(_Compiled from old manuscripts and documents. This list is probably incomplete._) COUNTIES The formation of the counties of the Northern Neck took place as follows: Northumberland, 1648; Lancaster, 1651; Westmoreland, 1653; Stafford, 1664; Richmond, 1692; King George, 1721. The names of these counties reflect the English origin of the first white settlers. NATIVE SONS (NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA) George Washington, First President of the United States; "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." These famous words were written by General Henry (Light-Horse Harry) Lee. James Madison, Fourth President of the United States, and Father of the Constitution. James Monroe, Fifth President of the United States, and author of the Monroe Doctrine. Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Richard Henry Lee, and Francis Lightfoot Lee. General Robert Edward Lee: Leader of the Confederate forces in the Civil War. Hall of Fame for Great Americans: George Washington, James Madison, James Monroe, Robert Edward Lee. SOURCES PART I--_SEVENTEENTH CENTURY_ INDIANS AND EARLY EXPLORERS _Virginia, Its History and Antiquities_, published about 1840. _Travels and Works of Capt. John Smith_, edited by Arber. _The Life of Capt. John Smith_, by W. Gilmore Simms, 1846. _History of Virginia_, by Mary Tucker Magill, 1888. _History of Virginia_, by R. B. Smithey, 1898. _A History of the United States_, by Franklin L. Riley, 1910. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH _Travels and Works of Capt. John Smith_, edited by Arber. _The Life of Capt. John Smith_, by W. Gilmore Simms, 1846. _Arrival of the First Permanent English Settlers Jamestown_, by G. B. Coale, 1950. POWHATAN'S EMPIRE Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. _Virginia, Its History and Antiquities_, 1840. Beverley's _History of Virginia_. _Virginia_, Virginia Writer's Project, 1940. CAPTAIN SMITH VISITS THE NECK _Travels and Works of Capt. John Smith_, edited by Arber. _The Life of Capt. John Smith_, by W. Gilmore Simms, 1846. _Virginia, Its History and Antiquities_, published about 1840. "A PLAINE WILDERNES" _Travels and Works of Capt. John Smith_, edited by Arber. _Virginia, Its History and Antiquities_, published about 1840. "WILD BEASTES" _Travels and Works of Capt. John Smith_, edited by Arber. Clayton's _Virginia_, p. 37, Force's _Historical Tracts_, Vol. III. Writings of Ralph Hamor, William Strachey and other early writers. "BIRDS TO VS UNKNOWNE" _Travels and Works of Capt. John Smith_, edited by Arber. _The Cradle of the Republic_, by Lyon G. Tyler. _Economic History of Virginia in the 17th Century_, by P. A. Bruce, Vol. I. Writings of: William Strachey, Thomas Hariot, Ralph Hamor, Robert Beverley, and other early writers. THE NOMINIES _Virginia_, Virginia Writers' Project, 1940. Bureau of American Enthnology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington.