http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/tags/virginia/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:34:37 -0700 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:34:37 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/buddyicons/22616393@N04.jpg?1369138464#22616393@N04 http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/tags/virginia/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/8144740105/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/8144740105/" title="PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA-1894"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8144740105_0dbf03cba6_m.jpg" width="240" height="162" alt="PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA-1894" /></a></p> <p>due to the order in which the United States government did the surveying that created the maps of Petersburg, Virginia, we have an historical irony of the first order. the US Coastal Survey that was done of the Appomattox River, and the entire James River basin up to the capital of Richmond for that matter, had shown in very good detail the northern part of the city as well as a community of free blacks on the northern edge of the stream in Chesterfield County. this settlement was and still is known as Pocahontas, it is singularly black in heritage, and even contributed proudly to the ranks of the famous Buffalo Soldiers after the Civil War. Ettricks and Blandford were also able to capture a bit of communal independence from the main town of Petersburg.</p> Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:34:37 -0700 2012-11-01T10:33:49-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8144740105 37.231678 -77.404754 37.231678 -77.404754 2470959 PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA-1894 <p>due to the order in which the United States government did the surveying that created the maps of Petersburg, Virginia, we have an historical irony of the first order. the US Coastal Survey that was done of the Appomattox River, and the entire James River basin up to the capital of Richmond for that matter, had shown in very good detail the northern part of the city as well as a community of free blacks on the northern edge of the stream in Chesterfield County. this settlement was and still is known as Pocahontas, it is singularly black in heritage, and even contributed proudly to the ranks of the famous Buffalo Soldiers after the Civil War. Ettricks and Blandford were also able to capture a bit of communal independence from the main town of Petersburg.</p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR virginia graveyards maps land nationalparkservice mapping slavery archeology pocahontas jamestown blackhistory rva jamesriver virginiahistory nationalheritage britishhistory americanculture tobaccorow captainjohnsmith colonialhistory theolddominion unitedstateshistory tidewatervirginia americancivilwarsites powhatanindians mayosisland thecommonwealthofvirginia americanrailroadsinfrastructure tsenacommacah virginiahistoricalsites americansmokestackindustry colonialtimesandplaces virginiaandamericanhistoricalinterpretation coastalmaps contactperiod jamesriverandkanawhacanalcompany chesapeakeandohiorailroadcompany thevirginiansbaseballclub chimborazohillhospital phoebeyatespember thehistoricpowhatanriver virginiasriverlifeline theriverofkingjamesi http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7677635348/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7677635348/" title="BLUES AND WHITES SAILS"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/7677635348_87f7c2c7ae_m.jpg" width="240" height="173" alt="BLUES AND WHITES SAILS" /></a></p> <p>LOG CANOE RACE: made to resemble an impressionistic style of the great, late sports-action painter, Mr LeRoy Nieman, by the use of a few photo-shop techniques.<br /> <br /> SAILING, SAILING OVER THE OCEAN BLUE….<br /> <a href="http://www.hobie.com/" rel="nofollow">www.hobie.com/</a><br /> <br /> THE BAY WE LOVE<br /> <a href="http://www.virginia.org/regions/ChesapeakeBay/" rel="nofollow">www.virginia.org/regions/ChesapeakeBay/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/ches.html" rel="nofollow">www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/ches.html</a><br /> <br /> WATERMEN ARE WORKING MEN<br /> <a href="http://www.watermens.org/" rel="nofollow">www.watermens.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://tilghmanmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">tilghmanmuseum.org/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE IS THE LOVE???<br /> <a href="http://www.singlesonsailboats.org/" rel="nofollow">www.singlesonsailboats.org/</a><br /> <br /> FUN ON THE BAY WITH A GROUP<br /> <a href="http://www.schoonerwoodwind.com/" rel="nofollow">www.schoonerwoodwind.com/</a><br /> <br /> BEAUTUFUL OLD SAINT MICHAELS MARYLAND<br /> <a href="http://www.harbourinn.com/sailing.html" rel="nofollow">www.harbourinn.com/sailing.html</a><br /> <br /> TOURS OF THE BAY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesapeakesailingtours.com/" rel="nofollow">www.chesapeakesailingtours.com/</a><br /> <br /> CHARTERING YOUR OWN COURSE<br /> <a href="http://www.compasscharters.com/" rel="nofollow">www.compasscharters.com/</a></p> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:32:40 -0700 2012-07-30T12:32:40-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7677635348 47.885499 11.278839 47.885499 11.278839 29347806 BLUES AND WHITES SAILS <p>LOG CANOE RACE: made to resemble an impressionistic style of the great, late sports-action painter, Mr LeRoy Nieman, by the use of a few photo-shop techniques.<br /> <br /> SAILING, SAILING OVER THE OCEAN BLUE….<br /> <a href="http://www.hobie.com/" rel="nofollow">www.hobie.com/</a><br /> <br /> THE BAY WE LOVE<br /> <a href="http://www.virginia.org/regions/ChesapeakeBay/" rel="nofollow">www.virginia.org/regions/ChesapeakeBay/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/ches.html" rel="nofollow">www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/ches.html</a><br /> <br /> WATERMEN ARE WORKING MEN<br /> <a href="http://www.watermens.org/" rel="nofollow">www.watermens.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://tilghmanmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">tilghmanmuseum.org/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE IS THE LOVE???