# 328 - 1907 1c Jamestown Commemorative: Captain John Smith, green
1907 1¢ Captain John Smith
Jamestown Commemorative
Quantity issued: 77,728,794
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Method: Flat plate
Watermark: Double line USPS
Perforation: 12
Color: Green
Funeral Of Pocahontas
The exact date and year of Pocahontas’ birth are unknown, but historians estimate it to have been around 1596. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the chief of an alliance of about 30 Algonquin groups in Tidewater Virginia.
That same year, a war broke out between the Jamestown settlers and Pocahontas’ tribe. When they learned that Pocahontas was visiting another Native American village, some of the English settlers developed a plot to kidnap her and they succeeded. They held her for ransom in exchange for English prisoners, weapons, and tools. While Powhatan returned the prisoners, he didn’t hand over enough weapons and tools, so Pocahontas was held captive for a year.
It was also during this time that Pocahontas met tobacco farmer John Rolfe. The two were married in April 1614 and they had one son together. Their marriage helped to calm tensions between the settlers and the Native Americans, bringing about eight years of peace.
In March 1617, Pocahontas and her family boarded a ship to return to America. However, along the journey up the River Thames, she got very sick. She was brought ashore at Gravesend and died shortly after. Her funeral was held on March 21, 1617, at St. George’s parish in Gravesend, Kent. The church was later destroyed and her gravesite has since been lost.
1907 1¢ Captain John Smith
Jamestown Commemorative
Quantity issued: 77,728,794
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Method: Flat plate
Watermark: Double line USPS
Perforation: 12
Color: Green
Funeral Of Pocahontas
The exact date and year of Pocahontas’ birth are unknown, but historians estimate it to have been around 1596. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the chief of an alliance of about 30 Algonquin groups in Tidewater Virginia.
That same year, a war broke out between the Jamestown settlers and Pocahontas’ tribe. When they learned that Pocahontas was visiting another Native American village, some of the English settlers developed a plot to kidnap her and they succeeded. They held her for ransom in exchange for English prisoners, weapons, and tools. While Powhatan returned the prisoners, he didn’t hand over enough weapons and tools, so Pocahontas was held captive for a year.
It was also during this time that Pocahontas met tobacco farmer John Rolfe. The two were married in April 1614 and they had one son together. Their marriage helped to calm tensions between the settlers and the Native Americans, bringing about eight years of peace.
In March 1617, Pocahontas and her family boarded a ship to return to America. However, along the journey up the River Thames, she got very sick. She was brought ashore at Gravesend and died shortly after. Her funeral was held on March 21, 1617, at St. George’s parish in Gravesend, Kent. The church was later destroyed and her gravesite has since been lost.