Haunted Places in James City County, Virginia

  1. EHP Rating: 75.0

    The Ambler House Ruins

    Williamsburg, VA

    The circa 1750 Ambler House burned down three times: Once during the American Revolution (it was restored by Colonel John Ambler), again during the Civil War, and a third time in 1895. Its ruins are tended to by the National Park Service. The ghost here, Lydia, is said to walk …

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  2. EHP Rating: 72.7

    Carter's Grove Plantation

    Williamsburg, VA

    Carter's Grove Plantation is private property now and no trespassing is permited. It was built in 1755 for Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter on the site of Martin's Hundred, a tract first settled by English colonists around 1620. The settlement was eradicated in the Indian Massacre of 1622. …

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