Dismal Swamp Land Company.

Dates:
Active 1763
Active 1879

Biographical notes:

A Suffolk, Va., enterprise founded in 1763 by George Washington, Thomas Walker, William and Thomas Nelson, Robert Burwell, John Robinson, Fielding Lewis, Anthony Bacon, John Lyme, Samuel Gist, Robert Tucker, and William Walters. Dissolved in 1879.

From the description of Records, 1763-1879; (bulk 1830-1871). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536404

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Subjects:

  • Industry
  • Land companies
  • Lumber trade
  • Shingle industry
  • Swamps

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Places:

  • Virginia (as recorded)