Westover Plantation
- Address: 7000 Westover Rd
- Vicinity: 7 mi W of Charles City on VA 5
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
William Byrd II | Significant name | |||||
1727/06/06 | Maria Byrd Carter | Born | Maria Taylor Byrd is born in Westover Plantation, Charles City County, Province of Virginia. | |||
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1734/12/30 | Elizabeth Burwell Harrison | Died | Mrs Elizabeth Harrison, a relic of Benjamin Harrison of Berkeley, departs this Life on Monday the 30th of December 1734 in the Fifty-Seventh Year of her Age. She is buried at Westover Plantation Cemetery in Charles City, Virginia. | |||
1762/00/00 | William Byrd III | Home | By the autumn of 1762, the Byrds move from Philadelphia to Westover where they will spend the rest of their married life. | |||
1781/01/04 | British regulars land at Westover Plantation and ready themselves for the assault against Richmond. In the afternoon, Arnold and his men disembarked on foot towards Richmond. | Benedict Arnold's Raid on Richmond 1781 |
Particulars for Westover Plantation: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Area of Significance | Literature |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Secondary structure |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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