Welcome to Fort Boykin Historic Park

Captain John Smith’s Adventures on the James

Fort Boykin was named after Francis Marshall Boykin who was a Virginia state senator, general in the state militia and owner of the property on which the fort was built. The topography at Fort ...

Fort Boykin Historic Park

The Warraskoyack Indians had a town south of

Fort Boykin in the vicinity of Tormentor Creek and

another on Jones Creek near the mouth of the

Pagan River. John Smith stayed with them on his 1608

mission to Powhatan’s residence on the York River ...

Fort Boykin

True Southerners Do and Dare

True Southerners Do and Dare. The 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Directly in front of you is the entrance to Fort Boykin. Originally built in 1623 to protect the colonists against “Spaniards by sea and Indians by land” ...