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Entries

  • Housing for the Enslaved in Virginia
  • Charles Cortez Abbott (1906–1986)
  • The Abolition of Slavery in Virginia
  • Robert Abrahall (fl. 1620s–1680s)
  • Joseph Abrams (1791–1854)
  • Act of Toleration (1689)
  • Cornelia Storrs Adair (1884–1962)
  • Alice Adams (1926–1999)
  • Andrew Adams (1905–1985)
  • John H. Adams (ca. 1848–1934)
  • Pauline Adams (1874–1957)
  • Lucy Addison (1861–1937)
  • African American Churches in Virginia (1865–1900)
  • African American Legislators in Virginia (1867–1899)
  • African American Militia Units in Virginia (1870–1899)
  • African Americans and Politics in Virginia (1865–1902)
  • Africans, Virginia’s First
  • Mary Aggie (fl. 1728–1731)
  • Ella G. Agnew (1871–1958)
  • Archibald M. Aiken (1888–1971)
  • Edwin Anderson Alderman (1861–1931)
  • Alexander Owen (ca. 1830–ca. 1898)
  • Archer Alexander (d. December 8, 1880)
  • Edward M. Alfriend (1837–1901)
  • Edgar Allan (1842–1904)
  • William Allan (1837–1889)
  • Arthur Allen (1608–1669)
  • Arthur Allen (ca. 1652–1710)
  • Floyd Allen (1856–1913)
  • John Allen (d. 1799)
  • Joseph Allen (ca. 1836–after 1905)
  • William Allen (1768–1831)
  • Isaac Allerton (ca. 1630–1702)
  • James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898–1986)
  • James M. Ambler (1848–1881)
  • Jaquelin Ambler (1742–1798)
  • Richard Ambler (1690–ca. 1766)
  • The American Civil War in Virginia
  • Sir Jeffery Amherst (1717–1797)
  • Anaconda Plan
  • Anatomical Theatre
  • Joseph R. Anderson (1813–1892)
  • Peyton E. Anderson (ca. 1857–1950)
  • Sambo Anderson (ca. 1760–1845)
  • Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941)
  • William A. Anderson (1842–1930)
  • C. W. Andrews (1807–1875)
  • V. C. Andrews (1923–1986)
  • William H. Andrews (b. ca. 1839)
  • Sir Edmund Andros (1637–ca. 1714)
  • Angela (fl. 1619–1625)
  • Anglo-Powhatan War, Second (1622–1632)
  • Ann (fl. 1706–1712)
  • Anti-Lynching Law of 1928
  • Anti-Saloon League of Virginia
  • Appomattox Campaign
  • Appomattox, Surrender at
  • Edinboro Archer (ca. 1849–1907)
  • Fletcher H. Archer (1817–1902)
  • Gabriel Archer (ca. 1574–ca. 1610)
  • William Segar Archer (1789–1855)
  • Samuel Argall (bap. 1580–1626)
  • John Ariss (ca. 1729–1799)
  • Arlington House
  • John Armfield (1797–1871)
  • John Armistead (fl. 1650s–1690s)
  • John M. Armistead (1852–1929)
  • Lewis A. Armistead (1817–1863)
  • Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1839–1893)
  • Army of the James
  • Army of Northern Virginia
  • Army of the Potomac
  • Army of the Valley
  • William H. Ash (1859–1908)
  • Turner Ashby (1828–1862)
  • Arthur Ashe (1943–1993)
  • Ashuaquid (fl. 1607)
  • Associates of Dr. Bray
  • Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
  • Archibald Atkinson (1792–1872)
  • W. Atkinson (1796–1849)
  • Attorneys General of Virginia
  • Joseph S. Atwell (1831–1881)
  • John H. Aulick (1790–1873)
  • Lemuel E. Babcock (1809–1897)
  • Backcountry Frontier of Colonial Virginia
  • Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676)
  • Nathaniel Bacon (bap. 1620–1692)
  • Bacon’s Rebellion (1676–1677)
  • George William Bagby (1828–1883)
  • Odessa Pittard Bailey (1906–1994)
  • Russell Baker (1925–2019)
  • George Balcombe (1836)
  • John Brown Baldwin (1820–1873)
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during the Civil War
  • John Banister (1649 or 1650–1692)
  • Nathaniel Prentiss Banks (1816–1894)
  • W. Lester Banks (1911–1986)
  • Baptists in Colonial Virginia
