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Nansemond Co., VA, Miscellaneous Family Cemeteries, Vol. I 
     interments, epitaphs and notes; internal index 
     Compiled by the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} - 
     an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project.  Updated May 2019. 

included in this volume: 
ALLEN Cemetery - I-1 
AMES Cemetery - I-2 
AMES Cemetery - I-3 - I-4 
ARCHER Cemetery - I-5 
BABB-RAWLES Cemetery - I-6 - I-7 
BEAMON Cemetery - I-8 
BELL Plot - I-9 
BOYETTE Cemetery - I-10 
BRINKLEY Cemetery - I-11 
BROTHERS Cemetery - I-12 
BROWNE-MINTON Cemetery - I-13 - I-14 
BUTLER Cemetery - I-15 - I-17 
COPELAND Cemetery - I-18 - I-26 
DASHIELD Cemetery - I-27 
DOZIER Cemetery - I-28 
DUKE Cemetery - I-29 
ELEY Cemetery - I-30 
FULLER Cemetery - I-31 
GASKINS-LEE Cemetery - I-32 - I-34 
HASLETT, DAVIDSON, HOWELL, SMITH, MORGAN Cemetery - I-35 
HOLLAND Cemetery - I-36 
HOLLAND Cemetery - I-37 
HOLLAND Cemetery - I-38 
JONES Cemetery - I-39 
JONES Cemetery - I-40 
KELLY Cemetery - I-41 
KILBY Cemetery - I-42 - I-43 
MATTHEWS Cemetery - I-44 
MILTEER Cemetery - I-45 
NORFLEET Cemetery - I-46 
NORFLEET Cemetery - I-47 
NORFLEET Cemetery - I-48 
OLIVER (SAVAGE) Cemetery - I-49 
Josiah RIDDICK Cemetery - I-52 
Mills RIDDICK Cemetery - I-50 - I-51 
RODGERS Cemetery - I-53 
SAUNDERS Cemetery - I-54 
SAUNDERS Cemetery - I-56 - I-58 
SAUNDERS-WRIGHT Cemetery - I-55 
SIMONS Cemetery - I-59 
WATERBURY Plot - I-60 
WHITEHEAD-FLYNN Cemetery - I-61 
WINBORNE Cemetery - I-62 - I-64 
WRIGHT Cemetery - I-65 - I-66 
WRIGHT Cemetery - I-67 
WRIGHT Cemetery - I-68 

[Note: The headings (I-xx) represented page numbers in the original; however, 
 pagination was lost when this data was converted to plain text, and additional 
 information has been added.] 



I-1 

ALLEN CEMETERY 

OAK ISLAND, SUFFOLK, VA. 
NEAR SHRINE CLUB - LAND OWNED BY TONY DARDEN 


SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
ARCHIBALD ALLEN 
(09-17-1795) 
02-28-1846  AGE 50 YRS, 4 MO., 11 DAYS 
S/O EDWARD C. & ELIZABETH ELLEN REID DRIVER ALLEN 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
MARY (SWEPSON) ALLEN 
(02-16-1810) 
6-19-1860 
(D/O THOMAS & ANN RIDDICK SWEPSON) 

OUR LITTLE MARY (ALLEN) 
10-04-1837 
D/O ARCHIBALD & MARY SWEPSON ALLEN 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
ARCHIBALD ALLEN 
(06-05-1833) 
09-20-1840  AGE 17 YRS, 3 MO., 15 DAYS 
S/O ARCHIBALD & MARY SWEPSON ALLEN 

WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN 
(12-03-1835) 
10-02-1836  AGE 10 MONTHS 
S/O ARCHIBALD & MARY SWEPSON ALLEN 

ELIZABETH R.(REID) ALLEN 
(02-30-1831) 
09-22-1833  AGE 2 YRS, 7 MO, 2 DAYS 
D/O ARCHIBALD & MARY SWEPSON ALLEN 

EDWARD THOMAS ALLEN 
(07-27-1828) 
08-29-1833  AGE 5 YRS. 1 MO.& 2 DAYS 

STILL BORN SON 
07-06-1827 
S/O ARCHIBALD & MARY SWEPSON ALLEN 

MARY ANN ALLEN 
(07-14-1825) 
09-18-1826  AGE 2YRS, 7MO, 2 DAYS 
D/O ARCHIBALD & MARY SWEPSON ALLEN 

"SUFFOLK PICTORIAL," P. 24 - 
ALLEN FAMILY CEMETERY - NORTH END OF ELIZABETH ST., SUFFOLK, VA. 



I-2 

AMES FAMILY CEMETERY 

BENNETT'S CREEK AREA, SUFFOLK, VA. 
GEORGE EBERWINE PROPERTY 


FRANCIS MARION BEATON 
1854 - 1885 

FRANCIS MARION BEATON                  MARY LOUISE AMES BEATON 
1854 - 1885                            10-25-1857 
S/O DAVID E. & ELIZABETH A. BEATON     10-20-1931 
M. 02-02-1876 NAN.CO.                  D/O JOHN WESLEY SR. & MARTHA ANN 
                                       WAINWRIGHT AMES {2WF} 

MARTHA ELIZABETH AMES 
08-14-1865 
02-10-1954 
D/O JOHN WESLEY & MARTHA ANN WAINWRIGHT AMES {2WF} 

CHILDREN OF JOHN WESLEY & DIZA AMES (HIS CONSORT) 
JOHN AMES     DIZA AMES      JOHN STEPHENS AMES       MARY L. AMES 
04-30-1846    09-04-1848     09-04-1848               12-14-1844 
09-11-1847    09-16-1848     09-20-1848               10-12-1849 

DIZA ANN AMES 
CONSORT OF JOHN W. AMES 
10-11-1822 
09-04-1848 
1W/O JOHN WESLEY AMES SR. 

