 Beverley's most notable work is his "History and Present State of Virginia", published originally in London in 1705, which documents the history of early life in the Virginia colony.Beverley took part in Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood's 1716 "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition" to the Shenandoah Valley.Journalist John Fontaine records that on the return trip, both Beverley and his horse fell, and rolled to the bottom of a hill, but without serious injury to either.