  • B. Johnson Barbour (1821–1894)
  • James Barbour (1775–1842)
  • John S. Barbour (1820–1892)
  • Lucy Johnson Barbour (1775–1860)
  • Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841)
  • Arthur Barlowe (ca. 1550–ca. 1620)
  • Thomas H. Barnes (1831–1913)
  • Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum (1848–1920)
  • Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982)
  • William Barret (1786–1871)
  • James D. Barrett (1833–1903)
  • Janie Aurora Porter Barrett (August 9, 1865–August 27, 1948)
  • Kate Waller Barrett (1857–1925)
  • Samuel Barron (1809–1888)
  • Barter Theatre
  • Britton Baskervill (1863–1892)
  • Nathaniel Basse (bap. 1589–1654)
  • Burwell Bassett (1764–1841)
  • Andrew W. E. Bassette (1857–1942)
  • Thomas Batte (fl. 1630s–1690s)
  • Archibald Batte (d. by April 12, 1830)
  • John Stewart Battle (1890–1972)
  • Robert Bausch (1945–2018)
  • John Baylor III (1705–1772)
  • Thomas Monteagle Bayly (1775–1834)
  • Thomas Bayne (ca. 1824–1888)
  • Leon M. Bazile (1890–1967)
  • S. Ferguson Beach (1828–1893)
  • R. L. T. Beale (1819–1893)
  • John Y. Beall (1835–1865)
  • G. T. Beauregard (1818–1893)
  • Roy C. Beazley (1902–1985)
  • Ben Belitt (1911–2003)
  • John H. Bell (1883–1934)
  • Belle Isle Prison
  • Ota Benga (ca. 1883–1916)
  • Richard Bennett (bap. 1609–ca. 1675)
  • Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley (1634–ca. 1695)
  • John Berkeley (ca. 1560–1622)
  • Norborne Berkeley baron de Botetourt (1717–1770)
  • Sir William Berkeley (1605–1677)
  • Bermuda Hundred during the Colonial Period
  • Sir John Berry (baptized 1636–1690)
  • Robert Beverley (bap. 1635–1687)
  • Robert Beverley (ca. 1740–1800)
  • Robert Beverley (d. 1722)
  • William Beverley (ca. 1696–1756)
  • Walter J. Biggs (1886–1968)
  • Billy (fl. 1770s–1780s)
  • Billy or Blind Billy (ca. 1805–1855)
  • Anthony Binga Jr. (1843–1919)
  • Black Baptists in Virginia (1865–1902)
  • Black Confederates
  • Aline E. Black (1906–1974)
  • Leonard A. Black (1820–1883)
  • Blackbird
  • Samuel Blackburn (1761–1835)
  • Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802–1896)
  • Staige Davis Blackford (1931–2003)
  • W. W. Blackford (1831–1905)
  • William Blackford (1801–1864)
  • James H. Blackwell (ca. 1864–1931)
  • George Blaettermann (1782–1850)
  • Catherine Kaidyee Blaikley (ca. 1695–1771)
  • Francis S. Blair (1839–1899)
  • James Blair (ca. 1655–1743)
  • John Blair (ca. 1687–1771)
  • John D. Blair (1759–1823)
  • Lewis H. Blair (1834–1916)
  • Robert W. Blair (1873–1924)
  • Blair, Sarah Harrison (1670–1713)
  • Blake; or the Huts of America (1859–1861)
  • Anna Bennett Bland (d. 1687)
  • Edward Bland (bap. 1614–1652)
  • Edward D. Bland (1848–1927)
  • Giles Bland (bap. 1647–1677)
  • J. W. D. Bland (1844–1870)
  • Richard Bland (1710–1776)
  • Theodorick Bland (bap. 1630–1672)
  • Benjamin Bluett (1580–1621)
  • Board of Trade
  • Anna Whitehead Bodeker (1826–1904)
  • Lawrence Bohun (d. 1621)
  • Robert J. Boland (1850–1918)
  • Phillip S. Bolling (ca. 1849–1892)
  • Robert Bolling (1738–1775)
  • Samuel P. Bolling (1819–1900)
  • Stith Bolling (1835–1916)
  • Nelson Slade Bond (1908–2006)
  • Charles Bonnycastle (1796–1840)
  • George William Booker (1821–1884)
  • Daniel Boone (1734–1820)
  • Armistead L. Boothe (1907–1990)
  • Gardner L. Boothe (1872–1964)
  • Benjamin Borden (1675–1743)
  • Botetourt Artillery
  • James Wood Bouldin (ca. 1792–1854)
  • Powhatan Bouldin (1830–1907)
  • Thomas Tyler Bouldin (d. 1834)
  • Wood Bouldin (1838–1911)
  • Henry M. Bowden (1819–1871)
