Bacon Mobilizes his “Northern Force”
June 5, 1676: Rebel Nathaniel Bacon orders up a Northern Force, including Rappahannock County men (the site of Mahockney). And it …
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“A warr be declared and effectually prosecuted against all such Indians”
1676, March 7: A remarkable act by the Virginia colonial assembly, declaring “warr” on the Indians – and I make …
A stirring account of the murderous menace of the “red man”
1676: Among the romantically pro-Bacon histories written during the antebellum years was the chapter in Charles Campbell’s “History of the Colony …
A Pro-Bacon account of the run-up to and events of Bacon’s Rebellion
1676: the year of Bacon’s Rebellion. In a 1909 Journal of American History, R.T. Crowder of Gloucester County published a …
The Warrs against the Indians, and the roots of Bacon’s Rebellion
1674: Early roots of Bacon’s Rebellion, discussed throuh primary documents in an excellent resource, the National Park Service’s narrative history, …
Early 1660s Map of Rappahannock River parishes
This modern map detailing the sequential parish churches of the 17th and 18th century in “Old Rappahannock County” (now Richmond …
The evidence of Mahockney’s 1663 patent
1663, November 19: The name Mahockney was used very early. The plantation was referred to as such in a 1721 …
The Original Mahockney Patent, by Thomas Rason
1663 November 18/19: See here the original Mahockney Patent! Thomas Rason, (variously Rawson, Roson, Rosson), a Patent of 518 acres, 200 …
History of Gilson’s Mill
1663: Gilson’s Mill was standing “before 1663.” Here’s a history of it:
Mahock Tribe fights in the Battle of Bloody Run
Wikipedia has an entry on the 1656 Battle of Bloody Run, involving the Mahocks. One historian holds that the Mahocks …
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