr., speaker, 535;
his defalcation, 544, 546;
his family, 548.
Rockbridge County, first settlers of, 423.
Rolfe, John, marries Pocahontas, 109;
member of council, 139.
Rolfe, Thomas, son of Pocahontas, 122.
Rolfe, Henry, 122.
Rolfe, Jane, marries Colonel Robert Bolling, 122.
Safety, committee of, 624.
Sandy Creek expedition, 489.
Sandys, Sir Edwin, 144, 149, 151, 176.
Sandys, George, treasurer in Virginia, 151;
translates Ovid at Jamestown, 152.
Scarburgh, Edmund, excites disturbances in Eastern Shore, 226;
his proceedings as surveyor-general in establishing boundary line, 259.
Scarburgh, Colonel John, 342.
School, East India, 158.
Scotch-Irish settlers of Western Virginia, 423, 429.
Sea-Venture, the, 77, 94.
Secretary, office of, 352.
Shakespeare's Tempest, 99.
Shenandoah River, 389.
Shenandoah valley, 425, 431, 505.
Sheriffs, 353.
Sherwood, Grace, tried for witchcraft, 382.
Shirley, 107, 126.
Silk in Virginia, 158.
Simcoe, Lieutenant-Colonel, 722, 729, 735.
Six Nations, treaty with, 433.
Slaves, baptism of, 267.
Slavery, negro, remarks on, 145, 528.
Smith, Sir Thomas, treasurer of Virginia Company, 37.
Smith, Robert, 264, 266.
Smith, Captain John, his early life and adventures, 30, 34;
his life in jeopardy at Isle of Mevis, 38;
one of council of Virginia, 39;
excluded from council, 41;
restored to council, 43;
has charge of colony, 44;
explores the country, 45;
taken prisoner by Opechancanough, 46;
rescued by Pocahontas, 48;
explores Chesapeake, 55;
president, 60;
his energetic administration, 64;
visits Powhatan, 66;
seizes Opechancanough, 71;
encounters chief of Paspahegh, 73;
builds fortlet on Ware Creek, 74;
his efforts to quell disorders, 80;
his return to England, 80;
descendants still living in England, 83;
his epitaph, 83.
Somers, Sir George, 35, 77, 94, 97, 102.
South Carolina solicits aid from Virginia, 391.
Southampton, Earl of, treasurer of Virginia Company, 149, 175-77.
Sovereignty, declaration of, 238.
Spencer, Nicholas, president, 336.
Spilman, Henry, 141.
Spotswood, Alexander, governor, his lineage and early career, 378;
dissolves assembly, 379;
assists North Carolina, 380;
establishes Indian school, 384;
visits Christanna, 385;
his Tramontane expedition, 387;
institutes Tramontane order, 390;
his disputes with burgesses, 393-99;
he dissolves assembly, 394;
complaints against, 398;
displaced, 404;
review of his administration, 404;
manufacturer of iron, 405;
subsequent career, death, and family, 404-10.
Stamp act, 534, 538, 543;
repeal of, 544.
Staunton incorporated, 438.
St. John's Church, 599.
Starlins, Captain, 738.
"Starving Time" at Jamestown, 93.
State House, Philadelphia, congress meets in, 618.
Statistics, 206, 271, 331, 349, 382, 443, 471.
Steg, Thomas, 216.
"Stint" of tobacco, 265.
Stith, Rev. William, president of College of William and Mary, and author of History of Virginia, 437, 482.
Stobo, Captain, 467-68, 504.
Stone House, the old, on Ware Creek, 74.
Stone, deputy governor of Maryland, 228.
Strachey, William, 102, 106.
Stratford, 577.
Stuart, house of, 243.
Studley, birth-place of Patrick Henry, 519.
Stukely, Sir Lewis, 122.
Stuyvesant, Peter, Berkley's reply to, 246.
Suffolk burnt by the British, 697.
Summer Islands, 102, 109.
Surrender of Virginia to Commonwealth of England, 217.
Surrender of Burgoyne, 686.
Surrender of Cornwallis, 749.
Swift, Dean, desires to be bishop of Virginia, 377, 562.
Swift Run Gap, 388.
Syme, Colonel John, 519.
Tabb, John, member of committee of safety, 624.
Tarleton, Lieutenant-Colonel, 715, 729, 731, 734, 750.
Tayloe, John, member of first council under republican constitution, 651.
Tea, duty on, 568.
Tempest, Shakespeare's, 99.
Temple, Colonel Benjamin, 713.
Thompson, Rev. John, 409.
