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Book Title: Historical Collections Of Virginia By Henry Howe, 1845

Goochland, p. 283

Goochland was formed in 1727, from Henrico, and named from a colonial governor
of Virginia. It lies on the north side of James River, and is 30 miles long,
with an average width of 10 miles. The surface is undulating, and in some places
broken; the soil is various, and much of it exhausted, though naturally good;
that on the James is of great fertility. It is drained by several small streams,
several of which afford water-power.

The county produces large crops of tobacco, corn, and oats. Bituminous coal of
an excellent quality is extensively mined, and also small quantities of gold.
Pop., whites 3,570, slaves 5,500, free colored 690; total 9,760.

There are no villages in the county of any note. The Court-House, which is 30
miles west of Richmond and 1 mile N. of James River, contains a few dwellings only.

Gen. Nathaniel Massie, one of the early pioneers of Kentucky, and a man of
indefatigable energy, was a native of this county. He was at the head of a band
of adventurous spirits who formed, in 1791, the earliest settlement in the
Virginia military district, and the fourth in Ohio, at what is now the town of
Manchester. 

The late Gov. James Pleasants, who dies in this county in 1836, was a man highly
valued both in public and private life.

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