Mecklenburg County, Virginia, encompasses 669 square miles. It was formed in 1764 from Lunenburg and named for Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III. In 1676, Bacon, the rebel, defeated the Indians near the present town of Clarksville. North Carolina was one of the original thirteen states. Its first settlement was made on Roanoke Island in 1585, but it was not permanent. Settlers from Virginia occupied the Albemarle Region before 1663, the year in which the Colony of Carolina was founded.