<br /> <a href="http://www.singlesonsailboats.org/" rel="nofollow">www.singlesonsailboats.org/</a><br /> <br /> FUN ON THE BAY WITH A GROUP<br /> <a href="http://www.schoonerwoodwind.com/" rel="nofollow">www.schoonerwoodwind.com/</a><br /> <br /> BEAUTUFUL OLD SAINT MICHAELS MARYLAND<br /> <a href="http://www.harbourinn.com/sailing.html" rel="nofollow">www.harbourinn.com/sailing.html</a><br /> <br /> TOURS OF THE BAY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesapeakesailingtours.com/" rel="nofollow">www.chesapeakesailingtours.com/</a><br /> <br /> CHARTERING YOUR OWN COURSE<br /> <a href="http://www.compasscharters.com/" rel="nofollow">www.compasscharters.com/</a></p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR girls sun love speed fun boats virginia women sailing crew bikini thong monet topless regatta watersports degas summerfun sisley cezanne renoir pissarro funandsun vividcolors woodenboats openwater sailboatracing smithmountainlake southernliving morisot americanculture bazille impressionistphotography springboards tidewatervirginia mainsails chesapeakebaylogcanoes womenonthewater chesapeakepeople holidayonthewater jibsails helmswomen “hikingboards” ”spritboom” ”goosewing ”selfvanging” ”clubfootedjib” ”chesapeakebaymaritimemuseum” ”oystertongers” ”deadriseworkboats” ”suntanned” ”toplessblondethongbeachtanlines” openbluewatersailing http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7486642866/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7486642866/" title="WASHASATIAK, THE OLD CHIEF'S LAST STOP: THREESCORE MILES, JAMESTOWN FORT TO MATCHUT"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7486642866_1e90fb0c17_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="WASHASATIAK, THE OLD CHIEF'S LAST STOP: THREESCORE MILES, JAMESTOWN FORT TO MATCHUT" /></a></p> <p>NOTICE TO PUBLIC AT LARGE:<br /> the following article is a matter of procedural guess work; ANYONE deciding to make a journey to this spot for ANY REASONS WHATSOEVER must first contact the owner(s) of this parcel of land or face CRIMINAL TRESPASS CHARGES IN A COURT OF LAW.<br /> <br /> <br /> MATCHUT or MATCHCOT: how it is SPELLED now is very different from how the Indians PRONOUNCED it back in 1614….hehehhee. you have to make a good guess at what the Indians SAID…after you make a good guess at what the the English HEARD… after you have deciphered what they really MEANT to write down on the parchment….after you have looked at all the different ways they WROTE it on the paper….... call the CIA....NO!!!...just joking Mr. Feynman!!... ol' Uncle Winnie would be staring into his afternoon whiskey, and chuckling, especially if he knew you were thinking that figuring out what the Russians were going to do next was any easier....<br /> <br /> a Virginia-London Company man named Ralph Hamor wrote that his 1614 overland trip to have parley with the mamanatowick, the Chief Werowance of the Powhatan Confederation, Wahunsenacock, was the walking distance of threescore miles from Jamestown Fort to the village which the great chief had removed himself to in that year. It was at a place called Matchut…..with some commonsense and careful thinking about the issue, you can figure out the approximate spot where Wahunsenacock's last home would have likely been located.<br /> <br /> mapping.<br /> <br /> the DeLorme 3-D TopoQuads program in my computer is ancient. it can run pretty well with a squirrel in a small barrel turning a 12 volt generator!!... but really, this is a mapping program that is at least 12 years out on the market, and it has been used by me innumerable times for surveys and mapping jobs on my office computer... it is a bit primitive and therefore difficult to use…the program is essentially a series of electronic raster images of all of the USGS quadrangle maps of the state of Virginia as of the late 1990's, divided into 5 large regions, and each region is put onto a separate CD disk. the images can then be brought up on the computer screen and the operator can use his/her drafting skills to make additions to the original map surface and save the image into memory. <br /> <br /> I took this program and plotted on it, mile by mile, the 'most-likely Indian trail' route, from Jamestown to the upper Pamunkey River area in north-central Hanover County. an electronic line that automatically curves slightly as you pick points for it to go to next was drawn onto the map, and at the end of each mile of line an electronic-dot mile-post was tacked on, and thence more line for another mile was drawn. by the time the 51st mile-post was reached it was fairly easy to see where the pathway would lead. it 'pointed' to a high bluff on the northern bank of the Pamunkey that was called WASHASATIAK many years ago by the native people. this river bluff was the SAME PLACE that the natives had tried to pick a fight with Sir Thomas Dale at an earlier date, as he and 150 men equipped with muskets and other armourments had ascended the river on a shallop, in search of the Chiefs; and the Sir had realized that he was about to get his butt seriously kicked by an estimated 400 warriors, and he eventually pulled back out of the situation, an 'exfiltration of convenience' that saved his life and his men for another day...and the founding of Henricus.<br /> <br /> defense.<br /> <br /> Hanovertown, to the south of the place that may be Matchut, is the highest place on the river that can be navigated by a sea-going vessel. it became a small tobacco port later in the 1600's, because of this reason. Wahunsenacah, being a man of shrewd military wisdom, knew that the English had used their large merchant vessels, in years past, which were equipped with cannons that had a much longer range and were much deadlier than the typical English match-lock musket, to rake with shot several Indian villages. he knew just how much ‘draft’ these ships had, therefore knew just where they would have to stop and anchor….and so he knew he would be safe from such an attack if he was living on the river well above the point where they would be unable to go any further with these murderous machines.<br /> <br /> terrain.<br /> <br /> most of the sites used by werowance chiefs in the Tsennacomacah Confederation were positioned near against major tidal rivers and/or creeks, and had a high bluff or hill upon which to perch their yehaken houses, made of reed mats tied onto a series of bent saplings. the ‘high ground’, always being desireable from a military stand-point in our modern time---the natives had to do this continuously in order for the tribe to survive. many times there would also be a large field for growing corn/grain and various squashes/gourds/melons, on a flat plain of ground between the river's edge and this high bluff. such was the method of obtaining the benefits of the rich nutrients in the riverine soils, with the food-growing plots of each year occupying only a small portion of this plain during any one growing season. the next year the crops would be shifted over to another part of the plain where the soil was still rich; thus the village could stay in the same place, without having to be constantly moved from one location to another. <br /> <br /> Personal politics.<br /> <br /> the last of the Powhatans of his generation, this old and wise man, whose favorite and most beloved daughter was now in Henricus as a guest of an English parson, being indoctrinated in the tenets of the Christian faith, saddened and disgusted to no end by many let-downs from the English colonists, making up his mind that these intruders were not here to trade and co-exist in the same manner as the Frenchmen up in Champlain's colony on the St Lawrence, realizing that he now was becoming a weaker and less combative warrior, wanting to have his younger brother, Opecancanough, as near to him as possible, understanding the Pamunkeys were the most powerful, numerous, and supportive tribe in his Confederation, and finding that the spiritual peacefulness of the upper Pamunkey valley was much to his liking....he settled on Matchut as his last camp-ground.