Timeline

• 1595 Pocahontas was born. [Mary Henderson who m. James Waldrop may be direct descendant]
• 1603 James I was described by Dickens as ugly, awkward, tongue too large for his mouth, his eyes stared and rolled like an idiots. He was cunning, covetous, wasteful, idle, drunken and greedy, a great swearer, cowardly and conceited. Obviously he did not like him. Plot to place Lady Arabella Stewart on the throne. Lord Cobham and others executed. James I accession to the throne.
• 1604 James I first to be called King of Great Britain. Establishment of the London Company: included George Abbot, Master of University College, Oxford and one of the translators of the King James Bible, Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir Maruice Berkeley, father of Sir William Berkeley, Governor of VA.; Sir Henry Cary; Sir Edwin Sandys son of the Archbishop of York.

• 1605 Gunpowder Plot discovered. Catholics smarting under persecution, mined underneath the hall of Parliament on Nov. 5, laying a magazine of explosives to take out both Parliament and the royal family.
• 1606 Newport sets sail for VA. with 105 colonists.
• 1607 Jamestown, Virginia was established as the first permanent English settlement. Pocahontas meets Capt. John Smith.
• 1608 January 8, Arrival of the first Supply. Newport returns to find only 38 men had survived the first winter. To them he added 120 more colonists. September, Newport returns with second supply finding only 28 men lost and adding 70 for a total of 200 in VA.
• 1609 October, Capt. John Smith returns to England. Second Charter of the London Company, was made a corporation of 659 persons. The starving time.
• 1610 Arrival of the Third Supply 10 May with 300 more passengers. June 8, Lord Delaware arrives in VA.
• 1611 Authorized English translation of the Bible. May, Dale arrived in Jamestown which swells to 800 within six months.
• 1612 Capture of Pocahontas by Argall.
• 1614 Marriage of Pocahontas in April at Jamestown to John Rolfe.
• 1616 Rolfe and Pocahontas with son Thomas Rolfe go to England.
• 1617 Pocahontas dies at Gravesend, England.

• 1618 Lord Deleware Dies enroute to VA.
• 1619 Sir Thomas Smith defeated in election for treasurer of the London Company.
• 1620 Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Nicholas Ferrar Jr. elected deputy Treasurer of the London Company.
• 1621 Sir Francis Wyatt chosen Governor of VA. for the first time. He arrives with William Claiborne in VA. as Secretary of State.
• 1622 First Great Indian massacre at Jamestown. Nathaniel Butler, Governor of the Bermuda Islands attacks the London Company in print.
• 1623 William Claiborne Sr. becomes member of the Council from New Kent. King James I takes control of the Virginia Government. George Calvert granted Newfoundland. His son named Cecilius Calvert after Sir Robert Cecil who employed Geroge Calvert as undersecretary.
• 1624 June 16, Virginia Company's charter annulled. Population of VA. near 4000. Plymouth Colony numbered about 200.
• 1625 Assession of Charles I as King of England.
• 1627 Francis West becomes Governor of the Colony of VA., no descendants. George Calvert, Lord Baltimore arrives at Avalon. William Claiborne trades for furs.
• 1628 Third Parliament, the first two having been dismissed, enacted the Petition of Right where no taxes could be raised without consent of Parliament, no person imprisoned without due process; no martial law. Parliament was dissolved and Buckingham was assassinated.
• 1629 Col. William Claiborne defeated the Indians near West Point.
• 1630 Sir John Harvey appointed Governor of VA.

