President Tyler's Home

President Tyler's Home is a Virginia historical marker in in pullout, Charles City County, dedicated 2016.

Rte. 5, 0.7 miles west of Rte. 632, in pullout

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Just to the south is Sherwood Forest, where John Tyler lived after his retirement from the presidency until his death in 1862. He bought the plantation in 1842, during his presidency, and moved in after his term ended in March 1845. Here Tyler and his second wife, Julia Gardiner, raised a large family. Among their children were David Gardiner Tyler, member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1890s, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler, a prominent historian and president of the College of William and Mary from 1888 to 1919.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1840 · A Chart of the Chesapeake And Delaware Bays. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point of interest of the… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1895 · White House-Harrison's Landing. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846), 1846, covering the location of President Tyler's Home, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846), 1846, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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