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Captain William Powell

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Captain William Powell, who lived from 1585 to 1623, founded Chippokes in 1619 and served as Lieutenant Governor of Jamestowne and in Virginia’s First House of Burgesses.
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Chippokes Plantation State Park, Virginia
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