Tracy Richardson of Hampton looks at some of the marked gravesites at the Tucker Family Cemetery nestled in a residential area at 1 Sharon Court in Hampton. The cemetery holds the descendants of William Tucker, the first African-American born in the English colony of Virginia in 1624. According to records, William Tucker was the child of Anthony and Isabella, two of the first Africans brought to Virginia in 1619. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)