• 1631 William Claiborne obtains royal license for trading in all of North America under the seal of Scotland, from the Secretary of State for Scotland, Sir William Alexander.
• 1632 Cecilus Calvert, second baron of Baltimore receives new charter for Maryland. William Claiborne sends Captain Nicholas Martain as Burgess from New Kent Island to the VA. Assembly.
• 1633 John West granted additional 2000 acres, King William Co.,VA. [reported as first Christian born in VA. which is incorrect]. William Claiborne petitions King Charles to protect his interests.
• 1634 Virginia divided into 8 shires. Five of them, Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City, Charles City and Henrico along north bank of James River. One, Charles River, along the Charles River and was soon after called York. This is the origin of New Kent Co., Maryland gets first colonists at Point Comfort. Leonard Calvert clashes with William Claiborne, claiming Kent Island for Maryland. Claiborne meets with the Virginia Council and they support him. Captain Henry Fleete tries to supplant Claiborne in the fur trade by blaming him for Indian uprisings. Clobery and Company, partners of Claiborne in England, petition the King for protection and was granted Claiborne was not to be molested.
• 1635 Earliest known grant in Gloucester Co., VA. to Augustine Warner. Claiborne's ship commanded by Thomas Smith seized in the Patuxent River by Captain Fleete. April, Claiborne sent out an armed sloop, the "Cockatrice," to make reprisals on Maryland shipping. May 10, Thomas Smith defeated Maryland ships at Great Wighcocomoco harbor. Crisis in Virginia over Claiborne as his ship was seized in Maryland waters. Harvey removes Claiborne as Secretary and appoints Richard Kemp. April 27, a meeting was held at the house of William Warren in York, where Martain spoke for Kent Island. Next morning he and others at the meeting were arrested by Governor Harvey. April 28, Harvey forced from governorship. Capt. John West acts as interim governor.
• 1637 Harvey returns as governor. After Claiborne was victorious at Great Wighcocomoco in May 1635, he retained undisturbed possession of Kent Island. But in 1637, Clobery and Company was dissatisfied with the quantity of furs sent by Claiborne. The Maryland dispute had damaged the business, and armed with a power of attorney, George Evelin requested Claiborne turn over the island with everything on it and to come to London to settle accounts. Claiborne tried to get a bond from Evilin not to turn over the island to Calvert, but he refused. He left in protest in May 1637 for England where he was faced with an immediate law suit by Clobery and Company. Evelin attached all of Claiborne's property he could find in VA. Finally, Evelin invited Leonard Calvert to take Kent Island. In December 1637, Calvert with forty or fifty armed men occupied Kent Island.

• 1638 Kent island insurrection in February. Calvert arrests Thomas Smith and seizes Claiborne's property for Lord Baltimore's treasurery. Lords of Trade decision: Since Lord Baltimore had a grant under the seal of England and Claiborne only a trading license under the seal of Scotland, Claiborne returns to VA. with nothing.
• 1639 Scotch Presbyterians called "Covenanters" resisted the introduction of the Church of England Liturgy. Sir Francis Wyatt appointed Governor for second time after the King removes Harvey.
• 1640 Scots invade England and defeat the royal troops at Newburn. The "Long Parliament" assembles.
• 1642 Richard Wyatt given grant in Gloucester Co., VA. Sir William Berkeley appointed Governor of VA.
• 1643 Charles River Shire of VA. first called York County.
• 1644 The Battle of Marston Moor, Yorkshire; Roundheads and Scotch Covenanters under Oliver Cromwell and Sir Thomas Fairfax, defeat the Cavaliers under Prince Rupert. October 27, Second battle of Newbury with Roundhead success. Second Indian Massacre at Jamestown by Opechancanough. William Claiborne lands his army at Romancoke, just above the West's property on the Mattaponi River and destroys the Indian threat. Governor Calvert returns from England to learn that Claiborne was preparing to invade Maryland. Claiborne recovers Kent Island, and Calvert takes refuge in VA.
• 1645 King Charles defeated at Naseby, Northamptonshire 14 June and Surrenders. Sir William Berkeley returns from England, giving sympathy and aid to Calvert.
• 1646 Claiborne expelled from Maryland and Leonard Calvert re-establishes his authority.
• 1647 King Charles ransomed for $2,000,000 by Parliament paid to the Scotts. Leonard Calvert dies in June.
• 1648 George Reade given grant in Gloucester Co., VA. Gov. Berkeley persecutes Puritan ministers.

