Colonel Thomas Lygon
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N 37° 19.217 W 077° 18.522
18S E 295430 N 4132902
Marker describing a colonist who owned over 1,000 acres in this area.
Waymark Code: WM82V8
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2010
Views: 2
"Colonel Thomas Lygon, who came to the Virginia colony in the early 1640s from Worcestershire, England, patented several large parcels of land on the north bank of the Appomattox River in an area known as The Cowpens, near Mount My Lady, which was then part of Henrico County. It is likely that he lived in this area with his wife Mary Harris and their five children. Lygon served in the House of Burgesses from Henrico County in 1656, as a colonel in the county militia, and as surveyor of the county until his death in 1675."
Marker Number: K-203
Marker Title: Colonel Thomas Lygon
Marker Location: VA-10
County or Independent City: Chesterfield County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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