<br /> <br /> defensive strategies<br /> <br /> WASHASATIACK is not far to the southeast from Matchut. Is it the actual residence of the mamanatowick chief ??..or is it simply a neighboring village that is mistakenly identified as Matchut’? How can we find out without going to the two sites and digging some holes with the shovel?<br /> YOUGHTANAN, to the south of the river, is supposed by most experts to be the village of the chief’s younger, but more ‘Type A’ brother, a very cunning and fierce warrior who was going to do everything possible to make the English feel unwanted….and will be the mastermind of the March, 1622 attacks. It stands to reason from English accounts that the younger brother was given the task of protecting Wahunsenacock with all resources at his disposal, including his own life. <br /> so, would Opecancanough want the older beloved brother &amp; chief to be very far out of sight, or even ‘hollering distance’? Go and dig. That is what answers the questions better than anything else.<br /> <br /> just imagine…the man who was possibly the most powerful Indian leader in America at the time, would die close to this place, somewhere on this map for sure, on a piece of high ground, next to a river, looking southwest toward many acres of good corn-ground in a valley, all of it reminding him of his birthplace near Libby Hill Terrace, in what is now eastern Richmond, Virginia. as can be seen from this map, <br /> 1.The Bend in the Pamunkey River: just at the SAME angle as the bend in the James River at Libby Terrace Hill. the terrain here is uncannily similar to the layout of eastern RVA, with the hills and cliffs on the north shore having turned the river's flow to the south over many hundreds of years of geological morphing.<br /> 2. the Elevation: the position here would have been as high up off of the river bed as Libby Hill, affording the old Chief almost the same view in the mornings as his birthplace in modern-day eastern Richmond.<br /> 3. the Rules of Engagement: the Chief always wanted to be high up---above the heads of all his enemies...and his friends too.<br /> 4. the Healthy Life: he descended the cliff and waded out into the river every day of the year to wash and invigorate his body in the clear, clean water. YES, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. The Polar Bear Club was started centuries before Europeans arrived here in Virginia.<br /> 5. the Food Factor: with all of the surrounding indian villages, as well as thousands of acres of fertile river-bed, this area afforded the old man a plentiful supply of food the entire year. YES, this is the nearest thing on Earth to the fabled 'Happy Hunting Grounds&quot;.<br /> 6. the Order of the Chief Body Guard: in the five Indian villages within a 7 mile radius of the Chief's, with each village housing as many as 50 warriors, the old man of the confederation would have had a small army for his protection and escape, just in case the English decided on making a local raid or an attempt at a 'kidnapping'.<br /> <br /> CLEAN WATER??: made so by hundreds of beaver dams along all of the up-stream creeks and smaller rivers we call today South Anna, North Anna, Little, Newfound; these dams strained out of the usual rain-runoff, all of the mud, and silt, and tree limbs, and grass stalks, and dead animals, and other detritus, that is not checked and held back today by much of anything since we have only one percent of the beaver population that was in the country of those times. He could even cup his hands into the stream flow and drink without much worry....he could also see his feet on a hard clay bottom, through four feet of crystal clear water. where could we do that now???. <br /> <br /> sometime around 1618 Wahunsenacah passed on to the spirit-land of his ancestors. he was buried just a few miles away, near these villages. the American natives have never divulged to any white person exactly where his bones rest to this day... and so be it....<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> JAMESTOWN VIRGINIA<br /> <a href="http://www.apva.org/history/" rel="nofollow">www.apva.org/history/</a><br /> <a href="http://totallyhistory.com/jamestown/" rel="nofollow">totallyhistory.com/jamestown/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm" rel="nofollow">www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm</a><br /> <a href="http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/jamestown.htm" rel="nofollow">www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/jamestow...</a><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jamestown_Settlement_" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jamestown_Settlement_</a>(1607–1699)<br /> <br /> A FEW HISTORICAL MAPS<br /> <a href="http://etc.usf.edu/maps/galleries/us/earlyamerica14001800/index.php?pageNum_Recordset1=1&amp;totalRows_Recordset1=199" rel="nofollow">etc.usf.edu/maps/galleries/us/earlyamerica14001800/index....</a><br /> <a href="http://www.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=jamestown&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rlz=1T4ADSA_enUS463US464&amp;q=jamestown&amp;gs_upl=0l0l4l977322lllllllllll0&amp;aqi=g5s3&amp;oi=image_result_group&amp;sa=X" rel="nofollow">www.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=...</a><br /> <br /> <br /> DIGGING THE DIRT<br /> CAROL TYRER, PRESIDENT<br /> CIRCA-CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT<br /> 757-220-5023<br /> ctyrer@circacrm.com<br /> <br /> NICK LUCCKETTI<br /> NICHOLAS M. LUCCKETTI, M.A., RPA <br /> Principal Investigator / Archaeologist<br /> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0302_040302_lostcolony.html" rel="nofollow">news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0302_040302_lost...</a><br /> <a href="http://www.jriarchaeology.com/pages/luccketti.htm" rel="nofollow">www.jriarchaeology.com/pages/luccketti.htm</a><br /> <a href="http://www.firstcolonyfoundation.org/archaeology/" rel="nofollow">www.firstcolonyfoundation.org/archaeology/</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/aia/field.html" rel="nofollow">www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/aia/field.html</a><br /> <a href="http://www.arthistory-archaeology.umd.edu/" rel="nofollow">www.arthistory-archaeology.umd.edu/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/" rel="nofollow">www.bu.edu/archaeology/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/" rel="nofollow">www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.uncg.edu/arc/" rel="nofollow">www.uncg.edu/arc/</a><br /> mike.barber@dhr.virginia.gov<br /> <a href="http://www.wm.edu/as/anthropology/" rel="nofollow">www.wm.edu/as/anthropology/</a></p> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:52:20 -0700 2012-07-02T08:52:20-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7486642866 37.731523 -77.246804 37.731523 -77.246804 2399622 WASHASATIAK, THE OLD CHIEF'S LAST STOP: THREESCORE MILES, JAMESTOWN FORT TO MATCHUT <p>NOTICE TO PUBLIC AT LARGE:<br /> the following article is a matter of procedural guess work; ANYONE deciding to make a journey to this spot for ANY REASONS WHATSOEVER must first contact the owner(s) of this parcel of land or face CRIMINAL TRESPASS CHARGES IN A COURT OF LAW.