 By 1701, the Seneca Iroquois had overrun the entire Virginia Piedmont, which they sold to Virginia Colony in 1721 at the Treaty of Albany.The area which is now Fluvanna County was once considered part of Henrico County, one of the original shires of the Virginia Colony.Henrico was divided in 1727 and the Fluvanna County area became a part of Goochland County.