WILLIAM THOMAS AMES 
06-24-1859 
10-19-1886 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
(DIED OF HEMORRHAGIC FEVER) 
S/O JOHN WESLEY SR. & MARTHA ANN WAINWRIGHT AMES {2WF} 
H/O MARY VIRGINIA GASKINS AMES [2M. 1905 WM.S. LONG] 
    D/O THOMAS RICE AND {1WF} PENELOPE FRANCES 
    OLIVER GASKINS [BU. GASKINS-LEE CEM. (I-32, BELOW)] 
M. 11-06-1883 NAN.CO. 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

JOHN WESLEY AMES, SR. 
02-24-1822 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
05-06-1903 NORFOLK, VA 
S/O JOHN & MARY A. ROSE AMES 
    [BU. NAN.VOL. I-3] 
H/O DIZA ANN AMES 
H/O MARTHA ANN WAINWRIGHT AMES 
MASON 
CSA - 13TH VA INF, CO. F, 1LT. 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

MARTHA ANN WAINWRIGHT AMES 
09-20-1828 
08-19-1909 
D/O THOMAS & NANCY BAKER WAINWRIGHT 
2W/O JOHN WESLEY AMES SR. 



I-3 

AMES FAMILY CEMETERY 

LOCATED ON THE R. OLD GREEN PROPERTY.* 


SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
JOHN AMES 
02-02-1796 
06-29-1863  (STONE HAS FALLEN) 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
MARGARET 
(B.CA.1794) 
03-24-1821  AGE 27 YRS. 
CONSORT OF JOHN AMES 

MARY A. AMES 
05-27-1800 
11-06-1868 
MARY A. ROSE 
RELICT OF JOHN AMES 

BETTY T. AMES 
09-12-1860 
01-17-1877 

ELIZABETH A. AMES 
02-01-1825 
07-25-1880 
AMONG HER LAST WORDS WERE "TELL LEVI AND CHILDREN TO COME ON" 
W/O LEVI D. AMES 

LEVI D. AMES 
01-25-1825 
10-04-1904 
S/O JOHN & MARY A. ROSE AMES 
CSA [NOT ON VA ROSTERS] 

MARY A. AMES 
12-11-1827 
09-19-1899 
WIFE OF LEVI D. AMES 

LEVI T. AMES 
02-04-1856 
09-04-1898 
S/O LEVI D. & ELIZABETH A. AMES 

LEVI J. AMES 
12-25-1851 
10-12-1853 
S/O LEVI D. & ELIZABETH A. AMES 

LORENZO T. AMES 
02-06-1849 
02-12-1849  AGE 6 DAYS 
S/O LEVI D. & ELIZABETH A. AMES 

ROXANNA E. AMES 
01-15-1850 
06-08-1851 
D/O LEVI D. & ELIZABETH A. AMES 

MARGARET A. AMES 
01-03-1829 
05-22-1899 
D/O JOHN & MARY AMES 



I-4 

AMES CEMETERY CONT'D 

JAMES EDWARD AMES 
07-18-1831 
09-18-1855 
S/O JOHN & MARY AMES 
1H/O NANCY JANE RIDDICK AMES [2M.] ELEY 
     [BU. ELEY FAM.CEM, WHITE MARSH RD. (NAN.VOL.II)] 
M. 11-30-1853 NAN.CO. 

THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM, THOMAS, JOSEPH AND MARY F. AMES 
CHILDREN OF JOHN & MARY AMES 
WILLIAM (B.09-02-1823 D.06-25-1825) 
JOSEPH  (B.01-11-1822 D.12-26-1822) 
MARY F. (B.03-13-1835 D.03-25-1835) 

STEPHEN CROWDER AMES 
02-11-1833 
12-10-1853 
S/O JOHN & MARY AMES 

LORENZA D. AMES 
08-20-1815 
04-03-1835 
S/O JOHN & MARY A. AMES 

MATTIE V. AMES 
(07-10-1860) 
11-11-1863 AGE 3YRS.,4MO.& 1 DAY. 
D/O RICHARD B. & MATTIE J. AMES 

LILY MAY AMES 
(06-09-1864) 
10-13-1864 AGE 4MO., & 4 DAYS 
D/O RICHARD B. & MATTIE J. AMES 

LEVI W. AMES 
05-12-1859 
05-12-1859 
S/O BENJAMIN F. & ROXANNA V. AMES 

RICHARD B. AMES 
RICHARD BAKER AMES 
06-18-1838 
02-07-1872 
S/O JOHN & MARY A. ROSE AMES 
CSA 

MATTIE J. GASKINS AMES 
MATTIE JANE GASKINS AMES 
12-31-1841 
10-02-1915 
D/O JOHN & LOVEY BRUCE CARNEY GASKINS 
W/O RICHARD B. AMES 

L. R. AMES 
1865 - 1930 
RICHARD LINWOOD AMES 
S/O RICHARD B. & MARTHA J. GASKINS AMES 

*CF: 

RALEIGH OLD GREEN 
05-24-1900 NANSEMOND CO., VA*
01-09-2000 
S/O REV. WILLIAM THOMAS SR. AND 
MARIA FEREBEE OLD GREEN 
BU. FOREST LAWN CEM, NORFOLK 
S- WWI & WWII DRAFT REG. 
   *GIVES B. NAN.CO. 
S- 1920 CENSUS - CLAY ST., LYNCHBURG 
   *GIVES B. VA 
S- 1940 CENSUS - WESTERN BR., NORFOLK CO. 
   *GIVES B. NC 
S-VA.P 01-12-2000, B9 
  *GIVES SUFFOLK NATIVE 

RALEIGH'S OBIT DESCRIBES HIS FARM AS THE FARM OF HIS TAYLOR-AMES ANCESTORS, 
ON THE WESTERN BRANCH [OF ELIZABETH RIVER], NEAR HODGE'S FERRY, THEN THE 
RALEIGH PLACE SUBDIVISION.  RALEIGH RD., OFF DOCK LANDING RD. CHESAPEAKE. 

