Rassawek

Rassawek is a Virginia historical marker in Fluvanna County, dedicated 1997.

On E. River Road, about 1200 feet east of Rivanna River bridge

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Rassawek, the principal town of the Monacan Indians, stood nearby, according to Capt. John Smith's 1612 map of Virginia. Several smaller satellite villages were located within a few miles of Rassawek. The Monacans, who belonged to the Siouan language group and were enemies of the Powhatans to the east, occupied Virginia's Piedmont until the expanding English colony pushed them to the west and south. A century after the founding of Jamestown in 1607, only remnants of the tribe survived. Monacan descendants live today near Bear Mountain in Amherst County.

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1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Seat of war in Virginia (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1889 · Virginia and West Virginia (eastern portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Palmyra, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Seat of war in Virginia, 1862, covering the location of Rassawek, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Seat of war in Virginia, 1862, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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