Westmoreland County is a county located in the Northern Neck of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population sits at 18,477. Its county seat is Montross.
Old Westmoreland County Courthouse in Montross
Nomini Hall, the Carter family plantation in Westmoreland County, was built in 1730 on land purchased from heirs of Nicholas Spencer by Robert "King" Carter
Rural Westmoreland County
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Robert E. Lee
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Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war. He led
Westmoreland County, Virginia
…became the first President of the United States (born at the former settlement of Bridges Creek, Virginia); of James Monroe, the fifth President; and of Robert E. Lee, general and commander of the Confederate armies during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. Colonel Nicholas Spencer (1633-1689) resided in this county…
Lee in 1864
Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lee's birthplace
Lee Corner on Oronoco Street in Alexandria, Virginia, a property owned by Lee
Lee at age 31 in 1838, as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the U.S. Army