Fort Christanna: Established 1714

“The Farthest Western Outpost of the British Empire”

A Fort Called Christ-Anna

You are standing at the site of Fort Christanna, a colonial fort laid out in 1714 by Virginia’s Governor Alexander Spotswood. The fort was built on a tract of land ...

Native Americans and Fort Christanna

The story of Native Americans after Jamestown's founding in 1607 is a tragic one. At that time the Siouan Indians of Virginia probably numbered 6,300 people. By 1714, when Fort Christanna was established, they were in difficult circumstances, being reduced ...

Fort Christanna

Lawrenceville, Virginia

In 1714, at Governor Alexander Spotswood’s urging, the Virginia General Assembly funded the Virginia Indian Company, charged with building a fort on the banks of the Meherrin River in what would become Brunswick County. The fort would provide local ...

Site of Fort Christanna

Site of Fort Christanna

August 1714

And the Indian School

Which were established by

Governor Spotswood

On the southwest frontiers of Virginia

The National Society of

Colonial Dames of America

in the State of Virginia

1924

Marker is on Fort Hill Road 1.1 miles west of Chritanna Highway (Virginia Route ...

Fort Christanna

Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within the fort and ...

Fort Christanna

Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within the fort and ...