REV. WILLIAM THOMAS SR.                MARIA FEREBEE OLD GREEN 
12-13-1857                             09-27-1866 
03-16-1940                             02-10-1965 
BU. FOREST LAWN CEM, NORFOLK           D/O WILLIAM RALEIGH & 
                                       MARY FLETCHER AMES OLD 
                                       M. 12-06-1893 NAN.CO. 

WILLIAM RALEIGH OLD                    MARY FLETCHER AMES OLD 
1844                                   1846 
1908                                   1931 
S/O WILLIAM & MARIA FEREBEE OLD        D/O LEVI D. & ELIZABETH A. AMES 
BU. ELMWOOD CEM, NORFOLK               M. 12-21-1864 NAN.CO. 



I-5 

ARCHER CEMETERY 

LOCATION UNKNOWN  -  NAMES FROM FAMILY NOTES 


BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ARCHER 
09-01-1845 
09-07-1917 
CSA - 6TH VA INF, CO. E (2ND), PVT. 
S/O STEPHEN & MARY ANN ARCHER 
H/O MARGARET ANN ARCHER ARCHER 

LILLIE ARCHER 
  CA. 1882 
01-22-1900 SUFFOLK, VA 
D/O BENJAMIN FRANKLIN & MARGARET ANN ARCHER ARCHER 
FUNERAL 01-23-1900, PROVIDENCE CH. 
*S-VA.P 01-23-1900, P. 8 
*S-RICHMOND TIMES 01-23-1900, P. 5 


CF: 
STEPHEN ARCHER 
04-02-1834* 
03-02-1894 
BU. ARCHER FAM.CEM, ARCHER'S MILL RD. 
S- ANCESTRY.COM US VETERANS' GRAVESITES 
CSA - 13TH VA CAV, CO. I, PVT. 
*CW VETERAN NOTES GIVES STEPHEN B., B. 04-02-1832 
S/O WILLIAM AND POLLY ARCHER 



I-6 

BABB - RAWLES CEMETERY 

ROUTE 664 - LAND OWNED BY A NEPHEW IN NORFOLK, VA. 

MANY MORE GRAVES THAN STONES 


SUSIE ANNA PARKER - MOTHER 
06-18-1860 
08-09-1922 

HERSEY EDWARD RAWLS 
10-12-1908 
12-15-1918 

WILEY EDGAR RAWLS 
01-20-1916 
12-18-1918 

MAGGIE LEE RAWLS 
05-14-1912 
06-04-1912 

MARY L. MORGAN 
02-02-1868 
04-11-1918  AGE 50 YRS., 2MO., & 9 DAYS 

JENIE DUKE - HUSBAND 
12-24-1872 
02-03-1920 

JANE DUKE - MOTHER 
1828 - 1888 

THOMAS W. BABB - FATHER 
(B. 1851 ) 
04-14-1908 

MARGARET E. BABB 
12-07-1857 
09-05-1899 

FRANK W. RAWLES - FATHER               SARAH C. RAWLES - MOTHER 
"FRANK" FRANCIS W. RAWLES              SARAH C. BABB RAWLES 
04-27-1846                             10-10-1848 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
06-21-1901                             01-08-1920 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
CSA - 14TH VA INF, CO. A, PVT.*        D/O DEMPSEY AND 
S/O WILEY AND MARTHA RAWLES            CHRISTIAN/CHRISTINA SAVAGE BABB 
M. 02-07-1866 NAN.CO.                  S- D.CERT. 1321 (CYPRESS #7) 
S- NPS CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS 
   *GIVES FRANCIS/FRANK H. RAWLES 

EDDIE LEE RAWLES, JR. 
11-16-1926 
11-17-1926 

BABY RAWLES 
JUNE 19, 1919 

MARY M. OUTLAND 
01-15-1853 
09-15-1907 



I-7 

BABB - RAWLES CEMETERY CONT'D 

GEORGE W. BABB 
09-09-1836 
11-16-1911 
CSA - 41ST VA INF, CO. I, PVT. 
S/O JAMES SR. & CINTHIA BABB 
H/O SARAH ANN OUTLAND BABB 

SARAH ANN BABB 
SARAH ANN OUTLAND BABB 
06-06-1849 
12-27-1919 
NICKNAME: SALLIE 
W/O GEORGE W. BABB 

MATTIE BABB 
06-01-1899 
11-04-1906 
D/O J.S. & KATE BABB 

KATHERINE BABB 
1861 - 1948 

JOSEPH BABB 
1852 - 1926 
CF: 
JOSEPH S. BABB 
09-13-1862 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
07-16-1925 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
S/O SALLY BABB 
H/O KATE BABB 
S- D.CERT. 16447 (WHALEYVILLE #8) 

THOMAS JEFFERSON ELLIS - FATHER        NORA JANETTE RAWLES ELLIS - MOTHER 
03-07-1853 NANSEMOND CO., VA           11-24-1866 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
10-26-1919 NANSEMOND CO., VA           09-20-1924 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
S/O JAMES AND BARSHA/BARSHEBA ELLIS*   D/O FRANK W. AND 
S- D.CERT. 25597 (CYPRESS #230)        SARAH C. BABB RAWLES 
   *GIVES S/O JOSEPH AND               S- D.CERT. 21104 (WHALEYVILLE #14) 
              _____ GRIFFIN ELLIS 

