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5 unusual facts about Charles City County


Charles City County, Virginia

They merged with other, larger tribes about the time of Bacon's Rebellion, in which colonists mistakenly attacked friendly Indians.

48.4% were Black or African American, 40.9% White, 7.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, Pacific Islader, 0.6% of some other race and 2.6% of two or more races.

Charles City Shire

In 2005, Charles City County is considered one of only five shires in Virginia still extant, having remained essentially the same political entity as it was when originally formed.

Westover, Virginia

Westover, Charles City County, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Charles City County, Virginia, United States

William Byrd I

Byrd died on 4 Dec 1704, at his plantation home of Westover, in Charles City County, Virginia.


Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation

During the second quarter of the eighteenth century, Furneau Southall served as deputy-sheriff of Charles City County, under Otway Byrd, son of William Byrd III of Westover Plantation.


see also

John Tyler House

Sherwood Forest Plantation, in Charles City County, Virginia, homestead of U.S. Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler, listed on NRHP as John Tyler House

Patteson-Schutte House

At the time of the Patteson-Schutte House construction, William Byrd III was living at Westover Plantation in Charles City County.

Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation

These buildings are Ashland (built 1835 in James City County, Virginia); Dower Quarter (built 1835, Henrico County, Virginia); Ladysmith (built 1857, Caroline County, Virginia); Duck Church (built 1917, Dare County, North Carolina); Pocahontas Tea House Outhouse (built ca. 1930, Henrico County) and Peace Hill Smokehouse (built ca. 1920, Charles City County, Virginia).