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In 1699 when the Act directing the building of the city of Williamsburg at Middle Plantation was passed by the Assembly of Virginia, two hundred and eighty-three acres, thirty-five poles and a half of land was surveyed for the use of the city. Also, fourteen acres and seventy-one and a quarter poles of land was set apart lying on Queen's Creek "for a Port or Landing Place in Comemoracon of the late Queen Mary of blesed Memory for the sd City of Williams Burgh on the sd Creek wch sd Port or Landing Place shall for ever hereafter be called and knowne by the Name of Queen Marys Port and the aforementioned Road or Way leading thereto shall be caled Queen's Road and ten Acres forty two Poles and a halfe of Land according to the aforesd Draught or Plott shall be and is hereby appointed & set a part for a Road or Way from the sd City of Williamsburgh to the Creek commonly called and knowne by the name of Archers Hope Creek runing into James River wch sd Creek shall for ever hereafter be caled and knowne by the Name of Princess Creek & twenty three Acres thirty seven Poles and a halfe of Land according to the aforesd Draught or Plott lying upon the sd Princess Creek shall be and is hereby appointed and sett a part for a Port or Landing Place for the sd City of Wmsburgh on the sd Creek wch sd Port or Landing Place in Honour of her Royall Highness the Princiss Ann of Denmark shall be called and known by the Name of Princiss Ann Port for ever hereafter and the aforementioned Road or Way leading thereto shall be caled Princes Road…" (Acts of the Virginia Assembly 1662-1702, pp. 399-401, Act XIV; copy in A Brief & True Report concerning Williamsburg in Virginia, by Rutherfoord Goodwin.)

The survey was made by Theoderick Bland in 1699. On this survey Queen Mary's Port and Princess Anne's Port are clearly defined with roads leading from the immediate confines of the city thereto. (See: copy of Bland's Map, Illustration #1, Appendix.)

York County Records (M-1-6)
Orders, Wills 1709-1716
p 302

1713 Feb. 15th

"… two Publick Storehouses to be built at Queen's Creek town Land upon the Land set apart for the building and erecting of the City [of] Williamsburgh the Court having Set a yearly rent on the said hou[se]

These two landings, one a mile northeast of the city; the other a mile southwest, were located on creeks which were navigable in high tide; and provided a convenient port for merchants to ship their goods out or receive merchandise by incoming ships.

Hugh Jones in The Present State of Virginia (1724) refers to the "good Landings" made by early settlers at the heads of the two creeks: one running into the James; the other into York — each about a mile from Williamsburg.

In 1717 the records of York County indicate that the bridge road to Queen's Creek was ordered repaired. (See: Ibid., Orders, Wills, Book 15, p. 181.) Also, in 1717 a petition from the free-holders and inhabitants of the upper precincts of Bruton Parish stated that "convenient roads may be made to and from the bridge lately erected over Queens Creek — the report of John Bates, Surveyor (in these words — We the subscribers have met viewed and laid out the road as convenient as we can to the said bridge with the least damage we could to the proprietors of the lands) — is admitted to record and accordingly ordered that the said Surveyor with the usual assistance clear the roads laid out pursuant to the report and keep the same constantly in repair." (Ibid., Orders, Wills, Book 15, p. 197.) This, probably, was the first bridge erected over Queen's Creek and indicates that there was a need for a bridge.

Waterways to Williamsburg were described in History of the British Plantations in America, by William Keith, published in London, 1738:

There are many small Streams and Branches, which in the Course of these large Rivers fall into them on both Sides, and contribute to make this Country vastly commodious for Traffick, as well as exceedingly pleasant to the Inhabitants: But there are two very remarkable Inlets of Water, or Creeks, navigable with the Tide by any kind of Shallop or flat-bottom'd Boat: The one enters 3 from James River, and stretches North across the Land about five Miles, to a good Landing-place; the other in like manner runs South from York River up into the Land: So that there is a Space only of one Mile between the Landings of these two Creeks, which being a dry gravelly wholesome Soil, was formerly an Indian Settlement, and is now become the chief Seat of Government in Virginia, called Williamsburgh; which by means of the said two Creeks, commands the Navigation both of James and York Rivers; For it was observed, that James Town, and every other settlement on River Side, where the Water was brackish, produced Slow intermitting Fevers and Agues, whereas the above Situation of the Town of Williamsburgh, being perfectly dry, and removed at some Distance from that Nuisance, is found to be very healthy, and free from any such Inconvenience.(Ibid., p. 55-56.)