<br /> <br /> <br /> MATCHUT or MATCHCOT: how it is SPELLED now is very different from how the Indians PRONOUNCED it back in 1614….hehehhee. you have to make a good guess at what the Indians SAID…after you make a good guess at what the the English HEARD… after you have deciphered what they really MEANT to write down on the parchment….after you have looked at all the different ways they WROTE it on the paper….... call the CIA....NO!!!...just joking Mr. Feynman!!... ol' Uncle Winnie would be staring into his afternoon whiskey, and chuckling, especially if he knew you were thinking that figuring out what the Russians were going to do next was any easier....<br /> <br /> a Virginia-London Company man named Ralph Hamor wrote that his 1614 overland trip to have parley with the mamanatowick, the Chief Werowance of the Powhatan Confederation, Wahunsenacock, was the walking distance of threescore miles from Jamestown Fort to the village which the great chief had removed himself to in that year. It was at a place called Matchut…..with some commonsense and careful thinking about the issue, you can figure out the approximate spot where Wahunsenacock's last home would have likely been located.<br /> <br /> mapping.<br /> <br /> the DeLorme 3-D TopoQuads program in my computer is ancient. it can run pretty well with a squirrel in a small barrel turning a 12 volt generator!!... but really, this is a mapping program that is at least 12 years out on the market, and it has been used by me innumerable times for surveys and mapping jobs on my office computer... it is a bit primitive and therefore difficult to use…the program is essentially a series of electronic raster images of all of the USGS quadrangle maps of the state of Virginia as of the late 1990's, divided into 5 large regions, and each region is put onto a separate CD disk. the images can then be brought up on the computer screen and the operator can use his/her drafting skills to make additions to the original map surface and save the image into memory. <br /> <br /> I took this program and plotted on it, mile by mile, the 'most-likely Indian trail' route, from Jamestown to the upper Pamunkey River area in north-central Hanover County. an electronic line that automatically curves slightly as you pick points for it to go to next was drawn onto the map, and at the end of each mile of line an electronic-dot mile-post was tacked on, and thence more line for another mile was drawn. by the time the 51st mile-post was reached it was fairly easy to see where the pathway would lead. it 'pointed' to a high bluff on the northern bank of the Pamunkey that was called WASHASATIAK many years ago by the native people. this river bluff was the SAME PLACE that the natives had tried to pick a fight with Sir Thomas Dale at an earlier date, as he and 150 men equipped with muskets and other armourments had ascended the river on a shallop, in search of the Chiefs; and the Sir had realized that he was about to get his butt seriously kicked by an estimated 400 warriors, and he eventually pulled back out of the situation, an 'exfiltration of convenience' that saved his life and his men for another day...and the founding of Henricus.<br /> <br /> defense.<br /> <br /> Hanovertown, to the south of the place that may be Matchut, is the highest place on the river that can be navigated by a sea-going vessel. it became a small tobacco port later in the 1600's, because of this reason. Wahunsenacah, being a man of shrewd military wisdom, knew that the English had used their large merchant vessels, in years past, which were equipped with cannons that had a much longer range and were much deadlier than the typical English match-lock musket, to rake with shot several Indian villages. he knew just how much ‘draft’ these ships had, therefore knew just where they would have to stop and anchor….and so he knew he would be safe from such an attack if he was living on the river well above the point where they would be unable to go any further with these murderous machines.<br /> <br /> terrain.<br /> <br /> most of the sites used by werowance chiefs in the Tsennacomacah Confederation were positioned near against major tidal rivers and/or creeks, and had a high bluff or hill upon which to perch their yehaken houses, made of reed mats tied onto a series of bent saplings. the ‘high ground’, always being desireable from a military stand-point in our modern time---the natives had to do this continuously in order for the tribe to survive. many times there would also be a large field for growing corn/grain and various squashes/gourds/melons, on a flat plain of ground between the river's edge and this high bluff. such was the method of obtaining the benefits of the rich nutrients in the riverine soils, with the food-growing plots of each year occupying only a small portion of this plain during any one growing season. the next year the crops would be shifted over to another part of the plain where the soil was still rich; thus the village could stay in the same place, without having to be constantly moved from one location to another. <br /> <br /> Personal politics.<br /> <br /> the last of the Powhatans of his generation, this old and wise man, whose favorite and most beloved daughter was now in Henricus as a guest of an English parson, being indoctrinated in the tenets of the Christian faith, saddened and disgusted to no end by many let-downs from the English colonists, making up his mind that these intruders were not here to trade and co-exist in the same manner as the Frenchmen up in Champlain's colony on the St Lawrence, realizing that he now was becoming a weaker and less combative warrior, wanting to have his younger brother, Opecancanough, as near to him as possible, understanding the Pamunkeys were the most powerful, numerous, and supportive tribe in his Confederation, and finding that the spiritual peacefulness of the upper Pamunkey valley was much to his liking....he settled on Matchut as his last camp-ground.<br /> <br /> defensive strategies<br /> <br /> WASHASATIACK is not far to the southeast from Matchut. Is it the actual residence of the mamanatowick chief ??..or is it simply a neighboring village that is mistakenly identified as Matchut’? How can we find out without going to the two sites and digging some holes with the shovel?