The City of Henrico (also known as Henrico ) is one of the oldest counties in the Colony of Virginia . It was one of four incorporations established in the colony by its proprietor, the Virginia Company . The City of Henrico, which included the settlement of Henricus , was the furthest incorporation upstream on the James River. In 1634, Henrico was reorganized under royal authority as the shire of Henrico, one of eight shires in the Crown Colony of Virginia , Later, it became known as Henrico County, Virginia .
18-872: Henrico may refer to: Places [ edit ] Colonial America [ edit ] City of Henrico (Virginia Company) , also known as Henrico, a county in the Colony of Virginia Henricus , also called Henrico, a settlement in the county, founded in 1611 Henrico Shire, one of the eight Shires of Virginia , established in 1634 United States [ edit ] Henrico, North Carolina , an unincorporated community Henrico County, Virginia People [ edit ] Henrico Atkins (born 1966), Barbadian former sprinter Henrico Botes (born 1979), Namibian former footballer Henrico Drost (born 1987), Dutch footballer Other uses [ edit ] USS Henrico (APA-45) , an attack transport of World War II and
36-555: A healthier and militarily more secure seat of the colony's government. By 1612, Alexander Whitaker , the "apostle to Virginia" who married John Rolfe and Pocahontas , became Henricus's first minister the surrounding lands were designated for the first English college in North America,. and the Falling Creek Ironworks , the first iron production facility in North America, were founded there. However, by
54-823: The Discovery entered the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in 1607 and sailed up the James River. By the time of the English colonization of the area, the greatest power in the Virginia Tidewater region was the Powhatan confederacy of thirty tribes. The plantations and developments were divided into four "incorporations" or "citties" (sic) , as they were called. These were Charles City, Elizabeth City , Henrico City, and James City . The latter included
72-583: The 1626 commission and explicitly required to be present at all cases and having the authority to hand down final decision on all cases in the 1632 reappointment However criminal cases, civil cases involving large amounts of money, and appeals of decisions by the monthly court were decided by the Council Court in Jamestown. In 1634, City of Henrico became the Shire of Henrico, one of eight shires in
90-559: The City of Henrico's population continued to increase in the following decade. In 1619, the original area of the City of Henrico included the northernmost region of the colony. The northern section incorporated lands around Henricus and Farrar's Island, as well as the settlements of Coxendale, which was on the south bank of the James just east of Farrar's Island, and Arrohattock, which was further upstream from Henricus; South of Farrar's Island,
108-623: The Korean War Henrico High School , Henrico County, Virginia Henrico Theatre , Henrico County, on the National Register of Historic Places See also [ edit ] Henricho Bruintjies (born 1993), South African sprinter Henricus (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Henrico . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
126-613: The Royal Colony of Virginia. The shire was apportioned lands formerly belonging to Charles City, including Bermuda Hundred and more easterly parts of the northern bank of the James River. The boundaries of Henrico shire was the Chickahominy River in the north, Turkey Creek and the Appomattox River in the east, the Appomattox River in the south, with the west remaining unbounded. By 1642, the Shire of Henrico
144-637: The city included the lands west of Dale's Pale , a defensive work with palisades and a ditch that crossed the neck of the Bermuda Hundred Peninsula from the James river to the falls of the Appomattox River . The city boundaries ended on the Appomattox, where it bordered Charles City. At its founding, the City of Henrico did not have a governmental seat. All legal issues in the City of Henrico were originally adjudicated by
162-645: The era. These incorporations were called James City , Charles City , Kiccowtan and Henrico. The seat of the colony's government was in Virginia's only major town, Jamestown in James City. The City of Henrico's major settlement was the fortified town of Henricus , which was founded by Sir Thomas Dale on what is now known as Farrar's Island , near the location of the Dutch Gap Canal today. Henrico had been founded to eventually replace Jamestown as
180-597: The governor and councillors in Jamestown who served as the Council Court . In 1626, the Council of Virginia established a monthly court, which could meet either at Jordan's Journey or Shirley Hundred . Both of these locations were in Charles City, but they served the "Upper Parts" of the James River, which included both Charles City and Henrico. These courts handled civil cases concerning amounts under
198-524: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henrico&oldid=1116308859 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Masculine given names Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages City of Henrico (Virginia Company) The City of Henrico
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#1732776853495216-552: The original on 28 September 2019 . Retrieved 4 April 2020 . 37°22′54″N 77°20′09″W / 37.38167°N 77.33583°W / 37.38167; -77.33583 Charles City (Virginia Company) Charles City (or Charles Cittie as it was then called) was one of four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the Virginia Company . In 1613, Bermuda City
234-568: The seat of government for the colony at Jamestown . Each of the four "citties [ sic ]" extended across the James River , the main conduit of transportation of the era. In 1611 Kecoughtan (Elizabeth City) was established on a permanent basis and Henrico was laid out. In 1613 the fourth of the Company settlements was established as Bermuda City which was to become Charles City, named after Prince Charles . While some settlers farmed
252-533: The time the City of Henrico was incorporated in 1619, the town of Henricus was already in a state of dilapidation. The town, the ironworks, and the plan for a college was abandoned after the Powhatan attack of 1622 . Initially, the attack had an adverse effect on Henrico's settlement: 1624, 29 people as living in Henrico, all on the former college lands and in 1625, 22 people were listed as living there. However,
270-467: The value of 100 pounds of tobacco in 1626 , which was increased to five pounds sterling in 1632. There were six commissioners in the monthly court of the Upper Parts. The councillor William Farrar served as the city's head commissioner from the founding of the court in 1626 to after his reappointment in 1632 by Governor Sir John Harvey , being given the choice of where court was to be held in
288-479: Was already being referred to by its current name, Henrico County , during legislative sessions. The county seat of Henrico was established at Varina Plantation and a courthouse was built there sometime before 1688. The courthouse remained at Varina until 1752, when a new one was built in Richmond . Grymes, Charles A. (2019). "How Counties Got Started in Virginia" . VirginiaPlaces.org . Archived from
306-413: Was formed in 1618 when the Virginia Company , the proprietor of the colony of Virginia , provided instructions to Governor Sir George Yeardley for the reorganization of the colony's government. These instructions provided for the incorporation of most of the plantations and developments of Virginia into four boroughs or cities that extended across the James River , the main conduit of transportation of
324-584: Was founded, which was later renamed after Prince Charles . In 1634, under Royal authority, a portion became Charles City Shire , later Charles City County . Algonquian-speaking Native Americans migrated to the area from the north at least 800 years before the first Europeans arrived. It was home to the Chickahominy , Paspahegh and Weyanock tribes when the Susan Constant , the Godspeed and
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