• 1649 King Charles beheaded at Whitehall, the Commonwealth began and Royalty abolished. Hundreds of Stuart family supporters fled to Virginia. Gloucester County, VA. formed from York. The Puritan migration to Maryland. Governor Stone rules Maryland.
• 1650 Prince Charles becomes Charles II by the Scots after signing the covenant.
• 1651 Charles II invades England, totally defeated, and escapes to France.
• 1652 Four commissioners sent to relieve Berkeley of his Governorship. One commissioner was Richard Bennett, the Puritan elder driven from Nansemond. Another was William Claiborne whom Berkeley had helped drive out of Maryland. Claiborne restored to his post as Secretary of State of VA. William Claiborne with a commission from Parliament and a heavily armed frigate arrives at St. Mary's Maryland to demand that Governor Stone and his council sign a covenant to be true to the Commonwealth of England and that all writs and warrants be in the name of the Keepers of the Liberty of England [The Rump Parliament]. Stone refused and was removed from office. After two months, Stone relented, and Claiborne and Bennett restored him to office.
• 1653 "Long Parliament" dissolved after 13 years. Oliver Cromwell made "Lord Protector." Col. William Claiborne given grant of 5000 acres establishing Romancoke estate. Both the Wests and Claibornes were Loyalists.
• 1654 New Kent County formed from York County. Originally contained the counties of King William, King and Queen all formed from New Kent. The Pamumkey River was the north border, the Chickahominy was southern border. New Kent contained the village of Powhattan. William Claiborne and Bennett deposes Stone as governor of Maryland over the treatment of the Puritans. William Fuller is made president in Stones place by Claiborne and Bennett.
• 1655 Conquest of Jamaica and the West Indies. Nathaniel West born King William Co., VA. He married the widow of Gideon Macon of New Kent and had Unity West, wife of Col. William Dandridge of Elsing Green. Richard Bennett chosen Governor of VA. by the House of Burgesses. He was succeeded by Edward Digges. Stone with encouragement from Lord Baltimore gathers 130 men to retake the government. Capt. Fuller with 175 men and two armed merchant ships was ready for him. They met on the banks of the Severn 25 Mar 1655. Stone was defeated and badly wounded, one third of his men were killed. Fuller held a court-martial and sentenced Stone to death. Four were executed, but some kind-hearted women interceded and Stone was pardoned. Thus ended the supremacy of Catholic Maryland, but Lord Baltimore was sustained by Cromwell. Claiborne was indemnified and given extensive grants in VA. for the loss of Kent Island.
• 1657 Cromwell invited to become King, but refuses. Died 3 Sep.
• 1658 Richard Cromwell, proclaimed Lord Protector. English defeat Spain and France at the battle of the Dunes. Dunkirk occupied by the English.
• 1659 Richard Cromwell resigns after only 8 months. Army seizes government.
• 1660 General Monk restores the Presbyterian members to Parliament. Restoration of Stuarts. Charles II assession to the throne. Test Act and Corporation Act prevents Catholics from holding any offices. Coronation robes made of silk for Charles II from Gloucester Co., VA. silk weavers. Pamunkey Neck considered a "reservation" for Chickahominy and Pamunkey Indians set aside by the Crown.
• 1663 William Claiborne becomes member of the House of Burgesses from New Kent Co., VA.

