^^^^^^^^^v^^^^^. BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME FROM THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF Heni^g W. Sage 1891 .n..l.S..XA ^lIlM MAR 7 1 IT |J 1 llllMllffl i fl-^'-^-li _1 ■ pw Jl 1 \J _ iVl-'V "■ Ijmt™"" I JUL fl jpill S 3!^?^f 1^1 aa^jj ■ "««^,„ JMl ■nrFiiw ••- "Ik SB? AUG T 196&lff T — s i . ^~~^ — ''''' __ ' ;-;===^'^ ^\Z^ Mk\t ^ PH^-t-? -9? \f^ J "S — Cornell University Library F 225 S65 Virginia, 1492-1892 a brief review of t olin 3 1924 028 783 698 Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/cletails/cu31924028783698 SIR WALTER RALEGH. VIRGINIA „■«;. 1492 — 1&92 A Brief Review of the Discovery of the Continent of North America, with A HISTORY OF THE EXECUTIVES of the Colony and of the Commonwealth of Virginia. IN TWO PARTS BY MARGARET VOWELL SMITH WASHINGTON: W. H. LOWDERMILK & CO. 1893 F,ntered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893, By MARGARET V. SMITH, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Glens Falls (N. Y.) Printing Co. C£ TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF MY FATHER, Ifrancis Xee Smitb, WHOSE I,OVE FOR HIS NATIVE STATE, THROUGH EARI^Y SEED-SOWING IN THE MIND OF THIS HIS CHILD, NOW FINDS IMPERFECT EXPRESSION HERE; AND TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF MY BROTHER, Cpurtlanb Ibawftins Smitb, THE TYPE OF VIRGINIA CHIVALRY, THE EMBODIMENT OF A NOBLE, GIFTED, VIGOROUS MANHOOD, WHO, ORIGINATING THE IDEA OF THIS HISTORY, BEGAN ITS PREPARATION, WHEN AN UNTIMELY DEATH PREVENTED ITS COMPLETION, Ebts Work IS DEDICATED. M. V. S. Alexandria, Virginia. Among the chief books of reference used in the arrange- ment of the following historical sketches, may be cited : HOLMS'S Annals of America. Smith's History of Virginia. Hening's Statutes at Large. Bancroft's History of the United States. Brock's Virginia and Virginians. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia. Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia. Ripley & Dana's American Cyclopmdia. J-iOKT)' S Lempriere' s Universal Biography. Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry. Other histories and biographies have also contributed to the information incorporated in this work. PREFACE. To THOSE who would inquire wherefore VIRGINIA is called "The Mother of States," we would hold up to view the geographical outline upon the opposite page; and to those who seek to learn why she is known as "The Mother of Statesmen, ' ' we would point to that ' ' shining host ' ' whose names adorn this volume; yet, who, not hers alone, have blended their deeds inseparably with the triumphs and prog- ress of this Great Republic. I^Ove 'of country has been the animating cause of the making of this book, and the author indulges the hopfe that such an effort to present the lives of the Virginia Governors in a compadt form, may lead to other compila- tions, so that each State and Territory of an unbroken Union may lay its written tribute into the treasury of our garnered history. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I. PAGE Introduction ' i Sir Walter Ralegh's Patent from Queen Elizabeth . 8 I. Sir WaIvTer Ralegh . . 15 " " described by Bancroft . ... 17 II. Rai,ph IvAne 19 III. John White 21 IV. Sir Thomas Smith 23 Articles, Instrudlions, and Orders for the good Order and Government of the two several Colonies and Plantations, by King James I. ....... 24 V. Edward Maria WingfieIvD 28 VI. John RATciyiFFE 30 vii. viii. CONTENTS. VII. Captattj TnTTw Smith PAGK " " " described by Abiel Holmes . 39 Thomas Jefferson 39 Bancroft . . . 40 John H. Wheeler 40 William Meade . 41 W. W. Henry . 42 William Wirt . 42 VIII. Captain George Percy 44 IX. Sir Thomas Gates 46 X. IvORD DE IvA WARR 47 XI. Captain George Percy 50 XII. Sir Thomas Dai