<br /> YOUGHTANAN, to the south of the river, is supposed by most experts to be the village of the chief’s younger, but more ‘Type A’ brother, a very cunning and fierce warrior who was going to do everything possible to make the English feel unwanted….and will be the mastermind of the March, 1622 attacks. It stands to reason from English accounts that the younger brother was given the task of protecting Wahunsenacock with all resources at his disposal, including his own life. <br /> so, would Opecancanough want the older beloved brother &amp; chief to be very far out of sight, or even ‘hollering distance’? Go and dig. That is what answers the questions better than anything else.<br /> <br /> just imagine…the man who was possibly the most powerful Indian leader in America at the time, would die close to this place, somewhere on this map for sure, on a piece of high ground, next to a river, looking southwest toward many acres of good corn-ground in a valley, all of it reminding him of his birthplace near Libby Hill Terrace, in what is now eastern Richmond, Virginia. as can be seen from this map, <br /> 1.The Bend in the Pamunkey River: just at the SAME angle as the bend in the James River at Libby Terrace Hill. the terrain here is uncannily similar to the layout of eastern RVA, with the hills and cliffs on the north shore having turned the river's flow to the south over many hundreds of years of geological morphing.<br /> 2. the Elevation: the position here would have been as high up off of the river bed as Libby Hill, affording the old Chief almost the same view in the mornings as his birthplace in modern-day eastern Richmond.<br /> 3. the Rules of Engagement: the Chief always wanted to be high up---above the heads of all his enemies...and his friends too.<br /> 4. the Healthy Life: he descended the cliff and waded out into the river every day of the year to wash and invigorate his body in the clear, clean water. YES, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. The Polar Bear Club was started centuries before Europeans arrived here in Virginia.<br /> 5. the Food Factor: with all of the surrounding indian villages, as well as thousands of acres of fertile river-bed, this area afforded the old man a plentiful supply of food the entire year. YES, this is the nearest thing on Earth to the fabled 'Happy Hunting Grounds&quot;.<br /> 6. the Order of the Chief Body Guard: in the five Indian villages within a 7 mile radius of the Chief's, with each village housing as many as 50 warriors, the old man of the confederation would have had a small army for his protection and escape, just in case the English decided on making a local raid or an attempt at a 'kidnapping'.<br /> <br /> CLEAN WATER??: made so by hundreds of beaver dams along all of the up-stream creeks and smaller rivers we call today South Anna, North Anna, Little, Newfound; these dams strained out of the usual rain-runoff, all of the mud, and silt, and tree limbs, and grass stalks, and dead animals, and other detritus, that is not checked and held back today by much of anything since we have only one percent of the beaver population that was in the country of those times. He could even cup his hands into the stream flow and drink without much worry....he could also see his feet on a hard clay bottom, through four feet of crystal clear water. where could we do that now???. <br /> <br /> sometime around 1618 Wahunsenacah passed on to the spirit-land of his ancestors. he was buried just a few miles away, near these villages. the American natives have never divulged to any white person exactly where his bones rest to this day... and so be it....<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> JAMESTOWN VIRGINIA<br /> <a href="http://www.apva.org/history/" rel="nofollow">www.apva.org/history/</a><br /> <a href="http://totallyhistory.com/jamestown/" rel="nofollow">totallyhistory.com/jamestown/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm" rel="nofollow">www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm</a><br /> <a href="http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/jamestown.htm" rel="nofollow">www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/jamestow...</a><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jamestown_Settlement_" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jamestown_Settlement_</a>(1607–1699)<br /> <br /> A FEW HISTORICAL MAPS<br /> <a href="http://etc.usf.edu/maps/galleries/us/earlyamerica14001800/index.php?pageNum_Recordset1=1&amp;totalRows_Recordset1=199" rel="nofollow">etc.usf.edu/maps/galleries/us/earlyamerica14001800/index....</a><br /> <a href="http://www.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=jamestown&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rlz=1T4ADSA_enUS463US464&amp;q=jamestown&amp;gs_upl=0l0l4l977322lllllllllll0&amp;aqi=g5s3&amp;oi=image_result_group&amp;sa=X" rel="nofollow">www.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=...</a><br /> <br /> <br /> DIGGING THE DIRT<br /> CAROL TYRER, PRESIDENT<br /> CIRCA-CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT<br /> 757-220-5023<br /> ctyrer@circacrm.com<br /> <br /> NICK LUCCKETTI<br /> NICHOLAS M. 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<p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR tedxrva http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7401696010/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7401696010/" title="6. BLANDFORD CEMETERY, CANNONBALL IMPACT ON SARAH POYTHRESS CRYPT TOP STONE"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7228/7401696010_cc6d492fc7_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="6. BLANDFORD CEMETERY, CANNONBALL IMPACT ON SARAH POYTHRESS CRYPT TOP STONE" /></a></p> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:49:09 -0700 2012-06-19T10:49:09-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7401696010 37.225728 -77.387437 37.225728 -77.387437 2365342 6. BLANDFORD CEMETERY, CANNONBALL IMPACT ON SARAH POYTHRESS CRYPT TOP STONE OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR history virginia petersburg civilwar revolutionarywar 1862 warof1812 sevendaysbattles blandfordchurchandcemetery thewashingtonartilleryofneworleans thebattleofmalvernhill thebollingfamilyandmatoakasdescendants pocahontasdescendants http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7401694736/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7401694736/" title="BLANDFORD CEMETERY, BOLLING FAMILY MAUSOLEUM"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7401694736_8a2255cc16_m.jpg" width="203" height="240" alt="BLANDFORD CEMETERY, BOLLING FAMILY MAUSOLEUM" /></a></p> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:48:56 -0700 2012-06-19T10:48:56-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7401694736 37.226497 -77.387695 37.226497 -77.387695 2365342 BLANDFORD CEMETERY, BOLLING FAMILY MAUSOLEUM OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR history virginia petersburg civilwar revolutionarywar 1862 warof1812 sevendaysbattles