• 1665 The Great Plague of London where 100,000 died in London alone. Second Dutch war. English capture New Amsterdam [NY] and the Dutch take Jamaica.
• 1666 Great London Fire.
• 1668 "The Triple League" England, Holland and Sweden against France.
• 1672 Third Dutch War.
• 1676 Bacon's Rebellion. Nathaniel Bacon fought with forces of Berkeley on 10 July. Augustine Warner becomes speaker of the House of Burgesses.
• 1678 Oates, a clergyman deposed for a profane life in the Pretended Popish Plot. Oates swore absurd stories of the designs of the Pope on the liberties of England. An anti- Catholic panic seized the land. Oates accused many Catholics and they were jailed. London was fortified. Suspicion even implicated the Queen and the Duke of York [later James II] to the point he fled the country.
• 1682 William Claiborne son of Col. William Claiborne dec'd and Thomas Claiborne, son and heir apparent of Mr. Thomas Claiborne [language is confusing], 545 acres, New Kent Co., 20 Apr 1682. Beginning in the fork of Chicahominy River... Transportation of 11 persons: Thomas Bell, Robert Bowles, John Ireland, Richard Pearson, Corn Busby, Margaret Bright, Richard Ely, Micha. Wardrope, Mary Poll, Ann Hicks, and Andrew Hall. "Cavaliers and Pioneers" by Nell Marion Nugent, Patent Book 7, By Richard Bennet, Volume 2 page 236.
• 1685 Death of Charles II and assession of his brother James II. Object of his reign was to re-establish Catholic religion. Judge Jeffries "Bloody Assize" Jeffries aided overthrow of the King. Made a boast that he had hanged more traitors than his predecessors [over 300 on his circuit, and 800 were sold into slavery in the West Indies. He sold pardons for his wealth. Col. John West becomes member of House of BurgesseS from New Kent Co., VA.
• 1688 Invasion of England by Prince of Orange at invitation of Nobility and the Church. James II's son-in-law, champion of Protestantism in Germany becomes William III. William Littlepage becomes member of the House of Burgesses from New Kent.
• 1689 The Toleration Act, grants toleration of Protestant Dissenters. Nineteen families living in the Pamunkey Neck region of VA, one of whom was James Henderson in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA. on the south side of the Neck. Another neighbor was James King.
• 1690 Battle of Boyne. William of Orange defeats James I and his Catholic army.
• 1691 King and Queen County, VA. formed from new Kent. The original county of King and Queen later was cut into King William, Caroline and much of Spotsylvania Co., VA. & Essex Co, VA. formed from Rappahannock Co. Among the earliest justices of Essex Co. , VA. were John Taliafero, Thomas Edmundson, Francis Taliafero. There are twelve tablets in Essex Co., VA. One of them shows Robert Brooke, Gentleman Justice of ye old Court 1692-1706. Robert Brooke Jr. Clerk of ye old Court 1700 and Horse-shoe Knight... and it goes on to list other descendants. Pamunkey Neck vanishes into St. John's Parish in King William County, VA.
• 1692 William Leigh and John Lane become Burgesses of King and Queen Co., VA. William and Mary College established.
• 1694 Mary, Queen of England, dies of small-pox.
• 1696 Richard Johnson sworn as member of King's Council from King and Queen Co., VA.
• 1697 Peace of Ryswick between England and France. Maj. Robert Beverley becomes clerk of the Council and clerk of King and Queen Co., 1699. His son, Robert Beverley, became a Knight of the Golden Horse-shoe, married Ursula Byrd, daugher of William Byrd of Westover.