After the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg, in 1699, the landings increased in population as the city grew. This growth was occasioned by the increase in trade and the need for greater facilities for handling such. Tradesmen interested in shipping, craftsmen and inn keepers, began to buy lots at Capitol Landing. A ferry came into use about this time.¹ One of the early records (1715) shows that a "Lycense to keep a ferry from Queen Mary's Port, Williamsburgh, to Clay Bank in Gloucester" was granted to Giles Moody who also kept a tavern at the port. (York County Records, Orders, Wills, Book 14, p. 417.)

A petition for a "Bridge over Queens Creek" in 1716, York County, gave the location as near the mill and dam of Major John Custis:

On Ye petition of W. Timson, W. Jackson and sundry others, ye inhabitants of Bruton Parish, Setting forth ye Road to be dangerous and inconvenient for Carts and horses by reason of ye Mill and dam belonging to Majr John Custis being ruined by ye late violent Rains, and ye said Custis refusing to rebuild or repair ye said Mill or Dam to ye great inconveniency of ye inhabitants going to their Parish Church or Court, Wherefore, it is ordered that W. Timson and James Burwell, Gent, inquire into ye Charge of building a Bridge Over Queens Creek at Wmsburgh Landing & ye most likely & proper Means to defray ye same & make report to ye next Court."York County Records, Deeds and Orders, Book 15, p. 8.)

A later order of November, 1724, indicates that "Upon the consideration of the petition of sundry inhabitants of Williamsburgh, and ye upper precincts of this county, for repairing a certain bridge over Queen's Creek, it is adjudged that it ought to be a County charge and that the same be repaired accordingly.(Ibid., Orders, Wills, Book 15, p. 309.) (Further orders concerning the Queen's Creek Bridge will appear chronologically in the report.)

As more vessels appeared at the Landings, loaded with European and East Indian goods, smaller boats as barges, sloops and flats, owned by the plantation owners up and down the James and York Rivers, docked to pick up the merchandise "newly arrived." There was a need for warehouses¹ for storing goods or tobacco awaiting the arrival of outgoing ships; ordinaries to house and feed the various types of people brought by business; and shops for men skilled in carpentry and repair work. These buildings were placed on the lots at the Ports or Landings according to the Act of 1699 (referred to above) which provided that "the Lots at the aforementioned Ports or Landings shall be proportioned at the Discretion of the Directors hereafter mentioned, provided that each Lott shall not exceed sixty Foot square which said Lott shall be disposed of in Manner aforesaid and the Produce thereof to be accounted for by the said Feofees or Trustees in Manner as is before expressed any Thing in this Act to the Contrary in any Wise notwithstanding Provided also — that a sufficient Quantity of Land at each Port or Landing Place shall be left in comon at the Discretion of the Directors hereafter appointed… " (See: copy of Act of 1699, A Brief & True Report concerning Williamsburg in Virginia, by Rutherfoord Goodwin.)

Among the early lot owners at Capitol Landing was Giles Moody, previously cited in the report. In May 1717, the trustees granted unto Moody: "Four certain lots of ground at Queen Mary's Port in ye said city of Williamsburg, designed in the plat of the said city by these figures 22, 23, 24 and 25…"¹ (York County Records, Deeds, Bonds, III, pp. 214-215.)

Previous to the acquisition of lots, Moody had been operating a ferry from Queen Mary's Port to Clay Bank in Gloucester. (Ibid., Orders, Wills, p. 417: May 16, 1715.) In June 1718, Moody was granted a license with Philip Moody to keep an ordinary "at his now dwelling house at the Capitol Landing." The yearly fee was "10,000 Pounds of tobacco … we bind ourselves … jointly."(Ibid., Orders, Wills, Book 15, p. 288.) The usual condition in operating ordinaries in Williamsburg was observed by Moody at the Capitol Landing: "… If therefore the said Giles Moody doth constantly find and provide in his said ordinary good wholesome and cleanly lodging and diet for travellers and stabbleage, fodder and provender and pasturage for their horses…and shall not suffer or permit any unlawful gaming in his house nor on the Sabbath day suffer any person to tipple or drink more than is necessary, then this obligation to be void or else remain in full force and virtue."(Ibid.) Records indicate that Giles Moody operated the ferry and the ordinary until his death² in 1729, whereupon his widow, Mary Moody, kept the ferry as late as 1732.³ (Ibid., Orders, Wills, Book 15, p. 461; Book 16, pp. 178, 402; Book 17 [page not given].)

