New Line: John C. PARTIN, 1802-1837

I’ve come across a new family line today. Start person is John C. PARTIN, b. 17 Feb 1802 in Tennessee and died 1837 in Matagorda County, Texas. I have his wife as Nancy SMALLEY (1803,…

The Fort of Jamestown

The Wall Street Journal, Saturday, October 23, 2010 Her life has been celebrated in song, story and a Disney cartoon, but no one knew where Pocahontas tied the knot with a tobacco farmer—until now. Archaeologist Bill…

Jamestown Area History

By the early half of the eighteenth century, the extent of the British colonies in America was but a mere fringe of population along the Atlantic Coast, spreading gradually inland and finding in the Alleghany…