The orginial Virginia Colony was an ambitious land grant, extending West and Northwest from sea to sea. The formation of the Maryland and Carolina colonies better defind its Northern and Southern boundaries. In 1634, Charles I designated the original eight Shires or Counties as governing units of the colony. As the population grew the counties were split into smaller county units. The early Robert Anderson seems to have established land patents in York County(1642), York County split into New Kent(1654)Hanover(1721) and Lousia(1742). We find later generations in Ablemarle(1744) and other counties in the Richmond City area.
Within Hanover county, I have tried to find family landmarks, such as Goldmine Plantation on the South Anne River, the Gold Mine Farm Cemetery which I assume are one in the same and St. John's Perish.