  • Thomas R. Bowden (1841–1893)
  • Fredson Bowers (1905–1991)
  • J. Andrew Bowler (1862–1935)
  • James Bowser (b. ca. 1730)
  • Mary Richards Bowser (fl. 1846–1867)
  • Rosa L. Dixon Bowser (1855–1931)
  • George Boxley (ca. 1780–1865)
  • Belle Boyd (1844–1900)
  • Sarah-Patton Boyle (1906–1994)
  • John Bracken (bap. 1747–1818)
  • George F. Bragg (1863–1940)
  • James Read Branch (1828–1869)
  • Tazewell Branch (1828–1925)
  • A. Caperton Braxton (1862–1914)
  • Carter Braxton (1736–1797)
  • Carter M. Braxton (1836–1898)
  • Bread Riot, Richmond
  • Cary Breckinridge (1839–1918)
  • James Breckinridge (1763–1833)
  • William Breedlove (ca. 1820–1871)
  • George Brent (ca. 1640–by 1700)
  • Giles Brent (ca. 1652–1679)
  • Margaret Brent (ca. 1601–1671)
  • Bridges by Early Virginia Indians, Uses of
  • Charles Bridges (bap. 1672–1747)
  • A briefe and true report of the new found...
  • William H. Brisby (1836–1916)
  • Bristol Sessions (1927), The
  • Joseph A. Bristow (1838–1903)
  • William F. Broaddus (1801–1876)
  • Sarah Ann Brock (1831–1911)
  • William Brockenbrough (1778–1838)
  • William H. Brodnax (ca. 1786–1834)
  • George Brooke (d. 1782)
  • Albert R. Brooks (c. 1817–1881)
  • Lucy Goode Brooks (1818–1900)
  • Robert Peel Brooks (1853–1882)
  • Abram Brown (d. 1840)
  • Edward W. Brown (d. 1929)
  • Goodman Brown (1840–1929)
  • Thomas H. Brown (1864–1952)
  • Henry Box Brown (1815 or 1816–1897)
  • John Brown (1800–1859)
  • John Brown (ca. 1830–after 1900)
  • George O. Brown (1852–1910)
  • William Washington Browne (1849–1897)
  • James Coles Bruce (1806–1865)
  • Philip Alexander Bruce (1856–1933)
  • Albert V. Bryan (1899–1984)
  • C. Braxton Bryan (1852–1922)
  • Daniel Bryan (ca. 1789–1866)
  • John Stewart Bryan (1871–1944)
  • Joseph III Bryan (1904–1993)
  • Archibald C. Buchanan (1890–1979)
  • John Buchanan (1748–1822)
  • Buck v. Bell (1927)
  • Carrie Buck (1906–1983)
  • Richard Bucke (1581 or 1582–ca. 1624)
  • William Buckland (1734–by December 15, 1774)
  • Burkley Bullock (ca. 1830–1908)
  • Burch, T. G. (1869–1951)
  • Burial of Latané, The
  • Horace B. Burnham (1824–1894)
  • Anthony Burns (1834–1862)
  • Burns, Anthony, The Trial of (1854)
  • Ambrose E. Burnside (1824–1881)
  • Carter Burwell (1716–1756)
  • Lewis Burwell (1651 or 1652–1710)
  • Lewis Burwell (1711 or 1712–1756)
  • Lewis Burwell (bap. 1622–ca. 1652)
  • Lewis Burwell (d. 1743)
  • Lewis Burwell (d. by 1779)
  • Lucy Burwell (1683–1716)
  • Nathaniel Burwell (1750–1814)
  • Robert Burwell (1720–1777)
  • Benjamin F. Butler (1818–1893)
  • Israel L. Butt (1848–1916)
  • Martha Haines Butt (1833–1871)
  • Robert Y. Button (1899–1977)
  • Evelyn Thomas Butts (1924–1993)
  • Byrd Organization
  • Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966)
  • Harry Flood Jr. Byrd (1914–2013)
  • Mary Willing Byrd (1740–1814)
  • Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957)
  • William Byrd (1674–1744)
  • William Byrd (1728–1777)
  • William Byrd (ca. 1652–1704)
  • Leslie Byrne (1946– )
  • J. L. Cabell (1813–1889)
  • James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)
  • Joseph C. Cabell (1778–1856)
  • William H. Cabell (1772–1853)
  • Cactus Hill Archaeological Site
  • Alfred Caldwell (1817–1868)
  • James Thomson Callender (1757 or 1758–1803)
  • Christopher Calthorpe (ca. 1560–1662)
  • William E. Cameron (1842–1927)
  • John Camm (bap. 1717–1779)
  • Archibald W. Campbell (1833–1899)
  • Christiana Campbell (ca. 1723–1792)
  • Joseph T. Campbell (1827–1876)
  • Preston W. Campbell (1874–1954)
