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 , Vestryman of Truro Parish, , Vestryman of Overwharton Parish, Being all the members of the Committee.

To the Glory of God and Commemorative of The First Representative Legislative Assembly

held in America, which met in this county, in the Church at Jamestown, on July 30, 1619. "Where Sir George Yeardley the Governor being sett downe in his accustomed place in the Quire, those of the Counsel of Estate sate nexte him on both handes. But forasmuch as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the Minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings to His own glory and the good of this plantation."

and in Memory of Captain William Powell Burgess from James City Co. This endowment Tablet is erected by one of his descendants, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seven     Mural Tablets in the Choir

To the Glory of God and in memory of the Governors of Colonial Virginia who occupied this pew.

Col. Francis Nicholson|Lieutenant Governor 1698-1704 Edward Nott|Lieutenant Governor 1705-1706 Edmund Jenings|President of the Council 1706-1710 Col. Alexander Spotswood|Lieutenant Governor 1710-1722 Hugh Drysdale|Lieutenant Governor 1722-1726 Robert Carter|President of the Council 1726-1727 William Gooch|Lieutenant Governor 1727-1749 Rev James Blair D.D.|President of the Council 1740