1	Pampatike Land Reclamation In the 1830s, the Carter Family was experimenting with reclamation of swamp to grow corn and wheat at Shirley, Westover and Pampatike.
2	Shirley Dikes 1820 85 Acres Reclaimed Land in 1820s
3	Shirley 1833 – Hill Carter Article
4	Shirley Dikes 1994
5	Shirley Dikes 2005
6	Westover 1825
7	Westover Dikes
8	Westover Dikes 2005
9	Pampatike 1835
10	1835 Pampatike Reclaimed Lands Project
11	1833 Land Purchases
12	Documentation of Dikes “Mr. Carter put his negroes to work, and constructed a system of dams whereby most of the island's rich terrain was reclaimed for farmland. Probably for this reason, the narrow body of water surrounding the island became known as the "Dam Creek," and the Carters built a landing on its shores.” (Deep Water article) “Among other things, he put a dyke along the river front and along Moncuin Creek, which bounds “Pampatike” (Goodwins Island part of it) on the West and reclaimed a large portion of the marsh land next to Piping Tree, which, unfortunately, however, was not kept up. He was an excellent farmer, and made enough from the huge crops he cultivated on this reclaimed land to pay the expense of reclamation.” (1915 Thomas N Carter Letter)
13	Documentation of Land Purchases “In November 1835, he married Anne Willing Page, daughter of William Byrd Page and his wife, Evelyn Byrd Nelson, of "Page Brook," in Clarke.17 Around this time Mr. Carter added to Pampatike by purchasing Goodwin's Island, a tract of land consisting of 900 acres, lying in the Pamunkey marshes. “ (Deep Water article) He, about this time, went to live at ‘Pampatike which he took under the will of his father, Robert Carter. He took, also, under the said will, about twelve hundred acres of land of “Hickory Hill”, Hanover County, which he sold to Mr. William F. Wickham, his brother-in-law, and bought that part of the present “Pampatike Farm” known as Goodwin’s Island, and added it to Pampatike which is now 2250 acres of land in King William County, Va. on the Pamunky River, between New Castle Ferry and Piping Tree Ferry, about seven and a half miles from the court house and about twenty five miles from Richmond. (1915 Thomas N Carter Letter)
14	1835 Pampatike and Dam Creek
15	1865 Civil War Map and location of Dam Creek Location “beginning at the mouth of Goddin’s Creek or swamp, a little below Goddin’s Island (this creek is now called the dam creek and has had a flood gate at its mouth for many years, now out of repair, and runs between the island and the Shop Spring meadow fields on “Pampatike”)” (1915 Thomas N Carter Letter) Pampatike Creek was sometimes know as Goddins Creek at this time. It is drawn as “Pampatike Swamp” in the 1865 Blackford map
16	1835 Pampatike and Dam Creek
17	Dam Creek Mouth
18	Goodwins Creek Mouth
19	1837 Upper Piping Tree Rerouted
20	1920 Army Engineers
21	Other Sites- Berkely Meadows
22	Other Sites- Jones Neck
23	Related Articles From Marsh to Farm by Kimberly Sebold http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/nj3/contents.htm The Changing Landscape of the St. Jones Neck Under the Influence of the Dickinson Farnily, 1680-1850 By Rebecca J. Siders Pamela C. Edwards http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/1597