Goochland County, Virginia
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Goochland County is a county located in the Piedmont of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its southern border is formed by the James River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,727. Its county sea
Goochland County Court Square
Dover Mills, depicted in 1865
Major-General Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Technically, Gooch only held the title of R
Goochland County, Virginia
…County in 1749 removed most of Goochland's southern and western territory, reducing it to its modern size and boundaries. The county was named for Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, the royal lieutenant governor from 1727 to 1749. The nominal governor, the Earl of Albemarle, had remained in England. As acting royal governor, Gooch…
c. 1725 portrait
Gooch's American Marines in the attack on Fort San Lazaro at Cartagena in 1741