majorgeneralwilliamphillips blandfordchurchandcemetery thewashingtonartilleryofneworleans thebattleofmalvernhill thebollingfamilyandmatoakasdescendants pocahontasdescendants http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7241471624/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7241471624/" title="WORK BREAKING 2"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5031/7241471624_f53cab428d_m.jpg" width="240" height="169" alt="WORK BREAKING 2" /></a></p> Mon, 21 May 2012 06:39:25 -0700 2012-05-21T09:39:25-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7241471624 37.529969 -77.416051 37.529969 -77.416051 55861439 WORK BREAKING 2 OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR girls kitchen restaurant virginia cafe boots richmond bmw hostess waitress windex churchhill bricksidewalk libbyhillpark picturewindows usroute60 libbyterrace thehillcafe usroute250 libbyhillterracepark eastbroadstreetrichmondvirginia therichmondtimesdispatch http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/8142542253/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/8142542253/" title="MAP OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 1855"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8142542253_708631f242_m.jpg" width="240" height="186" alt="MAP OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 1855" /></a></p> <p>due to the order in which the United States government did the surveying that created the maps of Petersburg, Virginia, we have an historical irony of the first order. the US Coastal Survey that was done of the Appomattox River, and the entire James River basin up to the capital of Richmond for that matter, had shown in very good detail the northern part of the city as well as a community of free blacks on the northern edge of the stream in Chesterfield County. this settlement was and still is known as Pocahontas, it is singularly black in heritage, and even contributed proudly to the ranks of the famous Buffalo Soldiers after the Civil War. Ettricks and Blandford were also able to capture a bit of communal independence from the main town of Petersburg.</p> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:14:24 -0700 2012-10-31T16:14:15-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8142542253 37.239416 -77.387952 37.239416 -77.387952 2383323 MAP OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 1855 <p>due to the order in which the United States government did the surveying that created the maps of Petersburg, Virginia, we have an historical irony of the first order. the US Coastal Survey that was done of the Appomattox River, and the entire James River basin up to the capital of Richmond for that matter, had shown in very good detail the northern part of the city as well as a community of free blacks on the northern edge of the stream in Chesterfield County. this settlement was and still is known as Pocahontas, it is singularly black in heritage, and even contributed proudly to the ranks of the famous Buffalo Soldiers after the Civil War. Ettricks and Blandford were also able to capture a bit of communal independence from the main town of Petersburg.</p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR virginia graveyards maps land nationalparkservice mapping slavery archeology pocahontas jamestown blackhistory rva jamesriver virginiahistory nationalheritage britishhistory americanculture tobaccorow captainjohnsmith colonialhistory theolddominion unitedstateshistory tidewatervirginia americancivilwarsites powhatanindians mayosisland thecommonwealthofvirginia americanrailroadsinfrastructure tsenacommacah virginiahistoricalsites americansmokestackindustry colonialtimesandplaces virginiaandamericanhistoricalinterpretation coastalmaps contactperiod jamesriverandkanawhacanalcompany chesapeakeandohiorailroadcompany thevirginiansbaseballclub chimborazohillhospital phoebeyatespember thehistoricpowhatanriver virginiasriverlifeline theriverofkingjamesi http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441350560/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441350560/" title="8. FUN IN THE SUN"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7277/7441350560_db818de03f_m.jpg" width="240" height="190" alt="8. FUN IN THE SUN" /></a></p> <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:46:35 -0700 2012-06-25T12:46:35-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7441350560 37.37546 -77.360293 37.37546 -77.360293 2405606 8. FUN IN THE SUN <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR tedxrva henricushistoricalpark2012dauberdashsportsbackersofrichmondvirginarunningrichmondvirginiacoolchicksmudpitfunamericanlife http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441348674/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441348674/" title="8. SMILES AND FUN"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/7441348674_4b6c9862d5_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="8. SMILES AND FUN" /></a></p> <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/3977406418/">www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/3977406418/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:46:18 -0700 2012-06-25T12:46:18-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7441348674 37.376082 -77.359961 37.376082 -77.359961 2405606 8. SMILES AND FUN <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/3977406418/">www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/3977406418/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR tedxrva henricushistoricalpark2012dauberdashsportsbackersofrichmondvirginarunningrichmondvirginiacoolchicksmudpitfunamericanlife http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441349632/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441349632/" title="8. SISTERS IN GRIME"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7268/7441349632_72600c9b93_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="8. SISTERS IN GRIME" /></a></p> <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/3977406418/">www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/3977406418/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:46:26 -0700 2012-06-25T12:46:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7441349632 37.376082 -77.359961 37.376082 -77.359961 2405606 8. SISTERS IN GRIME <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/3977406418/">www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/3977406418/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR tedxrva henricushistoricalpark2012dauberdashsportsbackersofrichmondvirginarunningrichmondvirginiacoolchicksmudpitfunamericanlife http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441348988/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441348988/" title="8. REBALANCING"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/7441348988_d8b7a4504b_m.jpg" width="240" height="193" alt="8. REBALANCING" /></a></p> <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:46:21 -0700 