Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . d their services, estimated the costof restoration to be $27,000, $14,000 for structural re-pairs and $13,000 for restoration of the interior, andMay 14, 1905, the work began. In excavating, twenty-eight graves were foundunder the chancel and aisles, some of which wereidentified and marked by memorial slabs. Thesegraves are indicated by numbers on the diagramshown on page 64. Memorials are to be erected to some of the dis-tinguished statesmen and Parish Vestrymen of theColonial and Revolu
Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . d their services, estimated the costof restoration to be $27,000, $14,000 for structural re-pairs and $13,000 for restoration of the interior, andMay 14, 1905, the work began. In excavating, twenty-eight graves were foundunder the chancel and aisles, some of which wereidentified and marked by memorial slabs. Thesegraves are indicated by numbers on the diagramshown on page 64. Memorials are to be erected to some of the dis-tinguished statesmen and Parish Vestrymen of theColonial and Revolutionary period, who worshipped inthe building, or resided there while representing thepeople of Virginia in the House of Burgesses, or theSovereign Authority of England, as Governors or asMembers of the Council. His Majesty, King Ed-ward, has contributed a memorial Bible and His Ex-cellency, Theodore Eoosevelt, has given a lectern tohold it. Among other memorials will be a silveralms basin to Eev. Eobert Hunt, the first minister atJamestown. Eestoration of the clock formerly in the old — 64 — EAST. ^ cq O — 65 — Williamsburg Capitol is to be made in honor of theHouse of Burgesses. Tablets to the Colonial Govern-ors and Members of the Council, Secretaries of State,Eeceivers General, Auditors General, to the ColonialClergy, to the later Eectors and to the Eev. Com-missary, James Blair, , are to be erected. Theentrance gate to the churchyard is to be a memorialto General George Washington, who was a regular at-tendent at old Brnton. The pews have also been madememorials to other dignitaries as follows: MEMORIAL TEWS IN BRITON CHURCH. Pew No. 1 (Nave)—Hon. Thomas Eeale (1662 and 1684),and Col. Thomas Ballard (1670), Members of the Counciland Vestrymen. Pew No. 2—Colonial Church Wardens of the Parish(1674-1768). Pew No. 3—Capt. Thos. Thorp (1693), Thomas Pettus(1698), Vestrymen. Pew No. 4—Hon. Edward Earradall, Kt. (1735), Vestry-man ; Attorney General, 1
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