Residents of the Williamsburg area are lucky to have history all around them — not just in the major historical sites but in the names of local communities and roadways. Few neighborhoods illustrate this as well as the secluded community of Chanco’s Grant, which is located off Ironbound Road in James City County.

The name of the neighborhood is historic in its own right. The story of Chanco, the Native American boy who purportedly saved the Jamestown settlement from an attack on May 22, 1622, is generally well-known to local history buffs. He had been dispatched by tribal leaders to kill white settlers in the area south of the James River. Instead, he warned Richard Pace and other settlers that local tribes were planning an attack.

Under cover of darkness, Pace rowed to the Jamestown sid

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