William Clinton Ewing

William Clinton Ewing was an American writer remembered for books about Williamsburg, Virginia, including Guide Book to Williamsburg Old and New, published in 1943. His writing focused on the town’s colonial past, its buildings, and the experience of visiting a place where everyday life and history still met.

Available records also connect him with The Sports of Colonial Williamsburg, suggesting a broader interest in the customs and daily life of early Virginia rather than history in the abstract. That practical, scene-setting approach helps explain why his work still reads like both a guidebook and a snapshot of Williamsburg during the restoration era.

The biographical record appears to be fairly thin, but cemetery records indicate he was born in 1875 and died in 1947. Even with limited personal details available, his surviving books show a clear affection for Williamsburg and a talent for making local history approachable.