  • David Canada (fl. 1867–1869)
  • James Cannon (1864–1944)
  • William Capps (fl. 1609–1630)
  • John S. Carlile (1817–1878)
  • John Carlyle (1720–1780)
  • Miles B. Carpenter (1889–1985)
  • David Green Carr (1809–1883)
  • Peter Carr (1770–1815)
  • Isaac H. Carrington (1827–1887)
  • William Edward Carson (1870–1942)
  • A. P. Carter (1891–1960)
  • Charles Carter (1732–1796)
  • Charles Carter (1732–1806)
  • Charles Carter (ca. 1707–1764)
  • Edward Carter (d. by 1682)
  • James B. Carter (ca. 1816–1870)
  • John Carter (1695 or 1696–1742)
  • John Carter (ca. 1613–1670)
  • Landon Carter (1710–1778)
  • Maybelle Carter (1909–1978)
  • Peter Jacob Carter (1845–1886)
  • Robert Carter (1728–1804)
  • Robert Carter (ca. 1664–1732)
  • Robert Randolph Carter (1825–1888)
  • Sara Carter (1898–1979)
  • William Richard Carter (1833–1864)
  • Willis M. Carter (1852–1902)
  • William Alexander Caruthers (1802–1846)
  • William Carver (d. 1676)
  • Archibald Cary (1721–1787)
  • Henry Cary (ca. 1650–by 1720)
  • Henry Cary (d. by 1750)
  • Lott Cary (ca. 1780–1828)
  • Miles Cary (bap. 1623–1667)
  • Miles Cary (d. 1709)
  • June Carter Cash (1929–2003)
  • Castle Thunder Prison
  • Willa Cather (1873–1947)
  • Causes of Confederate Defeat in the Civil War
  • Cavaliers of Virginia, The (1834–1835)
  • Cedar Mountain, Battle of
  • Centreville during the Civil War
  • Ceramics, Virginia Indian
  • Anna Maria Mead Chalmers (1809–1891)
  • John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935)
  • William W. Chamberlaine (1836–1923)
  • Edward R. Chambers (1795–1872)
  • Lenoir Chambers (1891–1970)
  • Chancellorsville Campaign
  • John T. Chappell (1845–1915)
  • Ruth LaCountess Harvey Wood Charity (1924–1996)
  • Charlottesville during the Civil War
  • Chauco (fl. 1622–1623)
  • Edmund Cheesman (d. 1677)
  • John Cheesman (ca. 1598–by 1665)
  • Christopher T. Chenery (1886–1973)
  • Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
  • Alan Cheuse (1940–2015)
  • Sir Henry Chicheley (1614 or 1615–1683)
  • Chickahominy Tribe
  • Walter Chiles (1609–after July 6, 1653)
  • Edward Chilton (1658–1707)
  • Samuel Chilton (1805–1867)
  • Chimborazo Hospital
  • James S. Christian (1918–1982)
  • William S. Christian (1830–1910)
  • Chrysler Museum of Art
  • Church of England in Virginia
  • William Churchhill (1649–1710)
  • Cities of Virginia
  • City Point during the Civil War
  • Civil Liberties in Virginia during the Civil War
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Civil War Battlefield Preservation
  • Civil War Pensions
  • Civil War Widows
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (1775–1859)
  • William Claiborne (1600–1679)
  • Adèle Clark (1882–1983)
  • Emily Tapscott Clark (ca. 1890–1953)
  • Matt Clark (ca. 1844–after 1892)
  • George Rogers Clark (1752–1818)
  • John Clayton (1656 or 1657–1725)
  • John Clayton (1695–1773)
  • John Clayton (ca. 1666–1737)
  • James H. Clements (1831–1900)
  • Patsy Cline (1932–1963)
  • Clotel; or the President’s Daughter (1853)
  • John Coalter (1769–1838)
  • Herbert G. Cochran (1885–1969)
  • Cockacoeske (d. by July 1, 1686)
  • Edmund R. Cocke (1841–1922)
  • John Hartwell Cocke (1780–1866)
  • Philip St. George Cocke (1809–1861)
  • William Cocke (1672–1720)
  • Cohabitation Act of 1866
  • Sally Cottrell Cole (d. 1875)
  • William Cole (1638 or 1639–1694)
  • George William Cole (d. after June 10, 1880)
  • Asa Coleman (d. after February 24, 1893)
  • Edward Coles (1786–1868)
  • Johnson Collins (1847–1906)
  • Colonial Virginia
