User:Huckdavis

Hi, my name is Don and I'm interested in the history of the Chesapeake Bay, mainly the Tidewater area of Hampton Roads and especially the James River. I'm currently writing a novel(fiction) about a Revolutionary War hero. A Patriotic man from the small village of Chuckatuck located on Chuckatuck Creek, a tributary of the James River, in Isle of Wight County, Va. My character Angus Barlowe along with his fellow neighbors and a sprinkling of kinfolk is very instrumental in staging the Siege of Yorktown, Va. from the brutal English Commander, Cornwallis. I've written 3/4th's of this novel before I can honestly say that I'm satisfied and close the book. I've visited the Maritime Museum in Newport News, Va. on my sporadic visits to my wife's family in Suffolk, Va. I also was raised in Chesapeake and Va. Beach from 1952 to 1978 so I know the waterways and tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay very well. I now reside outside of Atlanta, Ga. and feel so, landlocked. So please anyone that can input my novel with historical value on the Chesapeake Bay especially Hampton Roads and the James River, during the period of 1750 to 1783, would be greatly appreciated. And my hat goes off especially to you History Nerds at O.D.U., Tidewater Community College, etc.... Thanks and peace, Don Davis