2012-06-25T12:46:21-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7441348988 37.376082 -77.359961 37.376082 -77.359961 2405606 8. REBALANCING <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR tedxrva henricushistoricalpark2012dauberdashsportsbackersofrichmondvirginarunningrichmondvirginiacoolchicksmudpitfunamericanlife http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441349320/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7441349320/" title="8. LIME, PURPLE, YELLOW, GRIME"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7441349320_223b55ab4d_m.jpg" width="240" height="185" alt="8. LIME, PURPLE, YELLOW, GRIME" /></a></p> <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:46:24 -0700 2012-06-25T12:46:24-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7441349320 37.376082 -77.359961 37.376082 -77.359961 2405606 8. LIME, PURPLE, YELLOW, GRIME <p>YE OLDE DAUBER DASH RESULTS<br /> <a href="http://www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash" rel="nofollow">www.sportsbackers.org/events/henricus-dauber-dash</a><br /> <br /> FOR A BIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE…<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfieldriverfront.org/</a><br /> <br /> HELPING WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD<br /> <a href="http://www.bbvrs.net/" rel="nofollow">www.bbvrs.net/</a><br /> <br /> OR WITH THE ‘Y’<br /> <a href="http://www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/" rel="nofollow">www.ymcarichmond.org/midlothian/</a><br /> <br /> IN A FIRST CLASS COUNTY<br /> <a href="http://www.chesterfield.gov/" rel="nofollow">www.chesterfield.gov/</a><br /> <br /> WHERE THE COLONY TRIED TO TAKE ROOT<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/</a><br /> <br /> EXPLORING FOR EAGLES AND FISH<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/boat-tours/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/boat-tours/</a><br /> <br /> GETTING OUT ON THE RIVAHS<br /> <a href="http://www.jamesriverpark.org/" rel="nofollow">www.jamesriverpark.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.folar-va.org/" rel="nofollow">www.folar-va.org/</a><br /> <br /> SUMMER CAMP IS FOR KIDS…OF ALL AGES<br /> <a href="http://www.henricus.org/camps/" rel="nofollow">www.henricus.org/camps/</a><br /> <br /> AND WE GOT YOU ON RADAR..<br /> <a href="http://www2.brightroom.com/100973" rel="nofollow">www2.brightroom.com/100973</a><br /> <br /> RVA…A FRAME OF MIND, A RENEWING COMMUNITY FROM ALL OVER…<br /> <a href="http://rvanews.com/" rel="nofollow">rvanews.com/</a></p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR tedxrva henricushistoricalpark2012dauberdashsportsbackersofrichmondvirginarunningrichmondvirginiacoolchicksmudpitfunamericanlife http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7401696364/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7401696364/" title="BLANDFORD CEMETERY, WASHINGTON ARTILLERY MEMORIAL STONE"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5448/7401696364_427597c7d7_m.jpg" width="176" height="240" alt="BLANDFORD CEMETERY, WASHINGTON ARTILLERY MEMORIAL STONE" /></a></p> <p> seeming to be a Roll Call of Nationalities, a granite-stone rectangular obelisk monument, to the south of Blandford Church, in the cemetery of the same name, in Petersburg, Virginia, keeps a shadowed watch over the best that New Orleans had to put into the War.... men who had sur-names from every European nation, died side-by-side in many of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia, including the infamous Seige of Petersburg. this was the corner into which Lee had become boxed in the last nine months of the War and he knew that he would not escape without paying the price of defeat, unless a former foe could be elected to the Presidency of the United States.<br /> just two years before, the A.N.V., born at the Dabbs House, Henrico County, in June, 1862, had actually been IN northern Virginia, in the halcyon days of the conflict... the dashing young cavalier Stuart and his best horsemen encircling an army of one-hundred &amp; twenty thousand on a three day ride into military legend.... Stonewall Jackson with his old, namesake Stonewall Brigade and the Valley Foot Cavalry ambushing half a blue-clad army from a railroad cut on a late-August afternoon.... Lee's Old War-Horse Longstreet and his young staff holding a very thin line on a very bloody mid-September day with nothing but two field cannons and prayers, the red-shirt-wearing A.P.Hill and his Light Division running a mad dash up the banks of the Potomac River to avert disaster... The Gallant Pelham and his Whitworth rifled cannons enfilading a Union army-corps with more firepower than a full battery of muzzle-loading smooth-bores.... Jackson, with his VMI officers and a corps of winded and exhausted men, rolling up the Yankee's right-wing and reeling thousands of scared-to-hell German-Americans all the way back to Joe Hooker's headquarters ....they had made it seem as if this sun-burnished, rugged, and always hungry army of country-boys might possibly win Southern independence against the United States' best....</p> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:49:12 -0700 2012-06-19T10:49:12-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7401696364 37.225591 -77.387148 37.225591 -77.387148 2365342 BLANDFORD CEMETERY, WASHINGTON ARTILLERY MEMORIAL STONE <p> seeming to be a Roll Call of Nationalities, a granite-stone rectangular obelisk monument, to the south of Blandford Church, in the cemetery of the same name, in Petersburg, Virginia, keeps a shadowed watch over the best that New Orleans had to put into the War.... men who had sur-names from every European nation, died side-by-side in many of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia, including the infamous Seige of Petersburg. this was the corner into which Lee had become boxed in the last nine months of the War and he knew that he would not escape without paying the price of defeat, unless a former foe could be elected to the Presidency of the United States.<br /> just two years before, the A.N.V., born at the Dabbs House, Henrico County, in June, 1862, had actually been IN northern Virginia, in the halcyon days of the conflict... the dashing young cavalier Stuart and his best horsemen encircling an army of one-hundred &amp; twenty thousand on a three day ride into military legend.... Stonewall Jackson with his old, namesake Stonewall Brigade and the Valley Foot Cavalry ambushing half a blue-clad army from a railroad cut on a late-August afternoon.... Lee's Old War-Horse Longstreet and his young staff holding a very thin line on a very bloody mid-September day with nothing but two field cannons and prayers, the red-shirt-wearing A.P.Hill and his Light Division running a mad dash up the banks of the Potomac River to avert disaster... The Gallant Pelham and his Whitworth rifled cannons enfilading a Union army-corps with more firepower than a full battery of muzzle-loading smooth-bores.... Jackson, with his VMI officers and a corps of winded and exhausted men, rolling up the Yankee's right-wing and reeling thousands of scared-to-hell German-Americans all the way back to Joe Hooker's headquarters ....they had made it seem as if this sun-burnished, rugged, and always hungry army of country-boys might possibly win Southern independence against the United States' best....