Sentence:  The poor <WSD>Tuckahoe</WSD>, however, when he purchased land in Washington County, or the Shenandoah, or in Rowan, seems to have left behind him, not only his worn-out fields and his tumbledown house, but his wasteful methods. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.