 Lawne's Creek, on the south bank of the James in present-day Isle of Wight County, is named for Christopher Lawne.He established a plantation there with 15-20 other Puritan colonists.Lawne sat as a burgess in Governor Yeardley's First General Assembly of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Governor and Council of Virginia in July 1619, Soon thereafter, Lawne fell ill and died that November.