</p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR history virginia jones petersburg stuart civilwar mcclellan simmons walden mallard revolutionarywar harris mooney 1862 mains chambers condon meyers blount berri mcdonald warof1812 madden mcmanus benton lapham galbreath labarre goyle toledano lazarre faulks lescene sevendaysbattles almindinger pechaud blandfordchurchandcemetery thewashingtonartilleryofneworleans thebattleofmalvernhill thebollingfamilyandmatoakasdescendants pocahontasdescendants kremelberg slengstak http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7375744962/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7375744962/" title="GENERAL PHILLIPS' MARKER"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7375744962_6a47149162_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="GENERAL PHILLIPS' MARKER" /></a></p> <p>a stone monument in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia, dedicated to the memory of one Major General William Phillips<br /> <br /> While a prisoner in Virginia, he was one of the British officers who was entertained at the home of Thomas Jefferson. After the exchange he was able to fight once again, and was sent by Clinton from New York to meet up with Brigadier General Benedict Arnold (who was now on the British side) in Virginia.<br /> <br /> While on his way to link up with General Cornwallis, he contracted either typhus or malaria, and became so ill that Arnold had to lead his men. He died on May 13, 1781 at Petersburg, Virginia, five months before Yorktown, and is buried there near Blandford Church.<br /> <br /> As he lay gravely ill, in the home belonging to the Bolling family known as Bollingbrook, British forces in Petersburg were being shelled by the Marquis de Lafayette's cannons positioned in the heights north of the river, today known as Colonial Heights, Virginia. His final words — uttered after a shell struck the home and killed an African-American servant named Molly — are reputed to have been &quot;Won't that boy let me die in peace?&quot; He and Molly were said to have been buried together, to prevent identification. Thomas Jefferson described him as &quot;the proudest man of the proudest nation on earth&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> the WIKI STORY:<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phillips_" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phillips_</a>(British_Army_officer)</p> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:06:57 -0700 2012-06-15T16:06:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7375744962 37.225946 -77.387362 37.225946 -77.387362 2365342 GENERAL PHILLIPS' MARKER <p>a stone monument in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia, dedicated to the memory of one Major General William Phillips<br /> <br /> While a prisoner in Virginia, he was one of the British officers who was entertained at the home of Thomas Jefferson. After the exchange he was able to fight once again, and was sent by Clinton from New York to meet up with Brigadier General Benedict Arnold (who was now on the British side) in Virginia.<br /> <br /> While on his way to link up with General Cornwallis, he contracted either typhus or malaria, and became so ill that Arnold had to lead his men. He died on May 13, 1781 at Petersburg, Virginia, five months before Yorktown, and is buried there near Blandford Church.<br /> <br /> As he lay gravely ill, in the home belonging to the Bolling family known as Bollingbrook, British forces in Petersburg were being shelled by the Marquis de Lafayette's cannons positioned in the heights north of the river, today known as Colonial Heights, Virginia. His final words — uttered after a shell struck the home and killed an African-American servant named Molly — are reputed to have been &quot;Won't that boy let me die in peace?&quot; He and Molly were said to have been buried together, to prevent identification. Thomas Jefferson described him as &quot;the proudest man of the proudest nation on earth&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> the WIKI STORY:<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phillips_" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phillips_</a>(British_Army_officer)</p> OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR virginia petersburg americanrevolutionarywar blandfordcemetery majorgeneralphillips majorgeneralwilliamphillips http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7241471972/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7241471972/" title="LOOKS MORE LIKE 2901 &amp; A QUARTER"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7241471972_2d32ce7a58_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="LOOKS MORE LIKE 2901 &amp; A QUARTER" /></a></p> Mon, 21 May 2012 06:39:28 -0700 2012-05-21T09:39:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7241471972 37.529387 -77.415096 37.529387 -77.415096 55861439 LOOKS MORE LIKE 2901 & A QUARTER OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR virginia richmond churchhill eastbroadstreet libbyterrace thehillcafe libbyhillterrace http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7172299096/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7172299096/" title="2. OFFICERS AND MORNING TEA"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/7172299096_2f4774a83e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="2. OFFICERS AND MORNING TEA" /></a></p> Thu, 10 May 2012 11:55:17 -0700 2012-05-10T14:55:17-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7172299096 37.225399 -77.428894 37.225399 -77.428894 2360028 2. OFFICERS AND MORNING TEA OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR virginia petersburg fortlee usarmy revolutionarywarera batterseamansion virginiacolonialmilitiawomen britishregulararmyofficers womenintheunitedstatesarmyandnavyandmilitary http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7172298722/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22616393@N04/">OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616393@N04/7172298722/" title="2. COLONIAL ARTILLERY GIRLS"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7172298722_bdf0676308_m.jpg" width="240" height="198" alt="2. COLONIAL ARTILLERY GIRLS" /></a></p> Thu, 10 May 2012 11:55:13 -0700 2012-05-10T14:55:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7172298722 37.225399 -77.428894 37.225399 -77.428894 2360028 2. COLONIAL ARTILLERY GIRLS OLD VIRGINIA SURVEYOR virginia petersburg fortlee usarmy revolutionarywarera batterseamansion virginiacolonialmilitiawomen britishregulararmyofficers womenintheunitedstatesarmyandnavyandmilitary