▁driven ▁off ▁from ▁their ▁villages ▁in ▁the ▁repr is als ▁of ▁the ▁following ▁years . ▁A ▁census ▁of ▁sett lers ▁in ▁show ▁of ▁ 1 6 ▁February ▁ 1 6 2 3 s ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁" 3 3 , ▁including ▁ 4 ▁negro es ". ▁Another ▁census ▁a ▁year ▁later ▁showed ▁a ▁total ▁population ▁of ▁ 3 1 ▁sett lers ▁for ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁eight y ▁plant ations ▁in ▁Virginia ▁before ▁the ▁mass acre , ▁the ▁surv iving ▁inhabitants ▁gathered ▁together ▁in ▁eight ▁plant ations ▁near ▁Jam est own . ▁The ▁south ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁James ▁River ▁for ▁ ▁down ▁river ▁from ▁Hog ▁Island ▁was ▁desert ed . ▁In ▁the ▁Fall ▁of ▁ 1 6 2 2 , ▁Governor ▁George ▁Ye ard ley ▁commanded ▁an ▁expedition ▁which ▁drove ▁out ▁the ▁War ros qu oy ack e ▁and ▁the ▁N ans em ond ▁Indians ▁which ▁allowed ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁sett lers ▁to ▁return . ▁A ▁fort ▁was ▁built ▁on ▁Ben nett ' s ▁plant ation . ▁The ▁census ▁of ▁ 1 6 2 3 ▁lists ▁thirty - three ▁living ▁at ▁War ros qu oy ack e ▁and ▁twenty ▁at ▁Bas se ' s ▁Cho ice . ▁In ▁ 1 6 2 5 , ▁there ▁were ▁only ▁thirty - one ▁persons ▁living ▁on ▁the ▁two ▁plant ations . ▁ ▁Although ▁settlement s ▁occurred ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁day ▁Is le ▁of ▁W ight ▁County , ▁Virginia ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁Indian ▁Mass acre , ▁they ▁were ▁destroyed ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁March ▁