Bruton Parish Church
Bruton Parish, an active Episcopal church whose current building was completed in 1715, sits at the heart of Colonial Williamsburg, with a churchyard holding graves dating to the late 17th century. During the Civil War it served as a makeshift hospital, and roughly one hundred soldiers killed at the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg were buried in a mass grave on the grounds. The churchyard's best-known spirit is said to be the first wife of an early parish clergyman, reported wailing among the headstones, supposedly heartbroken after her husband brought a new wife to visit her grave. Visitors also describe phantom organ music drifting from the empty church long after services end, attributed to a former organist who lingers. The dense, centuries-old burial ground and wartime history make it a fixture of Williamsburg's ghost-tour circuit.
📍 201 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, Williamsburg, VA · Get directions