As early as Captain Smith? ********************* Captain John Smith was President of the Council (not Governor) of Jamestown. Jamestown was the first permanent English colony--established in 1607. WE had already celebrated the First Thanksgiving here in VA at Berkeley Plantation(a VA-first recognised by JFK) before the Mayflower landed. Virginia's first Governor was Sir Thomas West, 3rd Lord Delaware of the New Creation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_West,_3rd_Baron_De_La_Warr Lindsey