Overview

In Jamestown, the remains of the mud-walled chapel where Pocahontas and John Rolfe said their vows were discovered in 2010. The tobacco farmer and daughter of Chief Powhatan were married in the spring of 1614, laying the groundwork for eight years of peace between the Powhatan Indians and the colonists. Built inside of James Fort in 1608, the chapel was the first major church building in North America, according to the director of archaeology for Historic Jamestowne.