WESTOVER PLANTATION
Mansion — Charles City, Virginia
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/westover-plantation-charles-city-virginia/

Byrd’s 1730s James River palace—Evelyn’s ghost in the garden.

Westover Plantation is a mansion in Charles City, Virginia. Byrd’s 1730s James River palace—Evelyn’s ghost in the garden. Its signature presence is Evelyn Byrd — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.

Westover is the '30 — the 'Byrd' that's the built, the 'Georgian' that's the perfection. The 'library' is the 4,000 — the 'largest Virginia' that's the books, the 'secret diary' that's the kept. The 'James' is the front — the 'River' that's the address, the 'enslaved' that's the hundreds.
The 'Evelyn' is the ghost — the 'died' that's the neighbor's wife, the 'Wallingford' that's the not hers. The 'iron gates' is the famous — the 'clay tobacco' that's the marked, the 'Civil War' that's the grazed. Westover is the private — the 'garden' that's the open, the 'house' that's the not.
The file keeps Westover: the 1730 Byrd, the library, the James front, and the Evelyn ghost legend.
Westover Plantation is the archive's Virginia file — the Georgian's diary.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Westover Plantation is the archive's Virginia file — the river's mansion.
A plantation keeps its gates — the file's suggestion being that Westover's hold is the written: the 'diary' that's the secret, the 'enslaved' that's the built, and the 'ghost' that's the Evelyn.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: Evelyn Byrd is reportedly seen in the garden. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. 'Westover' carries the account. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.
  source: Westover (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover_Plantation)
· [Anecdotal] apparition: Reported a female figure near the river lawn. Westover Plantation wears the claim the way old houses do: visibly, and without comment. Witness accounts, no evidence file: the claim is anecdotal and stays that way. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped. The claim holds its place in the ledger.
  source: Westover (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover_Plantation)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· Built ~1730; Evelyn Byrd’s 1737 death is documented. A house in Charles City, Virginia with this much documented history gives the dossier substance underneath the lore. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'Westover'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Westover — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover_Plantation

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