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He laid out the cities of Richmond and Petersburg in
1737 for Colonel William Byrd.
John Mayo was a member of the House of
Burgesses in 1769-1772, and of the convention in 1775
and 1776. William Mayo III was sometime warden
of St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia.



In the Vestry Room


Restoration Tablet


THE RESTORATION

of the interior of Bruton Parish Church to its colonial form and appearance was inaugurated by a service held on May 14th, 1905, with a sermon on the Continuity of the Life of the Church, by Rev. Beverley Dandridge Tucker, D.D. The work was completed in time to celebrate in the church on Dec. the 20th, 1906, the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the departure of the colony from London which reached Jamestown, Virginia, on May 13th, 1607


RESTORATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Rt. Rev. A. M. Randolph, D.D, LLD, D. C. L., Bishop of Southern Virginia, Rev. William R Huntington, D.D., New York City, Rev. Randolph H. McKim, D.D., Washington, D. C., Rev. B. D. Tucker, DD., Norfolk, Va., Rev. J. J. Gravatt, Richmond, Va., Mr. J. Frederic Kernochan, New York City, Mr. R. Fulton Cutting, New York City, Mr. Joseph Bryan, Richmond, Va.


CUSTODIANS OF FUNDS

Mr. Robert L. Harrison, New York City, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Philadelphia, Penn., Mr. Thomas Nelson Page, LL.D., Washington, D. C., Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Boston, Mass.


RECTOR

Rev. William A. R. Goodwin, A. M.