The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-14
Tx TlMEs-RicHMNoD. VA: TUESDAY NAY IA 1875

feet. built wholly az the charge OF the
inhabitants"
Beyond the Sandy Bay. In the Pasbe-
heagh country. there were some few sDght
houses. and elsewhere. az at Daie's BOAST
ed City OF Henr.co. On Farrars Island
there were some decayed buildings, partly
framed and partly brick. -
The adm "nistratiOn OF the Earl OF
Southampton, which succeeded Sir Ihom-
as Smiths. produced marvellous change'
The Company In London became the nur-
scry OF English liberty. Liberty OF prop
erty. OF labor. and Of person was extend
ed I'm the most ample manner TO the
colonisis. and IN the church on James
Island. there met July 80, 1913, the first
representative body on the continent OF
America. Twelve years Of tyranny ana
enforced starvation had planted but 40
persons in a total OF 10000 imported. CO.
Five years Of liberty and enlightened
government under the great Earl ana
his friends. the Sandyses and Farrars In
England and Sir George lardly in Nir-
ginia. settled there, despite the indian
massacre. l252 persons The log houses
that were every year or two tumoiinS
down were substituted in this time by
others which. though principally OF franz
"a structure. surpassed the best IN many
towns OF England. Not few OF these
houses were both ornamental and use
Of good quality.
POPULATION INCRFASiNG.
In 1924 there were in jamestown forty or
fifty houses instead OF ten or twelve as
I'm 1919 and "the houses were forty times
superior i'm character" 3d. The greater
part Of population was now collected at
"Ncw Town" On the main island-a much
more hcalthful location than the eastern
part
OF the appearance of the place at this
time the following description derived
mainly for the manufacture OF heads USE
mi i'm the Indian trade Not long before,
the sweet singer, George Sandys. hai
written OF the Italians employed in this
factory in good. strong prose-'a more
damned crew hell never Vomited.' To
promote their return 20 England, Nncen-
zio the foreman, broke the furnace with
his crowbar. GJ
Some of The products of this first Amer
| Jean factory may be probably seen in the
blue beads and queer bits OF old glass
stll picked up at low tide in the neighhor-
hood of tns place. The highway passed
/ from the glass factory across the Sandy
Bay near the Old powder magazine erect
ed at later period, then on 10y the river
shore till BE- reached New Town where
IL dividcd-one branch running along the
river shore towards Goose HILL" and the
L
distant from the River street In New
Town the first lot known 10 Us was
that OF Captain Richard stephens. one
of the council. who killed George Harri-
son in a duel and whose widow after
wards married Governor Harvey. just as
bis sons widow. Frances Culpeper-I
mean Samuel stephens widow married
Sir William Berkeley. he occupied a lot
facing ON the river, and behind him was
"a "a Nf-r| ODD
/ CESS, ancestor of prominent family i'm
Virginia and Maryland. whose lot faced
north on the Back street Next 10 Ste
/ phcns WAS the lot stretching from street 10
street, of Capt. Ralph Hamor, another or
the council. who wrote an interesting ac-
count of Virginia. Ills neighbor was
George Menihe, rising member of the
council. who took part In the arrest OF
Sir John Harvey In 1875. And next TO
George Mcnihe, was Harvey himself-nOt
yet governor. Fronting ON the Back
street In the rear OF Harvey was the
residence of DR. John pott. the surgeon
of the colony his lot running back TO
swamp on Back river. called Doctors
swamp. East Of Sew Town was the PARK
through which a highway-dCu a
continuation Of Back street-ran iii 10
passed between Sir George Yardleys lot.
and thc lots OF Capt. Roger Smith and
/ Capt. william Pierce two noted colOnists
Then it passed over The bridge OF the
dividing swamp into James Island, and
through The island down TO Black Point.
passing, % Is supposed. near the early
church and the block house erected by
SIP Thomas Gates and the new block
house.
nAN~rn WITH TIT DEVIL,
I'm this ancient quarter were the lots Of
John Lightfoot yeompn and ancient
planter Owho came with Sir Thomas Gates
in 1870 and of whom the story is told chat
he Tad dancing match with the Devil
at place up the river called Dancing
Pout for the conversion Of "a piece OF
marsh into dry lamb. William Spencer.
Woman and burgess for Mulberry Island
boo 1926 Thomas pasm0re carpenter. John
johnson, ye0man and ancient planter.
John Southern, gentleman. burgess from
James city in l632 Gabriel Holland. bur
CESS in 1923. and Rev Richard Buck-who
each had lots or - or more acres on
ridges bounded by swamps
Tho venerable minister who had vou,h-
safed Gods blessing on the first Amcr-
can Assembly bad ON his lot "a dwell
ing house and another little house. and
bis lot was separated from John South
crn iu James Island by a swamp called
fuckers Hole"
AZ the further end OF James Island
near he block house. Richard Tree. car
pentcr and burgess for Hog Island In 1921
and -. Edward Grendon. gent. and
Thomas Sully Of Neck OF Land" y.o-
man and ancient planter and others. had
Tots or five or six acres some Of them
with houses upon them. This portion a.
james Island was patented as abandoned
about lbl- ty Edward Travis. whose dee
seeulants long dwelt there and are bur
iea iu grove containing. perhaps the
grave yard attached 20 the ola wooden
churches OF the early settlers.
The earliest monument there Is that of
Edward Travis, the SON OF the patentee.
dated 100, but the absence OF earlier
tombstoues affords no evidence against
the antiquity OF the place
According 10 the census On 1924, the pop
u.ation of James Island was 80 incud-
ing one negro, of James city or New
Town. lS. including three negroes. Of
the glass house, .. OF the main beyond.
So OF the Neck of Land. between Pow
Aytau creek and Back river y. Ar
cher's Hope adjoining "a: Hog Island,
81, and the plantation opposite James
city. r. melt ding one negro. The total
population of the colony, as observed be-
f0ro. was 1852 NJ
So far in The history Of the colony only
wooden houses with brick chmncys. or
the first story brick. had been erected
But the extensive emigration produced by
the civil dissensions In England brought
many improvements. law was passed
ia 1885 which offered the premium OF a
house spot and garden LOT no all who
would build in jamestown Island.
I'm 1896 John Harvey wrote as follows.