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October 15, 1966. The Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia housed both Houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the Council of State and the House of Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia from 1705, when the capital was relocated there from Jamestown, until 1780, when the capital was relocated to Richmond. Two capitol buildings served the colony on ...
Added to NRHP. October 15, 1966. The Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia, was the official residence of the royal governors of the Colony of Virginia. It was also a home for two of Virginia's post-colonial governors, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, until the capital was moved to Richmond in 1780, and with it the governor's residence.
Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia.Its 301-acre (122 ha) historic area includes several hundred restored or recreated buildings from the 18th century, when the city was the capital of the Colony of Virginia; 17th-century, 19th-century, and Colonial Revival structures; and more ...
In 1722, the town of Williamsburg was granted a royal charter as a city, now believed to be the oldest in the United States. Middle Plantation was included in James City Shire when it was established in 1634, as the Colony reached a total population of approximately 5,000.
April 15, 1970 [3] Designated VLR. September 18, 1973 [2] Bruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. It was established in 1674 by the consolidation of two previous parishes in the Virginia Colony, and remains an active Episcopal parish.
John Page (planter) Colonel John Page (c. 1627 – 23 January 1692) [1]: 39, 41 was an English-born planter, merchant, slave trader and politician who spent most of his life in North America. Born in East Bedfont, Middlesex, Page eventually migrated to the English colony of Virginia, where he lived in Middle Plantation and served as a member of ...
Colonial National Monument was authorized on July 3, 1930. It was established on December 30, 1930. On June 5, 1936, it was redesignated a National Historical Park. The cemetery at Yorktown was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933.
In 1777, Waller was named presiding judge of the court of admiralty in Williamsburg, Virginia. He later served as a judge on the first Court of Appeals from 1779 until 1785 when the court moved to Richmond, Virginia. (WMQ July 1898). He was an eminent lawyer of Colonial times and held many important offices under the crown.