Romancoke, Virginia

Romancoke
Unincorporated community
Romancoke
Romancoke

Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia

Coordinates: 37°34′25″N 76°51′02″W / 37.57361°N 76.85056°W / 37.57361; -76.85056Coordinates: 37°34′25″N 76°51′02″W / 37.57361°N 76.85056°W / 37.57361; -76.85056
Country United States
State Virginia
County King William
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)

Romancoke is an unincorporated community in King William County, Virginia, United States.[1]

George Washington Parke Custis, father of Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (wife of Gen. Robert E. Lee) owned Romancoke Plantation, as well as Arlington and White House Plantations. His will appointed Gen. Lee as executor, and directed him to manumit approximately 200 slaves within five years of his death (which happened in 1857). The American Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation intervened, but Gen. Lee fulfilled the clause by December, 1862.[2] Lee's second son, Rooney Lee, managed both White House plantation and nearby Romancoke after resigning his U.S. Army commission.[3] His youngest son, Robert E. Lee, Jr., inherited Romancoke and after the war took up residence (about four miles from West Point).

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