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Memorial Pews in the Choir PEW No. 44[1]

 His Excellency the Governor Memorial to Governor Alexander Spotswood[2]

For Restoration and Endowment inscription see pages 124, 125 Governor's Chair

Memorial to
Norborne Berkeley Baron DeBotetourt
Governor in Chief, 1768-1770

Presented by the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri.


Minister's Reading Desk

Reverend Rowland Jones, Minister, 1674-1688.

Reverend Commissary James Blair, D. D., 1656-1743, Minister, 1710-1743.[3]


PEW No. 46

Dr. Archibald Blair, Vestryman, 1721.
John Blair, (1), Vestryman, 1744.
John Blair, (2), Vestryman.


PEW No. 46 B.

Col. Clement Read, M. H. B., 1748-1768.
Col. Isaac Read, M. H. B., 1769-1775[4]

  1. All the pew plates in the Choir are cast bronze, size 2-1/2 × 7 in.
  2. Contributed through the Colonial Capitol Branch of the Association for the
    Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Miss Lottie M. Garrett, Sponsor.
  3. Contributed with the pulpit by Mrs. Byam K Stevens, of New York.
  4. Contributed by descendants. Miss Edmonia Slaughter, Sponsor.