JETHRO R. BABB 
JETHRO ROBERT BABB 
"1856 - 1938" 
02-28-1856* NANSEMOND CO., VA 
11-18-1938  NANSEMOND CO., VA 
S/O JAMES AND MARTHA BABB 
H/O EMRA ARMEZIA BYRD BABB (1877-1959) 
    [BU. CYPRESS CHAPEL CHR.CH.] 
S- D.CERT. 25958 (CYPRESS #9) 
   *GIVES B. 02-28-1866 



I-8 

BEAMON CEMETERY 

ROUTE 337  BETWEEN MAGNOLIA AND WILROY ROAD 
L.L. BRINKLEY PROPERTY - USED CAR PARTS  - 
THESE GRAVES WERE MOVED TO HOLLY LAWN BECAUSE OF THE SUFFOLK BY-PASS. 


SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
LYSANDER BEAMON 
03-14-1815 
06-22-1853 
S/O NATHANIEL & WEALTHY HARRELL BEAMON 

IN MEMORY OF 
EZEKIEL P. BEAMON 
02-16-1834 
09-17-1836 
S/O N.& A. BEAMON 

IN MEMORY OF 
JOHN BEAMON 
09-15-1835 
10-10-1835 
S/O N.& A. BEAMON 

IN MEMORY OF 
MARTHA J. BEAMON 
11-24-1830 
09-24-1833 
D/O N.& A. BEAMON 

IN MEMORY OF 
MARY P. BEAMON 
11-28-1827 
08-26-1933 
D/O N.& A. BEAMON 

IN MEMORY OF 
MARGARET S. BEAMON 
02-12-1829 
09-14-1830 
D/O N.& A. BEAMON 

IN MEMORY OF 
NATHANIEL BEAMON 
11-03-1819 
05-05-1827 
S/O N.& W. BEAMON 

IN MEMORY OF 
JETHRO A. BEAMON 
03-10-1825 
09-06-1826 
S/O N.& A. BEAMON 

IN MEMORY OF 
NATHANIEL BEAMON 
07-24-1818 
07-12-1819 
S/O N.& W. BEAMON 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF                   SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
WEALTHY B. HARRELL BEAMON                 NATHANIEL BEAMON 
(B. 1798 )                                10-06-1787 
09-12-1820  AGE 22 YEARS                  06-20-1859 



I-9 

BELL PLOT 

ANCIENT CHURCHYARD OF FIRST CHURCH ON THE UPPER PARISH OF NANSEMOND CO., VA. 
NEAR REID'S FERRY 
THE GRAVEYARD CONTAINS ONLY ONE COLONIAL TOMBSTONE AND A FRAGMENT OF ANOTHER. 
THE SURVIVING STONE MARKS THE GRAVE OF CAPTAIN THOMAS BELL. IT IS EVIDENTLY OF 
NEW ENGLAND ORIGIN AND BEARS THE CONVENTIONAL SKULL AND CROSS BONES OFTEN SEEN 
ON OLD NORTHERN GRAVEYARD INSCRIPTIONS. 


HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF 
CAPTAIN THOMAS BELL OF BOSTON 
WHO DIED JULY THE 29TH, 1729 IN 
THE 48TH YEAR OF HIS LIFE. 

[CAPT. THOMAS BELL] 
[B. 1681] 
[D. 07-29-1729] 



I-10 

BOYETTE CEMETERY 

CORINTH CHAPEL ROAD ON LEFT 2/10 MILE FROM GATES ROAD. 


CHARLES BOYETTE 
08-13-1891 
02-02-1917 
WOODMAN OF THE WORLD 



I-11 

BRINKLEY CEMETERY 

DESERT ROAD, NANSEMOND CO., VA. 


SARAH ELIZABETH ROGERS BRINKLEY 
10-07-1845 VA 
03-11-1916 "BEECHWELL FARM," NANSEMOND CO., VA 
D/O JONATHAN AND MARY ELIZA GASKINS ROGERS 
W/O LAZARUS PARKE BRINKLEY 
    [BU. LIBERTY SPRINGS CHR.CH. CEM.] 
MARKED IN LIBERTY SPRINGS CHR.CH. CEM. 
S- D.CERT. 7247 (CYPRESS #6) 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

MARY BRINKLEY 
  CA. 1810 
12-06-1882 



I-12 

BROTHERS FAMILY CEMETERY 

WHITE MARSH ROAD 


ELIZABETH BROTHERS JONES 
1779 - 1800 
W/O JOHN JONES 
D/O WILLIAM BROTHERS 

CAROLINE BROTHERS 
CAROLINE CORNELIA BRINKLEY BROTHERS
05-16-1842 
09-24-1881 
D/O ADMIRAL & MARGARET JANE SAUNDERS BRINKLEY 
2W/O DANIEL BROTHERS 
     [BU. CEDAR HILL CEM, SUFFOLK] 
2M. 02-21-1867 NAN.CO. 
S- 1880 CENSUS - SUFFOLK, NAN.CO., VA 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

HENRY BROTHERS [SR.]                   LOUISIANA BROTHERS 
CA. 1817                                 CA. 1830 
    1903  AGE 86                       09-12-1897  AGE 67 
*S- DONATED OBIT                       *S- DONATED OBIT 

HERBERT BROTHERS 
  CA. 1873 
02-21-1892  AGE 19 
S/O HENRY SR. & LOUISIANA BROTHERS 
S- 1880 CENSUS - CYPRESS, NAN.CO., VA 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

