The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24
NlRGINA-NORrH CAROLINA BOuN THE ATLANTIC
sIIOk LOOKING IOWAIDS lAAND


COAST HALF MILE FROM ShOi
2lst section of her Constitution, adopted
June ~. lU6.
s. Cession by Virginia TO the United
States of an the lands north and " ct
OF the ohio river commonly called the
Northwest Territory, in 1874.
- tcsslOn of the territory now cohSl-
tuung the county of Alexandra, 90 The
United States. December 3, llA', although
IctrOccde4 hy act of Congress of july .,
1886.
DO. Formation of Kentucky as State
and lbs admission into the Union, I'm ltJl.
n. formation of Tennessee as a State
and IT'S admission into the Union, June
H. Formation of West Virginia as a
State and ITS admission into The Union,
hy act of onglcss, December 81, 1862.
etc.
l3 Tho transfer of the counties Of JEFF
ferson and Berkeley 10 West Virginia by
decision of supreme Court Of the bnit0l
Siates-in re \ire mia VS.. West Virginia
March q. lSl
h. The transfer TO MARYLAND Of a GER
tain portion of AccOmac county, Va, west
and north OF tho Pocomoke river and
sound "a portion Of certain ISLANDS, ctc-,
valuable grounds IN Pocomoke river and
sound, by decision OF arpltiators appoint
"a 10 settle boundary lines between Viz
ginid and Maryland. in 1911.
TO- Cessions by Virginia Of numerous
small parcels of land at various times
for forts. public buildings, etc. 10 Which
no attention Is paid, as they did not az
feet the bounds of Virginia
ACQUISITION or TERRITORY.
BY the following charters Virginia ac-
quired its territory:
First-On March .. 1884, Elizabeth,
Queen of England. etc, granted chafier
TO Sir Walter Raleigh authorizing him to
search out and discover such barbarous
lands not possessed by any Christian peO-
pie as 10 him might seem best, and 10
possess and govern the same under reg.
ulations prescribed i'm the letters patent
comforting the authority. lnls grant
was without any definite limits tsee
Grant. (See Hakluyt Vol. B. p. 2i5'
also. Wiliamsons History of North Car
olina Vol J. p. 2lg; Jcnerson's Notes,
under authority Of the charter a set
Element was made on Roanoke Island
within the limits OF what afterwards be
came tho Colony OF North Carolina, and
was the first British settlement estab-
iishcd on the cOnt-cn of North America,
huf was afterwards abendOned-in 1890.
See Smiths H.story OF Virginia. Vol. l.
n fO1 Crhe colony that was LETT at
Roanoke Island. and persisted. consisted
OF nlneiy-one men ana seventeen Women
besides two children born on the Island
Williamson. y. O.. y. tll. II was theh
called Virginia" in honor of the Virgin
Vsecnnd ~on HDril u. 1oos. James l.. King
~ England etc, granted 10 Thomas
oates et AL a charter comforting authori-
~ 10 settle and govern that part or
America called Virginia, ana crea'ed mo
ever plantation OF the said two colonies
should be- last made should not he withm
one HUNDRED miles Of tho other that
might first be established.
an The FIRST colony was authorized
20 healn their plantation and hahitation
al any Mace upon said coast OF Virginia
ar America. when and whore they should
think M and proper, between the Stth
and fist degree OF \. L.. from the .equl-
noctiai line. and were given ali the lands
from tho seat Of their first plantation ana
All alone the coast OF Virginia ana Amer
ica. towards the west and southwest, ana
Tor fiffv niles an aong the coast east and
northeast towards the north as the coast
Law. and also an tho land directly into
the mainland one hundred miles. ana
with The islands opposite TO and within
ono hundred miles OF the coast.
This colony was afterwards known as
the London Company and later as the
Virginia Company.
20 begin their plantation between the
18th and 18th degrees. This was after
Sssrds known as the Plymouth Company.
further is said in reference 10
ms colony. ~ IL did not affect the bound
ary line OF Virginia.
Under the provisions or this charter,
ID. 6rst colony settled at jamestown.
and comprised a territory one hundred
miles SQUARE. being the territory embraced
within a square, the east
arn side being the Atlantic ocean, the |
rorthern side a line drawn due west |
through. or close 10 the county seal OF |
!. ccoroac county. 20 meet the west side, !
1, rs,ny n line drawn due north and south
trough or elanA "a 6iehmonG lnan II