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Romancoke, Virginia

Middle Peninsula geography stubsUnincorporated communities in King William County, VirginiaUnincorporated communities in VirginiaUse mdy dates from July 2023
Romancoke Virginia p14 of The magazine of American history with notes and queries (1877)
Romancoke Virginia p14 of The magazine of American history with notes and queries (1877)

Romancoke is an unincorporated community in King William County, Virginia, United States. Romancoke was a plantation initially developed by William Claiborne in the 17th century, and inherited by his burgess sons William Claiborne Jr. then Thomas Claiborne. Eventually, in the early 19th century, George Washington Parke Custis, father of Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (wife of Gen. Robert E. Lee) inherited Romancoke Plantation, as well as Arlington and White House Plantations. His will appointed Gen. Lee as executor, and directed him to manumit approximately 200 slaves within five years of his death (which happened in 1857). The American Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation intervened, but Gen. Lee fulfilled the clause by December, 1862. Lee's second son, Rooney Lee, managed both White House plantation and nearby Romancoke after resigning his U.S. Army commission. His youngest son, Robert E. Lee, Jr., inherited Romancoke and after the war took up residence (about four miles from West Point).

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Romancoke Virginia p14 of The magazine of American history with notes and queries (1877)
Romancoke Virginia p14 of The magazine of American history with notes and queries (1877)
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