MINNIE OLIVIA BROTHERS 
D. 09-20-1900 

WALLACE BROTHERS 
  CA. 1854 
04-17-1892 
S/O HENRY SR. & LOUISIANA BROTHERS 
S- 1880 CENSUS - SUFFOLK, NAN.CO., VA 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

MARTHA S. BROTHERS 
  CA. 1845 
09-28-1892 



I-13 

BROWNE - MINTON CEMETERY 

NANSEMOND PARKWAY, SUFFOLK, VA. 
"MINTONVILLE, VA." 
COPIED FROM THE BROWNE - MINTON BIBLE, PAGE 97 - 99, OWNER: HENRY RAWLS 


SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
COL. JOHN MINTON 
BORN JUNE 4TH A.D. 1795 
DIED MAR. 31ST A.D. 1830 [AT HOME] 
IN THE 35TH YEAR OF HIS AGE 
"HIS QUALTIES WERE SUCH AS ETC." 
COMMANDER, NANSEMOND REGIMENT 
WAR OF 1812 - ENSIGN, NANSEMOND REGIMENT 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
MRS. ELIZABETH BROWNE 
DAUGHTER OF MILLS BROWNE 
AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE 
AND CONSORT OF DR. SAMUEL BROWNE 
BORN FEB. 26TH A.D. 1793 
DIED SEPT. 14TH A.D. 1822 
IN THE 29TH YEAR OF HER AGE 
LEAVING 4 CHILDREN 
TO MOURN THE LOSS OF ETC. 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
DR. SAMUEL BROWNE 
BORN DEC. 1ST A.D. 1788 
DIED JAN. 3RD A.D. 1829 
IN THE 41ST YEAR OF HIS AGE. 
LEAVING 3 CHILDREN TO MOURN THE 
LOSS OF A DEVOTED A FATHER. 
HE WAS CALLED AT AN EARLY AGE AND 
FROM AN ACTIVE AND EMINENTLY 
SUCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL LIFE 
IN TO ETERNITY. 
MAY HE STAND APPROVED 

TO THE MEMORY OF 
WILLIAM T. 
SON OF WILLIAM AND 
MARY A. MINTON 
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
JAN. 18 A.D. 1834 
AGED 5 MONTHS 

TO THE MEMORY OF 
ANN E. 
DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM 
AND MARY A. MINTON 
AUG. 19TH A.D. 1823 
AGED 11 YEARS, AND 10 MO. 

IN MEMORY OF AMANDA MINTON 
DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM 
AND MARY ANN MINTON 
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
JAN. 30, 1820 
AGED 1 YRS. 14 DAYS 



I-14 

BROWNE - MINTON CEMETERY CONT'D 

TO THE MEMORY OF  
ANN ELIZA SHEPHERD 
BORN AUG. 16TH A.D. 1813 
DIED OCT. 8TH A.D. 1851 
UNSURPASSED AS A FOND 
DEVOTED AND CONFIDING WIFE 
THE MOST AFFECTIOINATE OF MOTHERS 
AND BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. 
SHE DIED THE DEATH OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN 
AFTER A LIFE OF SPOTLESS PURITY 
ADORNED BY EVERY VIRTUE ENNOBLING IN MAN 
OF VALUED BY HIGH HEAVEN. 
THIS TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION IS ERECTED 
BY HER HUSBAND. 
1W/O THOMAS SWEPSON SHEPHERD 

TO THE MEMORY OF 
ELIZA FRANCES 
DAUGHTER OF THOMAS 
AND ANN E. SHEPHERD 
BORN AUG. 28, 1832 
DIED ON THE SAME DAY. 

SACRED 
TO THE MEMORY OF 
MARY FRANCES 
DAUGHTER OF THOMAS 
AND ANN E. SHEPHERD 
BORN OCT. 26, 1833 
DIED SEPT. 24, 1837 
THIS LOVELY CHILD HAS JUST BEGUN 
TO UNFOLD ITS NOBLE QUALITIES 
OF HER PIOUS SOUL WHEN DEATH CALLS 
ITS VICTIM TO THE BOSOM OF HER 
REDEEMER. 
SHE SLEEPS IN DEATH 
HER BEAUTIES DWELL 
IN THE LONE VISIONS OF THE PAST 
AS SOME LOVED FLOWER 
CHERISHED WELL 
THAT BLOOMED IN SWEETNESS 
TO THE LAST. 



I-15 

BUTLER CEMETERY 

LOCATED AT 1801 BUCKHORN DRIVE, THE DEMPSEY BUTLER FAMILY CEMETERY OF SUFFOLK, 
VA. 1997 - THE HOME OF SARAH ALICE GRIFFIN AND THE LATE KLINE GRIFFIN.  THIS 
LAND WAS SOLD TO DEMPSEY BUTLER BY HIS FATHER, ISHAM BUTLER, SR. IN 1843.  THE 
CEMETERY IS LOCATED IN THE SMALL HAMLET OF BUCKHORN, VA. (NOW SUFFOLK, VA.) 
COPIED BY VELNA GRIFFIN. 