A court for York County on November 24, 1740 ordered payments for bridge repairs:

To the Honble John Custis Esqr for Mending the Capitol Landg bridge	1000 lb toba
To Major John Buckner for the bridge	800 lb toba

(York County Records, Wills, Inventories No. 18, 1732-1740)

Mary Davis kept an ordinary in 1718 "at her now dwelling house at the Capitol Landing." (Ibid., p. 266.) Her husband, John Davis, had held lots #1 and #2 at Queen Mary's Port, (Ibid., Deeds, Bonds, III, pp. 265-266.)

In 1728 another ordinary called, "The Swan," was operated at Queen Mary's Port by Martha Drewit, widow of Jonathan Drewit. The number of the lot was designated as "7" and had been granted to Francis Sharp in 1714. from Sharp it was conveyed to Samuel Cobbs. (Ibid., III, pp. 31; 512.)

In 1723 John Davis, son of Mary and John Davis, applied "to keep an ordinary at his now dwelling at Queen Mary's Port for a year." (Ibid., Orders, Bonds, Book 16, p. 206.)

Within the first half of the century, lots at Capitol Landing were owned by bricklayers, carpenters, tailors, ordinary keepers, silversmiths, merchants, skippers and planters. Nearby, on the road between the Landing and Williamsburg, was a carriage maker's shop, free school and an oyster house with dwelling houses to provide homes. (See: York County Records, Research Department, filed under "Queen Mary's Port.")

A description of a dwelling house at Capitol Landing in this period is given below:

To be Lett or Sold, at the Capitol Landing,
A House, 40 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide, having a Porch, and Brick Chimneys with Fire-Places above and below, a Brick Cellar from End to End, Part whereof is a Kitchen; together with a Parcel of Lots, belonging to Mr. William Mayo, of Goochland County; who has appointed Mr. William Prentis, and Mr. Richard Booker, to act in his Behalf.(Virginia Gazette, Parks, ed., April 29, 1737.)

In 1740 the bridge over Capitol Landing was in need of repair. A committee was appointed by the court to view and give their report:

Capitol Landing Bridge.
Ordered that Thos. Cobbs, John Blair, Geo. Gilmer, and Ellyson Armistead Gent, or any three of them do meet and go to the Capitol Landing bridge and view the same and make report of their opinions to the next court whether the said bridge can be repaired or not, and if it can be repaired for what consideration.(York County Records, Wills, Inventories, Book 18, p. 601, May 19, 1740.)

It was ordered that a new bridge be built: In 1742 Arthur Dickeson was employed to do the work:

Bridge at Capitol Landing. Sept. 20, 1742.

Whereas Arthur Dickeson was employed to build a bridge at the Capitol Landing over Queens Creek according to a certain agreement for and in consideration of the sum of 50 lbs. current money to be paid to him by this county at finishing the same, and it being represented to this Court that the said Bridge is not done and finished according to the agreement aforementioned. The said Arthur Dickeson this day in his proper person came before the Court and did agree to keep the said Bridge in good repair at his own proper cost and charge for the space of 12 years from the first day of May last, whereupon the Court agreed and accordingly ordered upon his entry into bond (with security in the penalty of one hundred pounds current money) to perform the same that the aforesaid sum of 50 pounds be directly paid him and moreover if the said bridge shall continue strong and sufficient a longer time than 12 years as aforesaid. Arthur Dickeson is to be paid for the same by this County at the rate of four pounds three shillings and four pence per annum.

Wills, Inv., Book 19, p. 126.)

The following month Dickeson and others filed an agreement with Thomas Nelson, Commissioner of the Peace, relating to the contract for the bridge:

October 5, 1742.

Dickeson, Arthur
Cosby, John of York County
Cosby James
agreement with
Nelson, Thomas, Gent. Comm. of Peace.
Consideration: 150 £.

… Whereas the said Arthur Dickeson was employ1d to build a bridge at the Capitol Landing over Queens Creek and the said bridge is not finish'd according to the agreement foremention'd the said Arthur Dickeson agreed to keep the said bridge in good repair at his own proper cost and charge for the Space of Twelve Years from the first day of May last whereupon the Court agreed and accordingly order'd, upon his entering into bond to pay the same that the sum of Fifty pounds be directly paid him and moreover if the said Bridge shall continue strong and sufficient a longer time than Twelve Years as aforesd. the said Arthur Dickeson is to be paid for the same at the rate of 4£ 3s. 4d. per annum.

