Also nearby is Jamestown, Yorktown and probably several other historic locations I should probably be aware of. 

As far as campgrounds go:

Chippokes Plantation State Park

[li]http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/chi.shtml[/li]
[li]Pros: Medium sized campground.  Lots of shade in the "A" loop with slighly less level sites (but still good for campers), "B" loop is more RV friendly with level, paved sites.  Pool, fishing, boating, trails and horses.  Working plantation with museum.  A number of Geocaches within the park.  Plenty to do even if you're not interested in going over the river to hit the attractions.  Water and Electric at every site.[/li]
[li]Cons:  You have to take the ferry to get over to Williamsburg.  You reservation is for a site in one loop or the other.  You pick your site when you get there, however, someone who's there early can check everyone else in to get sites together if they know the reservation numbers.[/li]
[li]Overall:  We really like this park and have been there probably a half-dozen times, both as an overnighter for Busch Gardens, Jamestown, and Williamsburg as well as just to stay at the park.[/li]

Outdoor World Williamsburg (Private)

[li]http://www.thousandtrails.com/getaways/virginia/williamsburg.asp[/li]
[li]Pros: Very close to Bush Gardens (13mi) and Colonial Williamsburg (10mi).  Most sites seemed fairly shady.  Has a pool and other amenities which we didn't make too much use of since we were just using it as a place to overnight so we could hit Busch Gardens and Water Country.[/li]
[li]Cons: Sites were a little tight, with little or no vegetation between them, but we didn't feel like we were crammed in. The only real problem for us was the fact that it was too close to I-64. The A/C in our HTT just barely drowned it out until some big rig decided to engine brake or a loud motorcycle cruised by. Some of the sites on the other side of the campground would likely be better, since we could actually see the vehicles on I-64 from our site (#21).[/li]
[li]Overall: Hard to say how this place would welcome us during the busy season.  With the sites being fairly tight, we may not have a good place for a gathering site.  There's also a number of seasonal sites, and we didn't really interact with any of them to see if they were friendly to the short-timers.[/li]

I've heard of two other nearby campgrounds, one is Newport News Park, or something close to that.  The big drawback to it is it's *only* a campground.  There's not even a playground for the kids, however it's nearby all of the big attractions.  I'm not sure of the name of the other one, but I'll do some research.

My Williamsburg map (I'll update it as new information comes in):

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202479702252007212857.0004b12ce18d9f1207a8f&msa=0&ll=37.266403,-76.628265&spn=0.309837,0.714798
[code]http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202479702252007212857.0004b12ce18d9f1207a8f&msa=0&ll=37.266403,-76.628265&spn=0.309837,0.714798[/code]

I added a few others to the map, weeding out the ones that were closed or got horrible reviews.  Use the link and open it up in another window if you want to see the details of anything.

Let me know when you going down to Chippoekes i am only 35 mins away and love camping there. One of my Favorite State Parks in Virginia!!!!!!!! "B" loop are paved sites and open not alot brush to block your neighboors. "A" loop is the older more shaded but sites are more unlevel than "b" but its what you like here are a few pics of "A" and "B".

[Image Can Not Be Found]
"B" Loop

[Image Can Not Be Found]
"A"Loop

sounds good keep me posted!!!!!!!!!