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Exposure Mode 0 Keywords historic marker Governor's Land Samuel Argall attraction display education historical marker Historical Site information landmark marker Place of Interest sign Tourist Destination Travel Destination Virginia attractive destination educating historic markers historic site info signage tourist attraction VA appealing history no people text tourism travel South attract historic nobody word daytime displays historical markers landmarks markers signs appeal color image educate historical outdoor vertical day destinations historic sites tourist attractions US colour image outside day time USA day-time U.S. words color images daylight outdoors U.S.A. verticals Jason O. Watson / historical-markers.org colour images natural light outsides United States United States of America James City County sign with text
Caption GOVERNOR'S LAND Situated near Jamestown, Governor's Land originally was a 3,000-acre tract encompassing open fields between the James River and Powhatan Creek. The Virginia Company of London set the parcel aside in 1618 to seat tenants who worked the land, giving half the profits to maintain the office of the governor. Deputy Governor Samuel Argall had already established a private settlement of Argall's Town in these environs in 1617. Virginia governors alos leased the property to others. Colonial leaders including William Drummond, governor of the Carolina proprietary (1665-1667) and an insurgent in Bacon's Rebellions of 1676 held lease-holds here. Portions of tract provided income to Virginia's governors into the 18th century. Department of Historic Resources, 2002