(York County Records, Deeds V, p. 38.)

From evidence which follows one sees that the bridge did not last twelve years "strong and sufficient," for the bridge was ordered rebuilt in 8 1754, and Christopher Ford was the undertaker:

December 9, 1754.

BRIDGE OVER QUEENS CREEK.
Ford, Christopher
Moody, Matthew
to
Gilmer, George
Prentis, John
Waller, Benjamin
Everard, Thomas
Consideration: 140 Pounds for the use of the Justices of the County of York.

The condition of the above obligation is such…in pursuance of an order of the Court of said County of York, bearing date 21st day of October, last past have agreed with the above bound Christopher Ford to rebuild the Bridge over Queens Creek at the place where the old bridge now stands for the consideration of 69 pounds, 10 shillings to be paid him by the said County at the finishing of the said Bridge on the last day of June next which bridge the said Christopher Ford hath agreed to build… [book torn] that is to say 100 feet long and [book torn] of white oak, hewed free from sap. The mud sills 25 feet long 16 inches by 12 and the rest of the frame to be 12 inches square or 14 inches by 10 each Peir to have 3 posts and two outside braces, the arches to be 10 feet wide and to be 10 feet high (in the middle of the Bridge) from the top of the mud sills to the under part of the bearers or sleepers, 5 bearers or sleepers over every arch to be covered with white oak plank, sawed 2 ½ inches thick without sap, every plank to be Pin'd with two pins in each end and two in the middle with good seasoned Pins. The rails to be 4 feet high, two rails on each side the whole length of the bridge, which is to be done and finished in a workmanlike manner and to be kept and left in good and sufficient repair by the said Ford at the term of 10 years …

(York County Records, Deeds, VI, p. 23.)

In July 1756 after the bridge was completed, the same named committee contracted with Alexander Finnie and Matthew Moody to build a causeway near the bridge:

… in pursuance of an order of the court of the County of York bearing date the 17th day of May last past have agreed with the above bound Alexander Finnie to erect and make a causeway from the foot of the Bridge over Queens Creek thro the Marsh to the main or high land next the Public Warehouse for the sum of seventy five pounds current money to be paid him by the justices of the County of York within twelve months from the date hereof. The said causeway to be 12 ft. wide at the Top to be raised as high as the foot of the aforesaid bridge and on a level from the said bridge to the main or high land aforesaid, to be well turfed on each side and kept in good repair by the said Alexander Finnie for the term 9 of five years and to be finished on or before the 1st day of October next…(Ibid., no page number given.)

Seventeen years later, it seemed necessary to build a bridge over Queen's Creek at Capitol Landing at a new location.

To be LET, to the lowest Bidder, THE BUILDING of a BRIDGE over Queen's Creek, near the Capitol Landing. Those Persons who choose to undertake the Work, are desired to meet the Subscribers, on Thursday the 2d. Day of September next, at the House of Mr. Matthew Moody, Senior, near the said Landing.
JOHN BLAIR
WILLIAM GRAVES
JOHN DIXON.

WILLIAMSBURG
August 10 [12], l773.

(Virginia Gazette, Purdie & Dixon, eds.,)

In October l774 the Williamsburg Masons laid the corner stone of the new stone bridge:

October 6, l774

Yesterday the Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of this City went in Procession, in the proper Insignia of their Order, to the Capitol Landing, and laid the Foundation Stone of the new Stone Bridge now building over Queen's Creek under which was a Plate with the following Inscription: REGE GEORGIO TERTIO, COMITE DUNMORE PRAEFECTO,
PEYTON RANDOLPH LATOMORUM
PRAESIDE SUPREMO
JOHANNE BLAIR PRAESIDE
ANNO LUCIS
5774. After the proper and usual Libation, they repaired to the House of Mr. Matthew Moody, Junior (a Brother) and spent the Afternoon in Mirth and good Humour.

(Virginia Gazette, Purdie & Dixon, eds.)

