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Patawomeck Tribe Village

 
 
Patawomeck Tribe Village Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Kevin W., November 4, 2014
1. Patawomeck Tribe Village Marker
Inscription. The Patawomeck Tribe, members of the Powhatan Confederacy and millennial original residents of Indian Point, greeted Captain John Smith as he sailed up the Potomac River in 1608. Smith viewed the Tribe's palisaded villages, built by the Patawomeck who saved Jamestown in the Starving Time. In 1613 Captain Samuel Argall kidnapped Pocahontas, beloved daughter of Powhatan, while she was visiting the people of her mother—a Patawomeck in this matrilineal society
 
Erected 2014 by Stafford County.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraExplorationNative AmericansSettlements & SettlersWomen. A significant historical year for this entry is 1608.
 
Location. 38° 23.172′ N, 77° 18.998′ W. Marker is in Stafford, Virginia, in Stafford County. Marker is on Brooke Road (County Route 608). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stafford VA 22554, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Steamships, Stages and Slave Trade (approx. ¼ mile away); Early Escape Route (approx. ¼ mile away); Gateway to Freedom (approx. ¼ mile away); Aquia Landing (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Aquia Landing (approx. ¼ mile
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away); a different marker also named Aquia Landing (approx. ¼ mile away); History of the Patawomeck Indians (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Aquia Landing (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stafford.
 
Patawomeck Tribe Village Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Kevin W., November 4, 2014
2. Patawomeck Tribe Village Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2014, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 727 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 21, 2014, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.

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