  • Colonial Williamsburg
  • Colored Farmers’ Alliance and Cooperative Union of Virginia, The
  • Colored Shiloh Baptist Association
  • William Colson (1805–1835)
  • Raleigh Edward Colston (1825–1896)
  • Commodore, Aaron (1819 or 1820–1892)
  • Confederate Battle Flag
  • Confederate Cabinet Officers from Virginia
  • Confederate Impressment During the Civil War
  • Confederate Morale during the Civil War
  • Conference with President Andrew Johnson (June 16, 1865)
  • Confessions of Nat Turner, The (1831)
  • Confessions of Nat Turner, The (1967)
  • Raphael M. Conn (1805–1887)
  • Miles Connor (d. 1893)
  • Thomas Nelson Conrad (1837–1905)
  • Conservative Party of Virginia
  • Constitutional Convention, Virginia (1864)
  • Constitutional Convention, Virginia (1901–1902)
  • Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery
  • Convict Labor during the Colonial Period
  • Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907)
  • Fields Cook (ca. 1817–1897)
  • George Major Cook (1860–1930)
  • Giles Buckner Cooke (1838–1937)
  • John Esten Cooke (1830–1886)
  • Philip Pendleton Cooke (1816–1850)
  • Philip St. George Cooke (1809–1895)
  • Cooking in Early Virginia Indian Society
  • Esther Georgia Irving Cooper (1881–1970)
  • Susannah Sanders Cooper (d. after June 9, 1751)
  • Cooperative Education Association
  • F. Graham Cootes (1879–1960)
  • Joseph Copeland (d. after April 22, 1691)
  • Walter S. Copeland (1856–1928)
  • Percy C. Corbin (1888–1952)
  • Henry Corbyn (1628 or 1629–ca. 1676)
  • Charles Henry Corey (1834–1899)
  • Richard alias Richard Williams Cornish (d. after January 3,...
  • E. G. Corprew (ca. 1830–1881)
  • Ann Cotton (fl. 1650s–1670s)
  • John Cotton (d. after October 24, 1683)
  • County Formation during the Colonial Period
  • George R. Cowan (1837–1904)
  • Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–1966)
  • Henry Cox (1832–after 1910)
  • Joseph Cox (ca. 1835–1880)
  • Lucy Ann White Cox (d. 1891)
  • Crab Orchard Archaeological Site
  • William Craford (d. by April 15, 1762)
  • William Crane (1790–1866)
  • Crater, Battle of the
  • Robert B. Crawford (1895–1973)
  • James Crewes (1622 or 1623–1677)
  • John Wesley Cromwell (1846–1927)
  • Cross Keys, Battle of
  • Claudius Crozet (1789–1864)
  • Josiah Crump (ca. 1838–1890)
  • Crutchfield, Stapleton (1835–1865)
  • CSS Virginia
  • Culp’s Hill and Wesley Culp (1839–1863)
  • Culpeper County during the Civil War
  • Thomas Culpeper second baron Culpeper of Thoresway (1635–1689)
  • J. L. M. Curry (1825–1903)
  • Gaston G. Curtiss (1819–1872)
  • George F. “Thunder Cloud” Custalow (1865–1949)
  • Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757)
  • Edmund Custis (d. after October 18, 1797)
  • Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis (1779–1852)
  • Elizabeth Parke Custis (1776–1831)
  • John Custis (1678–1749)
  • John Custis (ca. 1629–1696)
  • John Custis (ca. 1654–1714)
  • John Parke Custis (1754–1781)
  • Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (1788–1853)
  • George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857)
  • William H. B. Custis (1814–1889)
  • Isaac Dabbs (ca. 1848–after 1910)
  • John Dabney (ca. 1824–1900)
  • Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898)
  • Virginius Dabney (1901–1995)
  • Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619)
  • John N. Dalton (1931–1986)
  • Dan River Mills
  • Dance during the Colonial Period
  • William Dandridge (1689–1744)
  • Dan Daniel (1914–1988)
  • John M. Daniel (1825–1865)