The Minutes of the Williamsburg Lodge of Masons for October 5, l774, gave this record of the meeting held at Capitol Landing:

…
The design of this Meeting being to lay the Foundation Stone of the Stone Bridge to be Built at the Capitol Landing — the Lodge accordingly Repaired thereto and after the usual Libations & having placed a Medal under the Corner Stone and laid the same in due form closed the Lodge. The inscription 10 of which Medal is as follows. GEORGIO TERTIO REGE
COMITE DUNMORE PRAEFECTO
PEYTON RANDOLPH LATOMORUM PRAESIDE SUPREMO
JOHANNE BLAIR PRPSIDE— A.L. 5774.
John Dixon Secy Pro: Temp.(Minute Book Williamsburg Lodge of Masons 1774-1779, p. 15, Photostat copy, Research Department.)

By May 1775 work had begun on the new bridge over Queen's Creek. The old bridge was still in use at this time:

[May 15, 1775]

Ordered that John Dixon and Joseph Hornsby Gents cause the Old Bridge over Queens Creek to be repaired until the New Bridge is finished and that they so View the condition of both the Bridges and report the same to the Court.

After the new bridge was completed, it was necessary to make the creek navigable by turning the stream somewhat:

[March 17, 1777]

[Ordered] that Dudley Digges John Blair David Jameson Esqrs William Graves and John Tazewell Gents or any three of them are by the Court appointed to agree with some Person to make the Creek Navigable through the bridge lately erected by Lord Dunmore at the Capitol Landing and to stop up the said Creek where the old bridge stands.

(Ibid., p. 137.)

The Virginia Gazette on March 28, 1777 carried this notice from the committee asking for bids on the project:

March 28, 1777

Pursuant to an Order of York County Court, appointing us to agree with some Person to make the Creek Navigable through the Stone Bridge lately erected at the Capitol Landing, and to stop up the said Creek where the old Bridge now stands, we give this public Notice, that we Shall Proceed to let the said work to the lowest Bidder, on Tuesday the 15th of next Month, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon, at the Capitol Landing.

Dudley Digges
John Blair
David Jameson
William Graves
John Tazewell

Virginia Gazette, Dixon & Hunter, eds.)

In September 1777 the sheriff of York County was ordered to pay one hundred and fifty pounds to Lord Dunmore for building a stone bridge over Queen's Creek at Capitol Landing:

STONE BRIDGE AT QUEEN'S CREEK — York County Records, 19 September, 1777.

Ordered, that the sheriff pay the balance of the last county levy to David Jameson, Gent;, and that he, the said Jameson, pay to his Excellency, Lord Dunmore, one hundred and fifty pounds for building a stone bridge over Queen's Creek at Capitol Landing.

(York County Records, Orders, Book 4, p. 157. )

Evidently, the old bridge was used after the new bridge was completed. An order from the court in October, 1778, directed "Beverley Dickson and Benjamin Powell Gents … to agree with some Person to repair the old Bridge over Queens Creek near the Capitol Landing."(York County Records, Orders, Book 4, p. 178.)

By April 1780 a plan was on foot to build a canal for the passage of the water through the new bridge:

[April 17, 1780.]

William Graves Benjamin Powell and Humphrey Harwood Gents are by the Court appointed to agree with some Person or Persons to make a Canal for the passage of the Water through the New Stone bridge lately erected near the Capitol Landing at the Expence of the County.

(Ibid., p. 261.)

A petition filed among the Loose Papers at York County Court House marked "1786" follows the wishes of "divers inhabitants of York County resident in the upper part thereof… ";

That the stone bridge over Queen's Creek at the Capitol Landing hath now almost become impassable so that your petitioners who formerly used that road are under the necessity of going around by Mr Beale's old mill with their carts, etc. or suffer their communication with Williamsburg to be entirely cut off. They further Shew that the road over Capitol Landing had been established and continued as a public Road for upwards of 100 years: that many of your petitioners had purchased their lands on the North side of Queen's Creek in the expectation of enjoying this convenience; that the distance which they will be obliged to travel if this Bridge 12 is not repaired and the road continued before they can communicate with Williamsburg will be to many of them double that which they have lately been obliged to go, and to all very inconvenient. That this is the only bridge in the upper part of the county which is supported at the public expense, and the quota of county levies paid by your petitioners, will, they hope at least, intitle them to the continuance of this convenience, they humbly pray, therefore, that your Worshipfuls will be pleased to direct the Bridge to be rebuilt, or a new wooden one erected in its place.

