Chowanoc War

For two years, the Chowanoc fought with the forces of Peter Jenkins, commander of the colony's army.

In the summer of 1677, the colony won, and the Chowanoc were forcibly moved to modern-day Gates County.

In 1662, the first permanent English settlers occupied the area north of Albemarle County, which became a part of the Province of Carolina.

The population was strong enough to have turned the English settlers away, but the two groups made a peace treaty in 1663.

The tribe was moved from the Meherrin River to a reservation on Bennett's Creek, in modern-day Gates County.