  • John Warwick Daniel (1842–1910)
  • Peter V. Daniel (1784–1860)
  • Peter V. Jr. Daniel (1818–1889)
  • Raleigh T. Daniel (1805–1877)
  • William Jr. Daniel (1806–1873)
  • Edward D. Daniels (1828–1916)
  • Danville Civil Rights Demonstrations of 1963
  • Danville during the Civil War
  • Danville Riot (1883)
  • Colgate W. Darden (1897–1981)
  • Samuel Davies (1723–1761)
  • Ann Banks Davis (1830–1907)
  • Augustine Davis (ca. 1752 or 1753–1825)
  • Burke Davis (1913–2006)
  • Cephas L. Davis (ca. 1839–1907)
  • D. Webster Davis (1862–1913)
  • Harry B. Davis (1893–1987)
  • Hector Davis (1816–1863)
  • Jackson Davis (1882–1947)
  • Jefferson Davis (1808–1889)
  • John A. G. Davis (1802–1840)
  • John H. Davis (d. 1896)
  • John Staige Davis (1824–1885)
  • Marion E. Davis (1862–1946)
  • Noah Davis (1804–1867)
  • Varina Davis (1826–1906)
  • Westmoreland Davis (1859–1942)
  • William Roscoe Davis (d. 1904)
  • Thomas Dawson (1715–1760)
  • John M. Dawson (1829–1913)
  • Jennie Serepta Dean (1848–1913)
  • Debt Controversy, The Virginia
  • A Declaration of the State of the Colony and...
  • Deed of Gift, Robert Carter III’s
  • Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties
  • Joseph S. DeJarnette (1866–1957)
  • McDowell Delaney (1844–1926)
  • Martin R. Delany (1812–1885)
  • Democratic Party of Virginia
  • Mark DeMortie (1829–1914)
  • Collins Denny (1899–1964)
  • Desegregation in Higher Education
  • Desegregation in Public Schools
  • Desertion (Confederate) during the Civil War
  • Thomas R. Dew (1802–1846)
  • William R. Dickey (1823–1903)
  • R. H. Dickinson (1811 or 1812–1873)
  • Diet in Early Virginia Indian Society
  • Edward Digges (1621–1675)
  • J. H. Dillard (1856–1940)
  • Dimmock Line, The
  • James Dinsmore (1771 or 1772–1830)
  • Emily Wayland Dinwiddie (1879–1949)
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  • James T. S. Taylor (1840–1918)
  • Peter Taylor (1917–1994)
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  • George Teamoh (1818–after 1887)
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  • George Thorpe (bap. 1576–1622)
  • Mary Spear Tiernan (1836–1891)
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  • Burwell Toler (ca. 1822–1880)
  • Towns and Town Life in Early Virginia Indian Society
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  • Trevilian Station, Battle of
  • Adriana Trigiani
  • E. Lee Trinkle (1876–1939)
  • Nicholas Philip Trist (1800–1874)
  • Tsenacomoco (Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom)
  • William M. Tuck (1896–1983)
  • George Tucker (1775–1861)
  • Beverley Tucker (1784–1851)
  • St. George Tucker (1752–1827)
  • Nat Turner’s Revolt (1831)
  • Henry Turpin (1836–1908)
  • Twenty-Slave Law
  • Two Penny Acts (1755, 1758)
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  • U.S. Presidential Election of 1800
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  • Elizabeth L. Van Lew (1818–1900)
  • Sheldon Vanauken (1914–1996)
  • Charles S. Venable (1827–1900)
  • Bethany Veney (ca. 1815­–1916)
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  • Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
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  • Edward Maria Wingfield (1550–1631)
  • Henry A. Wise (1806–1876)
  • John S. Wise (1846–1913)
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  • Wythe, The Death of George (1806)
  • Sir George Yeardley (bap. 1588–1627)
  • Yellow Tavern, Battle of
  • York County Conspiracy (1661)
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