• 1698 Col. William Byrd offers special invitation to the Huguenots in England to come to VA. When the Huguenots arrived, Byrd sent them 20 miles above the falls of the James river to Manakintowne, Goochland Co., VA. on the south side of the river, a former village of the Monacan Indians [enemies of the Powhatans]. Among them were DuVal, Trevillian, Maupin, Lanier, St. Clair, Guilliam and others. In 1714 there were only 29 parishioners; in 1728 only 130 tithables. They scattered to all parts of Virginia.
• 1699 Mich. Wardrope receives 90 acres assigned to him by Fuller and Johnson. "Titles upon Indian Leases," June 1699, by Governor Spottswood.
• 1701 14 Sep 1701 Whereas the Commission appointed to examine claims to Land in Pamunkey Neck have returned Surveys and Certificates to the Secretary's office concerning these lands hereafter mentioned...Resolved that it is the opinion of this house that Patents be issued for the same...To Michael Wardrop for 90 acres of land. Also among those listed were James Henderson 150 acres; George Dabney 293 acres; James Dabney for 1000 acres; Thomas Carr for 546 acres; Sarah Dabney 179.5 acres; Anthony Fuller and James Johnson 300 acres; Philip Williams 100 acres; Alex. Anderson 100 acres. "Virginia Journals of the House of Burgesses 1695-1702." Claim by Michael Wardrop to 90 acres rejected on grounds it is land of the Pamunkey Indians. King William County is formed.
• 1702 Death of William from fall off of a horse. Anne, daughter of James II ascends to the throne. Louis XIV of France puts his grandson, Philip on the throne of Spain. King William County VA. has Burgesses John and Nathaniel West; Sheriff was John Waller Justices were Henry Fox, John Waller, John West, Henry Madison, William Claiborne, Roger Mallory, Thomas Carr, William Hay, George Dabney, and others. Escheater was Mathew Page; clerk was William Aylett and surveyor, Harry Beverley. Boundaries were the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers, north and south which join to for the York river in the southeast corner of the county.
• 1705 23 October 1705 by order of Governor Berkeley. Michael Waldrop claimed 90 acres from the Pamunkey Indians.
• 1706 28 May 1706, Michael Wardrop, George Shilling, William Reynolds, John Fox present claims to land.
• 1710 Tuckahoe was built; home of the Randolphs. [Isham, son of William of Turkey Island, settled in Goochland Co., VA. He married Jane Rogers, mother of Jane Randolph who married Peter Jefferson, mother of Thomas Jefferson.] Michael Waldrup 100 acres dated 26 April 1712. "Patent Book #10, Vol. 3, p. 127.
• 1712 Michael Waldrup, 100 acres; St. John's Parish, King William Co., VA. between the College land, the Long Branch and the Great Swamp 16 Apr 1712, p. 64, Importation of 2 persons: John Pomfrett, Thomas Handcock. "Cavaliers and Pioneers" Patent Book 10, Volume 3, p. 127. "English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records" p. 93 by Louis des Cognests, Jr.
• 1713 Patent Book #10, p. 64. 26 April 1713: Michael Waldrup 100 acres, St. Johns Parish, King William Co., VA. 10 Nov 1713 Land grants made by George Shilling and Michael Waldrobe to be considered at the next meeting of the General Council. "English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records" p. 113 by Louis des Cognests, Jr. George Shilling and Michael Waldrobe accused of surreptitiously obtaining patents and must get new patents, 18 Nov 1713.
• 1714 Queen Anne dies; George I accession. Governor Spotswood brought over 12 German families to establish Germanna in what became Orange Co., VA., then part of Essex. Spotswood used them to work his iron mine there. Germanna was the departure for The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe on their expedition in 1716 over the Blue Ridge.
• 1718 Orlando Jones becomes Burgess of King William Co., VA.
• 1720 Hanover County, VA. established from New Kent Co., part of York until 1654 and York was part of Charles River one of the 8 original Shires established 1634.

