CHARLES CITY — Descendants of a Vermont sheriff born at Shirley Plantation held their family reunion this year in Charles City County, where they participated in a remembrance ceremony for the North’s ...

Retired Charles City County High School teacher Albert Ghee’s grandmother polished silver at Shirley Plantation in the early 1900s. Ghee and his family have visited the historic plantation — where ...

CHARLES CITY — A Charles City County native who was born enslaved on Shirley Plantation in 1842 is being remembered now as the earliest-known Black sheriff in the North. The Virginia Board of Historic ...

To see Charles Hill Carter Jr. entertaining guests on the lawn at historic stately Shirley Plantation on the James River was to see a Tidewater gentleman extending gracious hospitality at home.

CHARLES CITY — The Autumn Pilgrimage House Tour, which allows visitors to see some of the most historic homes in America, takes place Saturday. The tour, which first began in 1954, includes six ...

CHARLES CITY, Va. -- On a recent summer day at historic Shirley Plantation on the James River, polo ponies kicked up clods of dirt, politely applauded by the creme de la creme of Richmond society. A ...