Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Flowerdew Hundred was among the earliest English settlements in the new world. The tract was granted in 1618 to Governor George Yeardley, who named it in honor of his wife, nee Temperance Flowerdew. It was here, on Windmill Point, that North America’s first documented windmill was built ca. 1621, an event commemorated by a 17th-century-style windmill constructed in the 1970s. The settlement survived the Powhatan Attack of 1622 and was occupied though the 18th century. The area was developed into a plantation following its purchase by the Willcox family in 1804. The property was the scene of an extensive archaeological investigation from 1971 to 1995 by the Flowerdew Hundred Foundation. The many sites include a complex of early 17th-century structures as well as evidence of Indian occupation dating from 9000 B.C.
Web Link: Flowerdew Hundred – Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Web Link: National Register of Historic Places Nomination, August 1, 1975
Flowerdew Hundred’s Historical Road Markers
Web Link: Flowerdew Hundred Markers (Historical Marker Database)
Flowerdew Hundred: Exploring a Cultural Landscape Through Archaeology
Web Link: University of Virginia’s Online Exhibit
Flowerdew Hundred Foundation Gift Shop Brochures
PDF Document: History of Flowerdew Hundred brochure published by the now-closed Flowerdew Hundred Foundation
PDF Document: History of Flowerdew Hundred windmill brochure published by the now-closed Flowerdew Hundred Foundation
Overview of the Flowerdew Hundred Plantation on James River in Virginia posted to the Poythress mailing list by Barbara Poythress Neal
Mailing List Document Can Be Found by searching for the term Flowerdew in the Message Archive Database: Barbara Poythress Neal’s 2013 Overview of Flowerdew Hundred Plantation Posted to the Poythress Mailing List
Two postcards & two note-cards from sets from the now-closed Flowerdew Hundred Foundation. Personal collection of Barbara Poythress Neal.
PDF Document: Scanned images of Flowerdew gift shop cards
Wikipedia Entry: Flowerdew Hundred Plantation
Web Link: Flowerdew Hundred Plantation
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