Dempsey Butler 
1824 ca. 
189? ca. 
s/o Isham Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Hedgebeth Butler 
h/o Malvina Holland Butler 

Malvina Holland Butler 
1834 ca. 
07-16-1906 
w/o Dempsey Butler 
d/o Lawson F. & Polly Holland 

John Milton Butler 
09-05-1860 
10-25-1909 
d/o Dempsey & Malvina Holland Butler 

Albert Johnson 
12-22-1892 
06-04-1894 
s/o Joseph H. & Mary Virginia Butler Johnson 
gs/o of Dempsey & Malvina Butler 

Leonhart Miller 
1895 ca. Ezelsdorf, Germany 
Died: ? 
h/o Ida Lee Butler Miller 

Ida Lee Butler Miller 
01-01-1870 
04-02-1934 
w/o Leonhart Miller 
d/o Dempsey & Malvina Butler 

James Butler 
07-20-1856 
08-28-1857 
s/o Dempsey & Malvina Butler 



I-16 

BUTLER CEMETERY CONT'D 

I believe that the following are probably buried at the Butler Cemetery, but 
cannot confirm this for sure.  - Velna Griffin 

Daniel Butler 
1823 ca. 
189? ca. 
h/o Barbara Holland Butler 
h/o Emma FRances Copeland Butler 
s/o Isham Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Hedgebeth Butler 

Barbara Holland Butler 
1839 ca. 
07-05-1844 
s/o Daniel Butler 
d/o Jordan & Margaret Holland 

Isham Butler, Jr. 
04-26-1836 
02-05-1892 
h/o Dianah Winborne Butler 
s/o Isham Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Hedgebeth Butler 

Dinah Winborne Butler 
1847 ca. 
189? ca. 
w/o Isham Butler, Jr. 
d/o John Bryan & Sarah Matilda Howell Winborne 

Edwin H. Butler 
1816 ca. 
189? ca. 
h/o Martha Sarah Holland Butler 
s/o Isham Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Hedgebeth Butler 

Martha Holland Butler 
1822 ca. 
Died 
w/o Edwin H. Butler 

Isham Butler, Sr. 
1780 ca. 
04-01-1869 
h/o Mary Elizabeth Hedgebeth Butler. 
s/o Nathan Butler 

Mary Hedgebeth Butler 
1792 ca. 
08-26-1857 
w/o Isham Butler Sr. 
d/o Elisha Hedgebeth 

Infant Male Butler 
12-20-1873 
12-23-1873 
s/o Isham Jr. & Dianah Winborne Butler 



I-17 

BUTLER CEMETERY CONT'D 

Infant Female Butler 
04-10-1871 
04-15-1871 
d/o Isham Jr. & Dinah Winborne Butler 

Roxanna Butler 
1856 ca. 
10-19-1857 
d/o Daniel & Barbara Holland Butler 

Milton Butler 
1865 ca. 
06-10-1890 
s/o Daniel & Barbara Holland Butler 



I-18 

COPELAND CEMETERY 

THE COPELAND FAMILY CEMETERY WAS ESTABLISHED AROUND 1888 WHEN VANDALIA BUTLER, 
DAUGHTER OF MARY ELIZABETH COPELAND AND WILLIAM THOMAS BUTLER, DIED ON APRIL 5, 
1888.  SHE WAS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF JOHN J. COPELAND AND HIS WIFE, NANCY BUTLER 
COPELAND.  AS THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON THE LAND THAT JOHN J. COPELAND LEFT TO 
HIS SON WILLIAM RUFUS COPELAND, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN 1897, IT IS 
ASSUMED THAT THE CEMETERY WAS STARTED BY JOHN J. COPELAND. 

AS THERE ARE NO MARKERS FOR JOHN J. COPELAND AND HIS WIFE, NANCY BUTLER 
COPELAND, IT IS ASSUMED THERE ARE BURIED CLOSE TO THE BIG CEDAR TREE.  THERE 
IS A TOTAL OF EIGHTY-FIVE GRAVES IN THIS CEMETERY, SIXTY-FIVE CAN BE LOCATED. 
ONE, JOHN JAMES COPELAND, WAS MOVED TO HOLLY LAWN CEMETERY, SUFFOLK, VA. 


Ollie R. Harrell 
Infant 
s/o Mattie S. Harrell 

Mattie S. Harrell 
1886 - 1970 
Age 84 

Frank Rufus Copeland 
07-13-1908 
11-02-1986 Norfolk, VA 
s/o William Rufus & Helen E. McClenny Copeland 
h/o Betty Eleanor Marsh Copeland 

Betty Marsh Copeland 
12-15-1913 
03-26-1980 
d/o Evirt & Catherine Adams Marsh 
w/o Frank Rufus Copeland 

John H. Butler 
John Henry Butler 
"1883 - 1945" 
10-26-1882 Nansemond Co., VA 
04-08-1945 Portsmouth, VA 
s/o William Thomas & Mary Elizabeth Copeland Butler 
s- D.Cert. 77651 (Portsmouth #181) 
*s- donated obit 
[same stone w/ bro Thomas W. Butler] 
s- Find a Grave Mem. #101218602 

Thomas W. Butler 
Thomas Walter Butler 
1890 - 1928 
s/o William Thomas & Mary Elizabeth Copeland Butler 
[same stone w/ bro John H. Butler] 
s- Find a Grave Mem. #101218582 

Mary Elizabeth Copeland Butler 
01-27-1861 
06-12-1934 
d/o John J. & Nancy Butler Copeland 
w/o William Thomas Butler 



I-19 

COPELAND CEMETERY CONT'D 

William Thomas Butler 
12-23-1860 
09-29-1931 
s/o Edwin H. & Martha Sarah Holland Butler 
h/o Mary Elizabeth Copeland Butler 

Gladys Elizabeth Butler 
01-08-1911 Nansemond Co., VA 
09-19-1912 Suffolk, VA 
Age 1 year, 8 months 
d/o Norman Oscar & Mamie Edith Wyatt Butler 
S- D.Cert. 6803 (Suffolk #151) 

William Burton Copeland 
10-30-1949 
07-15-1993 
s/o Kennie Elisha & Laura Harrell Copeland 

Laura Harrell Copeland 
12-04-1905 
03-07-1978 
w/o Kennie Elisha Copeland 

Kennie Elisha Copeland 
04-06-1906 
11-06-1981 
s/o William Rufus & Helen McClenny Copeland 
h/o Laura Harrell Copeland 

