The Bellfield house site and graveyard are located some 300 yards to the east. This was the home of two early Virginia governors, Captain John West in 1632 and Edward Digges who bought the property from West in 1650. Here Digges produced superior tobacco and led attempts to develop silk culture in the colony.

Marker can be reached from Colonial National Historic Parkway 2.1 miles west of Mason Row, on the right when traveling west.

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