Signed:

Henry Tazewell	William Finnie
William Meade	Sarah Timson
James Hill, Jr.	Thad Bright
Jackson Saunders	James Hewes
Wm. Eaton	Sarah Vallentine
Ralph Graves	John Travis
Shaddy Kerby	H. Graves
Sam'l Crawley	Richard Booker
George Carter	John Briant
	Samuel Beale.

This petition, one would think, applied to the new stone bridge erected ca 1775. However, the petition was in a box marked 1786 at the court archives. It would seem that a stone bridge would not be in need of repair from 1775 to 1786, if properly constructed.

A linen factory known as the "Williamsburg Manufactory," was started by May 16, 1777 "within a few steps of the Capitol Landing extremely convenient to the counties of York and Gloucester, and to the Eastern Shore, from whence any thing may be easily conveyed by water." The manager, John Crawford, noted that "We purpose to purchase rough Materials for Manufacturing, and when wrought up to vend the same … " (Virginia Gazette, Dixon & Hunter, eds. ) In August 1777 Crawford advertised that "continual Demands on us for dressed Hemp" had made it necessary to "have a Mill now erecting, and hope shortly to be able to accommodate our Customers…" (Ibid., August 15.)¹

Somewhat earlier (ca. 1756-7) a petition that a workhouse "where the Poor might be more cheaply maintained, and usefully employed [be had] … and praying, that an Act may pass to empower them to compel the Poor of their Parish, to dwell and work in the said House, under such Regulations and Restrictions, as this House shall direct…" (Journal of the House of Burgesses, 1752-55; 1756-58, p. 260.) The petition also stated "That there is a House belonging to the Parish, at the Capitol Landing, which might easily be converted into a Workhouse."(Ibid.) Evidently, the petition was granted as the Rochambeau Map of Williamsburg and surrounding area (1781), show the Workhouse located across the creek form Capitol Landing on the north.¹

Other commercial activities at and around Capitol Landing were the public warehouses and the private warehouses necessary to store the tobacco of planters prior to exporting; also used as repositories for goods imported on call. The usual rent for a warehouse was ten pounds per year. In 1742 Henry Hacker petitioned the Assembly as "Proprietor of the Public Warehouses at the Capitol Landing [for] an additional Rent for the said Warehouses"(Journal of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1742-47; 1748-49, p. 29.)

On the road between Williamsburg and the Capitol Landing was located the tan works "late the Property of Mr. William Pearson, deceased, with the Dwelling-house and all convenient outhouses both for a Family and the Business, and several Acres of Ground under a good Enclosure, also four negro men Tanners and Curriers, two Shoemakers, a Carpenter, and two Negro Women, one a good Cook, the other a Spinner…"(Virginia Gazette, Dixon & Hunter, eds., March 7, 1777.)

In June 1777, R. Campbell Thomson² who had been "for many years over-seer of BUCKRAM and GLUE manufactory in Ireland, hereby informs the managers of 14 the Williamsburg manufacturing society, that as the expense of erecting such a work will be but small the factory being convenient to a tan yard, that those useful articles may be made as cheap as they have ever been imported. If such a scheme should be adopted by the society, the subscriber will spare no trouble to instruct any one of their servants." (Virginia Gazette, Purdie, ed., June 12, 1777.) Records do not indicate whether this scheme for the buckram and glue industry worked out or not.

PRINCESS ANNE'S PORT
College Landing

Illustration #1

1933-26
Friday, December 11, 2009

Photograph and Digital Image © The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Not for reproduction or publication.

Illustration #2

For photograph of a water color by L. S. Cranston made in Williamsburg in 1850-60, see: Research Department.

Scene — "House at Capitol Landing" Original owned by W. H. C.

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Lots at Capitol Landing (York County Records, cards in Research Department files.)

Trustees to John Holloway (1715) 53 square poles adj lot 32

* these lots probably were in Williamsburg on Duke of Gloucester Street as no one was in possession of them on these dates. See house history of these lots, Research Dept. In 1771 John Blair conveyed to George Chaplin Jr. 8 lots on the Capitol Landing Road.

^{VG April 22-29, 1737 (Parks):
Home of Wm. Mays of Goochland Co, 40' x 20' at Capitol Landing, Williamsburg, for sale.}

^{YCR, O & W 17, p 210: August 16, 1731
Suit by Wm Mays vs James Davis, son of John Davis, lots 1, 2, 11 & 12 at Queen Mary's Port.}

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