Writings of Colonel William Byrd II - Va Genealogy

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The Writings of Colonel William Byrd II
Of Westover in
Virginia
Published 1901
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William Byrd II was born at
Westover Plantation
in
Charles City County, Virginia
, and educated at
Felsted School
,
England
, for the law. He was a member of the
King's Counsel
for 37 years. He returned to the Colony following his schooling in
England
, lived in lordly estate on his plantation,
Westover Plantation
, and gathered the most valuable library in the
Virginia Colony
, numbering some 4000 books. He was the founder of
Richmond
and provided the land where the city was laid out in 1737. His father, Colonel
William Byrd I
, came from
England
to settle in
Virginia
.
William Byrd II was a fellow of the
Royal Society of Great Britain
. He was the author of the
Westover Manuscripts
, first published in
1841
under three titles,
The History of the Dividing Line
,
A Journey to the Land of Eden
, and
A Progress to the Mines
, and most famously,
The Secret Diaries of William Byrd of Westover
, all remarkable for their style, wit, keen observation, and intrinsic interest to all. His writings have been published in later editions.
This offered version was published 1901 and edited by John S. Bassett, who added an introduction that included a sketch of the Byrd family.
Byrd's son,
William Byrd III
, inherited his family land but chose to fight in the
French and Indian War
rather than spend much time in
Richmond
. After he squandered the Byrd fortune, Byrd III parceled up the family estate and sold lots of 100 acres in 1768.
Byrd Park
in
Richmond
is named for William Byrd II. He is related to the explorer
Richard Evelyn Byrd
, for whom Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field (the original name for
Richmond International Airport
) was named, as well as Virginia
Governor
and
U.S. Senator
Harry Flood Byrd
and U.S. Senator
Harry Flood Byrd Jr.
William Byrd II was buried at Westover Plantation.
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