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  • noun Any member of a particular Native American tribe of Virginia.

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Examples

  • [6] The Nansemond is a tributary of the James River flowing into it on the south side of Hampton Rhoads along the west side of present-day Suffolk.

    Letter from Robert Carter to Philip Perry, March 2, 1732 1732

  • Even weirder than Princess Anne is their inclusion of “Nansemond.”

    Waldo Jaquith - Road quality by county. 2007

  • "It is tradition that when you go to visit an elder or a dignitary, you respect them by bringing tobacco one of the four sacred herbs," said Kevin Smith, a member of the Nansemond tribe.

    Brits Greet Indians Without Reservation 2006

  • MD in mid 1600s; (2) origins not known but married 1667 in Nansemond Co.,

    Archive 2004-08-15 Maggie Jochild 2004

  • MD in mid 1600s; (2) origins not known but married 1667 in Nansemond Co.,

    INVESTIGATION OF SURNAMES IN MY DIRECT ANCESTRY Maggie Jochild 2004

  • The youngest of eight, little Fred was always running, jumping, scurrying about the little wooden house in what was then Nansemond County.

    Cherry, Fred V. 1999

  • Opposite it was the channel used by the Federal gunboats that patrolled the Nansemond.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Hood was a bachelor and was becoming a social lion in Richmond, but he had no love affair on the banks of the Nansemond.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Opposite it was the channel used by the Federal gunboats that patrolled the Nansemond.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Hood was a bachelor and was becoming a social lion in Richmond, but he had no love affair on the banks of the Nansemond.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

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