Tobacco, or Uppowoc, how used by Indians, 24;
Lane introduces into England, 25;
anecdotes of Raleigh's smoking, 25, 153;
culture of, commenced by colonists, 117;
new mode of curing, 125;
cultivation of, discouraged by government, 151;
James the First's aversion to, and his "Counterblast," 153-57;
Charles the First affects monopoly of, 180;
sole staple of Virginia, 181;
"stint" of, 265;
low price of, 281, 332;
plant-cutting, 333;
revenue from, 331;
"Two-Penny Act," 507;
destroyed by the British, 733.
Toleration act, 373.
Tomocomo, 119.
"Two-Penny Act," 507.
Totopotomoi, 233.
Trade, free, established, 245.
Tuckahoe-root, 75, 87.
Tuckahoe, a seat on James River, 604, 631.
Tuckahoes, a name given to inhabitants of Eastern Virginia, 424.
Tucker, St. George, 672.
Tyler, John, revolutionary patriot, 723.
Tyler, John, President, 724.
Uttomattomakkin, 119.
Valley of Virginia, first settlers of, 423, 429, 488.
Valley Forge, Washington at, 687.
Van Braam, Jacob, 461, 466, 468, 504.
Varina, 104-5.
Vernon, Admiral, 417.
Vernon, Mount, 417, 505.
Vestries, 354.
Virginia, state and condition of, 349;
opposes stamp act, 538;
becomes independent, 648.
Virginia, name given by Queen Elizabeth, 22.
Virginians, habits of, 495.
Waddell, Rev. James, "the Blind Preacher," 521.
Walker, Dr., 731.
Walker, John, 731-32.
Wallace, Rev. Caleb, 674.
Washington, Colonel John, a burgess, 281;
commands militia at siege of Piscataway Fort, 285.
Washington, Captain Lawrence, 417, 452;
his views on religious freedom, 454;
in Carthagena expedition, 417.
Washington, George, his lineage, 457;
early life, 457;
surveyor, 458-59;
major, 460;
despatched on mission through wilderness, 461;
lieutenant-colonel, 465;
surprises French party, 464;
surrenders at Fort Necessity, 466;
resigns, 470;
aide-de-camp to Braddock, 472;
heroism at battle of Monongahela, 477;
his account of the defeat, 479;
commander-in-chief of Virginia forces, 486;
visits Boston, 487;
Dinwiddie's correspondence with, 496;
member of assembly, 503;
marries, 503;
receives thanks of assembly, 504;
reports non-importation agreement, 558;
attends meeting of burgesses, 571;
member of congress, 575, 580;
chosen commander-in-chief by congress, 621;
his conduct of affairs during revolutionary war, 665-68, 686-87, 742, 746, 748, 751.
Washington, Colonel William, 716, 718-744.
Washington College founded, 677.
Weedon, General George, 685.
Werowocomoco, 48, 66, 71-2, 108, 129-30.
West Point, 126, 313, 316, 320, 327.
West, Captain John, 195.
West, Francis, Governor, 180.
West, Sir Thomas, Lord Delaware, 96.
Whitaker, Rev. Alexander, 106, 109, 115, 117.
White, Captain John, Governor of City of Raleigh, in Virginia, 26.
Whitefield preaches at Williamsburg, 438, 445.
William and Mary proclaimed in Virginia, 343.
William and Mary College, 345-47, 361-64, 376, 437.
William the Third, death of, 362;
succeeded by Anne, 362.
Williamsburg, City of, seat of government removed to, 358;
descriptions of, 444, 502;
disturbances at, 607;
Cornwallis quartered at, 735;
La Fayette quartered at, 743.
Winchester first settled, 427, 493.
Wingfield, Edward Maria, first president of council, 41, 43.
Winston, Sarah, mother of Patrick Henry, 519.
Winston, William, 520.
Withe, artist, 23-4.
Wives for colonists, 146.
Woodford, Colonel William, appointed to command second Virginia regiment, 627;
sent against Dunmore, 633;
refuses to acknowledge Colonel Henry's superiority in command, 633;
has command at battle of Great Bridge, 635.
Wormley, Captain Ralph, 214.
Wormley, Ralph, 610, 645.
Wythe, George, a burgess, 537;
biographical sketch of, 656.
Yeardley, Sir George, Governor, 117, 180.
Yeardley, Lady Temperance, 180.
Yeardley, Captain Francis, his letter to Ferrar, 226;
Roanoke Indians visit, 226;
purchases territory in North Carolina, 227.