CREEL

Inez Fugate

“Captain Raleigh Croshaw planted by Patent 500 acres (2 km²) between Fox Hill and the Pamunkey River to establish Elizabeth b. 1948

City.” Captain Raleigh Croshaw was last referred to on November 22, 1624. On December 27, 1624, was instructed to take an m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

inventory of his estate.

By 1637 the York County settlers had already begun to breach their own palisade and move into Indian land on the other Anya Liftig

side. The area between Queens Creek and Ware Creek was called the “Indian Fields.” It was a series of vast communal fields the b. 1977

Indians used for planting corn. Again, it was Joseph Croshaw and Richard Croshaw who were the first to move into the area. In m. Noel Hartman, 2011

1637 and 1638, they each patented a few thousand acres about where the government center is located today. They controlled Dorothy Liftig

most of the land in that area for the next 20–25 year

b. 1981

m. David Martin, 2009