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Virginia History and State Facts
for Genealogy
Founded May 14,1607 at Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in
America. The first settlers were led by John Smith.
By 1619 the colony had its own representative assembly and a
growing tobacco industry. Most of eastern Virginia was
settled first by the English. It is bounded on the East by
the Atlantic Ocean, on the South by North Carolina and Tennessee
on the West by Kentucky and West Virginia, and on the North and
Northeast by Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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Virginia history and information for your genealogy
research and the names of certain government employees or officials.
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