Some formerly enslaved Black families elected to stay on the land they had worked while enslaved.
The people in this photograph, Circa 1920's, includes three generations of family members, stayed and lived at the Occoneechee plantation in Clarksville Va, right over the NC line.

Source: (From the family album of Rufus Carr, Durham Historic Photographic Archives, North Carolina Collection, Durham County Library)
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Occoneechee State Park is a state park near Clarksville, Virginia, located along Buggs Island Lake. Occoneechee State Park is 2,698 acres in size. It is named for the Occaneechi Indians, who lived in the area. "Bacon's Rebellion abruptly ended their prominence in 1676.

This armed rebellion is considered to be the first to occur in the New World. It began when Nathaniel Bacon’s plantation was raided by Susquehannock Indians, who had been displaced from their home to the north. Bacon asked Virginia Gov. Berkley to raise a militia and retaliate. Berkley denied the request so Bacon raised a militia, in violation of the governor’s wishes.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occoneechee_State_Park