Jamestown was the first place settled in Virginia by 104 men in 1607. They came to look for gold for their investors, but not to create a permanent colony.
The founder of Virginia is Captain John Smith.
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George Washington is generally regarded as the founder of the state of Virginia.
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Lynchburg, Virginia, was named for the founder of the town John Lynch. The town was settled in 1757. John Lynch was a 17 year old who began to ferry people across the James River and also created the first bridge to connect Lynchburg to New London.It was named for its founder John Lynch.
The founder of the Jamestown colony was the Virginia Company of London. It was named for James I of England.
Edmund Randolf was the founder of the Virginia Plan. He was in the Constituitonal Convention, and was the governer of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson founded it -- The University of Virginia.
Virginia was founded by the London Company in 1624 as a royal colony. It included the original settlement of Jamestown that was founded in1607.