• 1721 Sir Robert Walpole essentially rules England for 21 years.
• 1722 Nicholas Meriwether becomes Burgess from Hanover Co. In 1727, he was granted 13,762 acres that became Albermarle Co., VA. The original Overton grant in Hanover Co., VA. was along the south side of Little River from its junction with the North Anna River and westward into Louisa Co.
• 1727 George II becomes King. William Dandridge sworn as member of the Council from King William Co., VA. his wife was Unity West, only child of Nathaniel West. The Dandridges, Claibornes, Wests and Brownes intermarried. Elsing Green, the original home of William Dandridge in King William Co., VA. was purchased by Carter Braxton ca. 1767 by William Burnet Browne b. Salem, MA. Caroline County formed from Essex, King and Queen and King William Counties, named for Queen Caroline, wife of George II. Henry Armistead becomes Burgess from Caroline Co. Goochland Co., VA., named for Sir William Gooch, was formed from Henrico Co. Richard Randolph and John Bolling become Burgesses from Goochland Co., VA.
• 1732 John Fleming and Dudley Digges become Burgesses from Goochland Co., VA. John Lewis settles what was to become Augusta Co., VA. A grant given to Benjamin Burden of 500,000 acres by Governor Gooch required that 100 families settle the land. Among those families were McDowell, Crawford, McClure, Alexander, Wallace, Moore, Mathews and others.
• 1733 John Campbell of Ireland came to Augusta Co., VA., father of Patrick and David Campbell; and ancestor of Gen. William Campbell, hero of King's Mountain.
• 1734 Judge Richard Henderson born in Hanover Co., VA. Removed to NC. in 1762. Orange County VA., named for the Prince of Orange, formed from Spotsylvania Co. 19 September 1734, Earliest known record of Luke Waldrop in Hanover Co., VA. 4 March 1734 At court held in Hanover Co., VA. Mary Graves, wife of Henry Graves, relinquishes her dower rights to land deeded to John Dixon, merchant. 4 Oct 1734 Henry Graves and Mary his wife, and Luke Waldrop acknowledged release unto John Dixon for 96 pounds current money of VA. the land in Hanover Co., near Major Leigh, John Saunders, Capt. David Crawford, John Matlock, William Chiswell, and Simm's. John Dixon was from King and Queen Co., in Stratton Major Parish.
• 1736 Leonard Claiborne becomes Burgess of King William Co., VA. Richard Harris becomes Burgess from Hanover Co., VA. Governor, Sir William Gooch grants William Beverley of Essex, Sir John Randolph of Williamsburg, Richard Randolph of Henrico, and John Robinson of King and Queen, 118,491 acres in what is now Augusta Co., VA. The following day, the other grantees released their interest in the patent to Beverly, and the property was called Beverley Manor. Robert Fleming and Johnathan Gibson become Burgesses from Caroline Co., VA. Robert Green becomes Burgess from Orange Co., VA.
• 1738 Edward Scott and James Holman become Burgesses from Goochland Co., VA. Augusta Co., VA. established. Its county seat was Staunton, named for Gov. Gooch's wife.
• 1739 War with Spain. John Craig sent by the Presbytery of Donegal to Augusta Co., VA. He became minister of Tinkling Spring and Augusta Churches.
• 1740 William Beverley becomes Burgess from Orange Co., VA.
• 1741 John Penn, signer of the Declaration of Independence, born Port Royal, Caroline Co., VA. At age 33, he moved to Granville Co., NC.
• 1742 Downfall of Walpole. Louisa County, VA. formed from Hanover Co., VA. , named for Queen Louise of Denmark, with Col. James Littlepage as first clerk. He was a Burgess from Hanover Co. born there 1714. Isham Randolph becomes Burgess from Goochland Co., VA.

• 1744 Albemarle County VA. was formed from parts of Hanover and Parts of Louisa, cut from Hanover in 1742. It appears that in early Albemarle between 1752 and 1758, the county seat of Scottsville was so far from many settlers that their deeds were recorded in Goochland and Louisa County. They later were re-recorded in Goochland. Charles Barrett and Robert Lewis become Burgesses from Louisa Co., VA. Albemarle named for William Anne Keppel, second Earl of Albemarle, Governor General of the Colony.
• 1745 Rebellion in Scotland in favor of Charles Edward "the Young Pretender." William Randolph and Benjamin Cocke become Burgesses from Goochland Co., VA. Capt. Joseph Maupin, ancestor of Hudson Martin patents land in Albemarle Co., VA. John Cochran settles at Staunton, Augusta Co., VA.
• 1746 Valentine Wood becomes magistrate of Albemarle Co., VA., son of Henry Wood, first clerk of Goochland. Co. Valentine Wood's wife was Lucy Henry, sister of Patrick Henry. Albemarle County has at least two other Woods families; unknown connections.
• 1747 Rev. Samuel Davies came to Hanover Co., VA. from Delaware. Rev. Davies recruited troops for the French and Indian Wars. He became the 4th president of Princeton University. William Overton Winston born, son of John Winston and Alice Bickerton. He was a captain in the Hanover Co., VA. militia and sheriff 1786.
• 1748 Cumberland Co., VA. formed from Goochland Co., VA. Culpeper Co., VA. formed from Orange Co. Daniel Maupin patents land on Moorman's River in Albemarle Co., VA. His brother Gabriel Maupin also resided in Albemarle Co.
• 1749 Luke Waldrop deeds 25 acres in Granville Co., NC. to William Sims 25 Mar 1749.
• 1750 Richard Corbin of Laneville became member of the King's Coucil from King and Queen Co., VA. Samuel Shelton comes to Albemarle Co., VA., father of Clouch Shelton. Patrick Crawford emigrates from Ireland to PA., then to Augusta Co., VA.
• 1752 Change of the Calendar, omitting eleven days to correct it, and making the year begin January 1, rather than 25 March. John Martin becomes Burgess from King William Co., VA. Archibald Cary becomes Burgess from Goochland Co., VA. Governor Dinwiddie arrives. 1753 Capt. John Winston, of Louisa Co., VA., Justice from Malvern was born. He was the grandson of William and Barbara Overton Winston, son of John and Alice Bickerton Winston. 1754 Abraham Venable and Robert Anderson become Burgesses from Louisa Co., VA. 1756 The Seven Years War conducted by Pitt. England and Prussia against Austria and France. David Rodes becomes magistrate and sheriff of Albemarle Co., VA. He was son of John Rodes of Louisa Co. who came to Albemarle in 1749. John Rodes was father of Capt. Robert Rodes of the Revolutionary Army. French and Indian War begins in the Colonies.
• 1760 George III becomes King, grandson of George II. William Taliaferro becomes Burgess from Orange Co., VA.
• 1763 Augusta County, VA. militia formed. Officers included: Andrew Lewis, William Preston, Walter Cunningham, William Crow. Treaty of Paris, ends French and Indian War and the Seven Years War.
• 1764 Patrick Henry moves from Hanover to Louisa Co., VA.
• 1765 Stamp Act passed. Patrick Henry resolutions against the Stamp Act. Patrick Henry was the son of John Henry and Sarah Winston, the widow Syme.
• 1766 John Overton, son of James, son of Col. Thomas Overton born in Louisa Co., VA

