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Mattaponi Indian Town O22 |
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 Picture courtesy of John Musgrove.
 Picture courtesy of John Musgrove.
To the north, after the 1644-1646 conflict between the colonists and groups still loyal to the Powhatan chiefdom, the Mattaponi Indians found refuge on the headways of the Piscataway Creek. Officers of then Old Rappahannock County signed a treaty with the Mattaponi in 1656. By 1660, however, the Mattaponi’s English neighbors were pressuring them to leave and in 1662 some colonists burned the chief’s English-style house. The chief complained to the governor and an agreement was reached that three Englishmen would pay compensation and the tribe would relocate. By 1668, these Mattaponi had moved to the middle region of the Mattaponi River in King William County.
Department of Historic Resources 2001
Routes 360 and 682 Essex County Virginia.
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