Geneva Harrell McClenny Howell 
  ca. 1898 
09-20-1984  Age 86 
d/o Mike R. & Martha Jane Copeland Harrell 
w/o John McClenny 
w/o Jacob "Jake" Howell 

John McClenny 
1890 - 1950  Age 60 
(No marker on grave) 
s/o Robert Riddick & Louisanna Holland McClenny 
h/o Geneva Harrell McClenny Howell 

George L. Butler 
07-04-1893 
04-04-1894  Age 9 months 
s/o William Thomas & Mary Elizabeth Copeland Butler 



I-20 

COPELAND CEMETERY CONT'D 

Vandalia Butler 
07-04-1887 
04-05-1888  Age 9 months 
d/o William Thomas & Mary Elizabeth Copeland Butler 

John Burnley* Lewis 
11-18-1912 
03-08-1952  Age 39 
s/o Levy Lewis 
h/o Savannah Harrell Lewis 
m. 12-01-1934 Suffolk 
S- SNH 12-01-1934, p. 3 
   *gives John Bernard 

Savannah Harrell Lewis 
09-11-1911 
02-08-1984  Age 73 
d/o William Thomas "Tom" & Maggie McClenny Harrell 
w/o John Burnley Lewis 

Lillie Elizabeth Copeland Butler 
1914 ca. 
08-03-1993  Age 79 
d/o Christopher Columbus & Delia Ophen McClenny Copeland 
w/o William Woodlee Butler 

William Woodlee Butler 
09-28-1915 
06-20-1992  Age 76 
s/o Norman Oscar & Mamie Edith Wyatt Butler 
h/o Lillie Elizabeth Copeland Butler 

Norman Oscar Butler 
10-17-1884 
12-09-1965  Age 81 
s/o Julius Ramas & Alice Elizabeth Copeland Butler 
h/o Mamie Edith Wyatt Butler 

Norman Oscar Butler                    Mamie Edith Wyatt Butler 
10-17-1884                             02-24-1888 
12-09-1965  Age 81                     02-28-1965  Age 77 
s/o Julius Ramas &                     d/o Joseph Isaac & Polly 
Alice Elizabeth Copeland Butler        Holland Wyatt [bu. Cedar Hill Cem, Suffolk] 

Pearl McClenny 
02-17-1913 
03-14-1913  Age 27 days 
d/o Mills Henry & Emma Elizabeth Butler McClenny 

Carrie McClenny 
12-28-1918 
02-12-1919  Age 1 month, 15 days 

Moody West, Jr. 
1941 - 1971  Age 30 
s/o Moody Sr. & Emma Maie Wyatt West 

Infant Warren 
1987 - 1987 

Emma Maie Wyatt West 
1906 - 1982  Age 76 
d/o John Tilton & Emma Francis Copeland Butler Wyatt 
w/o Moody West, Sr. 



I-21 

COPELAND CEMETERY CONT'D 

Moody West, Sr. 
1903 - 1964  Age 61 
s/o John E. and Clara West 
h/o Emma Maie Wyatt West 

Wallace Earl West 
04-30-1930 Nansemond Co., VA 
01-19-1958 Nurney's Siding, Nan.Co., VA 
s/o Moody Sr. and Emma Maie Wyatt West 
S- D.Cert. 2304 (Cypress #17) 
*S-SNH 01-20-1958, pp. 1 & 3 
concrete under brass marker cracked 
S- Find a Grave Mem. #101218143 

Annie D. Wyatt 
12-10-1879 
06-12-1961  Age 82 
w/o John Tilton Wyatt 

John Tilton Wyatt 
05-22-1880 
02-16-1960  Age 79 
s/o James Isaac & Polly Holland Wyatt 
h/o Emma Francis Copeland Butler Wyatt 
h/o Annie D. Wyatt 

Emma Francis Copeland Butler Wyatt 
01-01-1866 
09-17-1906  Age 40 
d/o James Leviticus & Frances Ann Wright Copeland 
w/o Daniel Butler 
w/o John Tilton Wyatt 

Wallace J. Wyatt 
01-23-1904 
05-04-1907  Age 1 year, 3 months, 4 days 
s/o John Tilton & Emma Francis Copeland Butler Wyatt 

Mamie D. Harrell 
05-10-1920 
12-01-1922  Age 1 year 6 1/2 months.
d/o William Thomas & Maggie McClenny Harrell 

R. Lucille Harrell 
03-23-1913 
04-04-1913  Age 13 days 
d/o William Thomas & Maggie McClenny Harrell 

William B. Harrell 
03-14-1907 
03-14-1907 
s/o William Thomas & Maggie McClenny Harrell 

William T. Harrell 
William Thomas Harrell 
10-03-1879 
10-08-1919  Age 40 
nickname: Will Tom 
s/o Richard & Sarah Harrell 
h/o Maggie Victoria McClenny Harrell 

Maggie McClenny Harrell 
Maggie Victoria McClenny Harrell 
10-14-1887  (1885 on headstone) 
10-30-1977  Age 90.
d/o Robert Riddick & Louisanna Holland McClenny 
w/o William T. Harrell 



I-22 

COPELAND CEMETERY CONT'D 

Grafton Parker Lewis 
04-08-1914 Nansemond Co., VA 
06-05-1968  Age 54 
s/o Livie Clay Sr. & "Mamie" Mary Virginia Hayes Lewis 
    [bu. Holland Mun.Cem.] 
h/o Tomsie Victoria Harrell Lewis 
S- D.Cert. 68-019163 