• 1767 Duties on tea, glass, and papter levied on Colonists.
• 1769 Resolutions that the VA. House of Burgesses had the sole right to tax colonists signed by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Payton Randolph among others. Walker Taliaferro become Burgess from Caroline Co., VA.
• 1770 Francis Coleman becomes Burgess from Caroline Co., VA.
• 1771 John Young and Lewis Craig imprisoned in Caroline Co., for "...preaching the Gospel without having Episcopal ordination or a license.... They were Baptists.
• 1773 Boston Tea Party. Dabney Carr becomes Burgess from Louisa Co., VA., son of John Carr of Bear Castle who married 1st Mary Dabney and secondly Barbara Overton, on the North Anna River about 18 miles northeast of Louisa.
• 1774 Freeholders of Orange Co., VA. included: James Madison, Sr., James Taylor, William Bell, Thomas Barbour, William Moore, Francis Moore, Lawrence Taliaferro.

• 1775 Battles of Concord and Lexington. Battle of Point Pleasant had many officers from Augusta Co., VA.; among them were: Col. William Fleming, Capts. John Murray, John Lewis, son of Col. William Lewis commander. James Robertson, James Ward and John Stewart, and Col. William Christain. Others who became distinguished were: Isaac Shelby, first Governor of KY.; Gen. William Campbell and Col. John Campbell of Kings Mountain fame; Gen. Evan Shelby of TN. Col. William Fleming, acting Governor of VA. during the Revolution; Gen. Andrew Moore, U.S. Senator, Col. John Stuart of Greenbrier, Co. John Steele, Governor of MS.; Gen. George Mathews, Governor of GA.
• 1776 Declaration of American Independence.
• 1790 John Wyat came to Augusta Co., VA. from Orange Co. to become mayor of Staunton.
• 1793 Edward Bates born in Goochland Co., VA. Became first Attorney General for Missouri and was contender for Presidency for the Republican Party when Lincoln was named. He served as Attorney General under Lincoln.
• 1794 Edmund Ruffin born in Prince George Co., VA. He fired the first shot at Ft. Sumter.

• Sources:
• "Twelve Virginia Counties" by John H. Gwathmey, 1979 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
• "Pictures from English History" edited by Coleman E. Bishop, 1883, Phillips and Hunt of NY.
• "Old Virginia and Her Neighbors" two volumes, 1897 by John Fiske, Houghton Mifflin & Co.
• "Pocahontas, True Princess" by Mari Hanes, 1995, Multnomah Books, Oregon
• "First Hand Accounts, 19 Apr 1775" by Clement C. Sawtell, 1968 Lincoln, Massachusetts
• Additional sources mentioned in the body of this timeline.