6, No. 4, Apr., 1899 The Will of Mrs. Mary Willing Byrd, of W... The Will of Mrs. Mary Willing Byrd, of Westover, 1813, with a List of the Westover Portraits This is the metadata section. Skip to ...

At 24 years of age, William Byrd III presided over a vast Virginia estate that included Westover, a prosperous tobacco plantation on the James River. He possessed a round face, soft eyes ...

George B-th brought home my boy Eugene. . . . In the evening I took a walk about the plantation ... The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712 , by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling ...