Patawomeck
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The Patawomeck are a Native American tribe based in Stafford County, Virginia, who historically lived on the south side the Potomac River. Patawomeck is another spelling of Potomac, which was a 17th-century town in present-day Stafford County, Virginia.
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- Precontact and archaeological studies
- 17th century
- 20th century
- State-recognized tribe
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The Patawomeck are a Native American tribe based in Stafford County, Virginia, who historically lived on the south side the Potomac River. Patawomeck is another spelling of Potomac, which was a 17th-century town in present-day Stafford County, Virginia.
In the 17th century, at the time of early English colonization, the Patawomeck tribe was a fringe component of the Powhatan Confederacy. At times it was allied with others in the confederacy, and at others, the Patawomeck allied with the English colonists.
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