Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders Martha W. McCartney

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCartney, Martha W., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jamestown (Va.)--Biography--Dictionaries.

Jamestown (Va.).

Jamestown (Va.)--Genealogy.

Jamestown (Va.)--History.

Virginia--Biography--Dictionaries.

Virginia.

Virginia--Genealogy.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 514 p. : maps, ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., c2012.

Summary:

"A detailed look at the people associated with Jamestown from its founding in 1607 to 1800. Based on government records and private archives, it provides historical biographies of several distinct groups of people: Jamestown Island landowners, public officials, Native-American leaders, and African Americans associated with Jamestown. It also covers more than a thousand people who did not own land on Jamestown Island but whose activities brought them to Virginia's capital city."--p.[4] of cover.

Contents:

Jamestown's history

Biographical dictionary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.xxv-xxxvi) and index.

ISBN:

9780806318721 (pbk.)

0806318724 (pbk.)

OCLC:

812189309