Charles City in Charles City County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Westover Church

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 6, 2019

1. Westover Church Marker

This is a photo of the marker before it was moved near the churchyard gate.

Inscription. Early colonists in Jamestown migrated westward, bringing Anglican worship there as early as 1613. Westover Parish was recognized in 1625 by the House of Burgesses. A church built in 1630 at Westover Plantation was moved to its present site in 1731. Abandoned for a time after the Revolution, it was reconsecrated in 1833. Badly damaged by Federal troops in 1862, it was restored in 1867. Services have continued ever since.

Erected 2018 by National Society Daughters of the American Colonists.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1625.

Location. 37° 19.888′ N, 77° 9.572′ W. Marker is in Charles City, Virginia, in Charles City County. It can be reached from John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) half a mile east of Barnetts Road (Route 609), on the right when traveling east. The marker has been relocated 0.3 miles south of the Virginia Capital Trail. It is now situated at the Westover Church property gate,. Touch for map. Marker is at or near

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this postal address: 6401 John Tyler Memorial Hwy, Charles City VA 23030, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Westover Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Evelynton (approx. 0.4 miles away); Salem Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Herring Creek (approx. 1.2 miles away); Berkeley and Harrison's Landing (approx. 1½ miles away); Stuart's Ride (approx. 1½ miles away); Westover Plantation (approx. 1½ miles away); Westover (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charles City.

Another

Westover Church Marker (relocated) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, April 27, 2025

2. Westover Church Marker (relocated)

marker is no longer nearby. Evelynton (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . .
1. Westover Church. Wikipedia (Submitted on January 6, 2019.)

2. Westover Episcopal Church. (Submitted on January 6, 2019.)

Westover Church Marker (facing east) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 6, 2019

3. Westover Church Marker (facing east)

Westover Church Marker (facing west) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 6, 2019

4. Westover Church Marker (facing west)

Westover Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher

5. Westover Church

Photographed by Bernard Fisher

6. Westover Church

Credits. This page was last revised on January 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2019, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 699 times since then and 37 times this year. Last updated on May 23, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1. submitted on January 6, 2019, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 2. submitted on May 23, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on January 6, 2019, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 5, 6. submitted on April 29, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. A wide shot of the marker in its current location. • Can you help?