- Kippax Plantation
Kippax Plantation was located on the south bank of the
Appomattox River in what is today the City of Hopewell, in southeastVirginia . Kippax Plantation was the home of ColonelRobert Bolling (1646 -1709 ). Bolling marriedJane Rolfe , who was the granddaughter ofPocahontas andJohn Rolfe . Their only child,John Bolling was born at Kippax in1676 , and settled nearby at Cobbs Plantation, just west of Point of Rocks across the Appomattox River in what is now Chesterfield County. While Jane's fatherThomas Rolfe (1615-1675) never lived at Kippax Plantation, it is believed that he was buried there. Kippax Plantation is considered to be a well-preserved archaeological site that is also well documented. ArchaeologistDonald W. Linebaugh , of theUniversity of Kentucky , located the remains of Col. Bolling's house in Hopewell, Virginia in2002 . [ [http://www.uky.edu/PR/News/Archives/2002/March2002/HOPEWELL.HTM UK Archaeologist Locates 17th Century Merchant's House, Plans Excavation with Students, Dan Adkins, March 8, 2002] ]Most of the current digging is performed at the site of the unearthed residence. Research by graduate students from the
College of William and Mary , headed by Donald W. Linebaugh, have found the remains of at least four separate structures spanning the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries at the Kippax site. These structures have the potential to answer important research questions regarding the history of early trade between Europeans and Native Americans, the lives of theAfrican American slaves who lived there, and the cultural interaction between these groups.The Archaeological Conservancy is currently trying to buy the site of Kippax Plantation to protect it from development. Members of the Archaeological Conservancy are in the process of raising the $205,000 needed for the purchase. [ [http://www.americanarchaeology.com/aaaquis.html The Archaeological Conservancy] ]References
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* [http://www.historichopewell.org/museum.html Historic Hopewell Foundation]
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