On March 29, 1790, President John Tyler was born in the Sherwood Forest Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia.
Photograph of the Berkley Plantation.
Coinencidently John Tyler’s future running mate and future President William Henry Harrison was born in the same county at the Berkley Plantation. William Henry Harrison’s father was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and was a former Virginia Governor.
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