Draughte of Robarte Tindall of Virginia: Anno 1608
This detail is from the earliest map to show the James River up to the falls, prepared by Robert Tindall in 1608. The falls are clearly designated by the red-colored rocks and islands that fill the river. On the north bank of the river, a distance below the falls, is a hut symbolizing an Indian village, labeled "Poetan." Opposite the village, in red, is an island.

Virginia, Discovered and Discribed by Captayn John Smith, 1625
Engraved map with text, by William Hole. John Smith was in Virginia from 1607–1609 and produced the first edition of his map of Virginia in 1612. He was personally familiar with the falls of the James area and located the Indian settlement there as on the north bank of the river and some distance below the falls.

Detail from Byrd title book, Plat, drawing and watercolor, 1662
William Byrd I inherited from his uncle, Capt. Stegge, a stone house and land on the south side of the James River. The property included two small islands, Harrad's Island and Prince's Folly Island, and the large, central one, My Lord's Island. The name My Lord's Island was used in a document as early as 1649.

Map of Richmond, 1867

Surveyed and drawn by Maj. J. E. Weyss, Army Engineers. Hand-colored photo-lithograph.

Aerial photograph, 1994
Inside the superimposed yellow box, Almond Creek enters the river from the right, seen as a dark line, slightly curved and at 45 degrees. Immediately below the mouth of Almond Creek are the bluffs of Tree Hill. On the opposite side of the river, in the upper left of the yellow box, is a large white-and-blue-colored patch that is a gravel pit. The lower riverside portion of it is probably the site of My Lord's Island.