Tomsie Victoria Harrell Lewis 
06-06-1909 Nansemond Co., VA 
10-01-1988  Age 79 
d/o William Thomas "Tom" & Maggie McClenny Harrell 
w/o Grafton Parker Lewis 
m. 11-27-1936 Suffolk (Nan.Co. #240) 

Clarence Turner 
02-02-1897 
06-21-1950  Age 53 
Virginia Pvt. U.S. Army  WW I 

William C. McClenny 
10-17-1917 
04-21-1918  Age 6 months 
should show: 
William Clarence McClenny 
     ca. 1916 Nansemond Co., VA 
D. 04-24-1918 Nansemond Co., VA  Age 18 months 
s/o Anna McClenny 
I- 04-24-1918 near Buckhorn 
S- D.Cert. 10091 (Holy Neck #13) 

Mary G. Fowler McClenny 
05-18-1920 
04-12-1943 
d/o William Jasper & Goldie Lee Fowler 
1w/o Frank Hurley McClenny 
S- D.Cert. 12228 (Franklin #38) gives: 
Mary Goldie Fowler McClenny 
01-17-1920 Southampton Co., VA 
05-02-1942 Franklin, VA  age 22.3.9 
d/o William Jasper & Goldie Lee Duncan Fowler 

Frank Hurley McClenny 
08-11-1910  (1901 on headstone) 
02-01-1992  Age 82 
s/o Frank Riddick & Gertie Harrell McClenny 
[ma 2m. GUNN, bu. SMP-DI-35] 
h/o Mary Fowler McClenny 
h/o Berta Beale McClenny 

Jimmy Lee Copeland 
10-19-1959 
06-16-1983  Age 23 
s/o Leroy & Margie Rawles Copeland 
Accidental Drowning 

George Copeland 
10-24-1896 
02-03-1968  Age 78 
s/o Christopher Columbus & Myrtie Johnson Copeland 

Christopher Columbus Copeland 
11-24-1867 Nansemond Co., VA 
01-20-1919 
s/o James Leviticus & Frances Ann Wright Copeland 
h/o Myrtie Johnson Copeland 
h/o Delia Ophelia McClenny Copeland 
2m. 01-03-1904 (Nan.Co. '74 #227) 
Died the same day as his mother. 

Delia Ophelia McClenny Copeland 
10-01-1878 Nansemond Co., VA 
12-03-1957 Suffolk, VA 
d/o Louisanna Holland McClenny 
Raised by Robert Riddick McClenny 
w/o Christopher Columbus Copeland 
S- D.Cert. 31787 (Chuckatuck #364) 

Ruth Otelia Copeland 
09-20-1910 
07-17-1915  Age 5 
d/o Christopher Columbus & Delia McClenny Copeland 



I-23 

COPELAND CEMETERY CONT'D 

Frances Ann Wright Copeland 
1837 ca.  (No marker) 
01-20-1919  Age 82 
d/o Belson & Fanny Holland Wright 
w/o James Leviticus Copeland 
Died the same day as her son, C.C. Copeland 

Elisha Thomas McClenny 
05-10-1885 
04-1932    Age 37 
s/o Robert Riddick & Lousianna Holland McClenny 
h/o Bessie Irene Copeland McClenny 

William Harrison Butler 
02-20-1900 
08-27-1973 
s/o Julius R. & Alice Copeland Butler 
h/o Myrtle Louise Boyce Butler 
Killed by an unknown assailant on East Washington Street in Suffolk, Va. 

Doris Butler Layton Potter 
10-10-1903 
05-06-1977 
d/o Julius R. & Alice Copeland Butler 
w/o Howard Layton, Sr. 
w/o Joh Potter 

Solomon Riddick Butler 
04-08-1890 
01-28-1953 
s/o Julius R. & Alice Copeland Butler 
h/o Eva Newsoms 
h/o Annie Umphlette 
Virginia Army Pvt.  COE 305 Engs.  80 Div.  WW I 

Alice Elizabeth Copeland Butler 
09-19-1863 
11-09-1942  Age 79 
d/o James Leviticus & Frances Ann Wright Copeland 
w/o Julius R. Butler 

Julius Rasmas Butler 
05-20-1861 
09-15-1930 
s/o Edwin H. & "Patsy" Martha Sarah Holland Butler 
h/o Alice Elizabeth Copeland Butler 

Louisanna Holland McClenny 
08-1861 
Died 19?? 
d/o Hardy & Elizabeth Ann Byrd Wyatt Holland 
w/o Robert Riddick McClenny 

Robert Riddick McClenny 
08-11-1853 
09-18-1924 
s/o James R. & Rebecca Howell McClenny 
h/o Louisanna Holland McClenny 



I-24 

COPELAND CEMETERY CONT'D 

Robert Clayton McClenny 
10-04-1901 
12-16-1979  Age 78 
s/o Robert Riddick & Louisanna Holland McClenny 
h/o Ella Mae Turner McClenny 

Anne McClenny 
(No dates  No marker) 

John James Copeland 
08-19-1890 
06-27-1947 
s/o William Rufus & Helen E. McClenny Copeland 
h/o Isabelle Stella Lowe Copeland 
*Moved to Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk, Va. 

William Thomas Copeland 
  ca. 1827 
01-29-1912  Age 85 
s/o James & Nancy Copeland 
h/o Anna Marie Copeland 
h/o Martha Turner Copeland 
CSA - [59th Reg. Va. Vol., Co. C, Private] 

Anna Maria Holland Copeland 
Died 1868 ca. 
w/o William Thomas Copeland 

Martha Turner Copeland 
1853 ca. 
Died ? 
w/o William Thomas Copeland 
d/o Sally Turner 

William H. Copeland 
03-1878  (No marker) 
Died 188? 

Jessie H. Copeland 
1880 - 196? 
s/o William Thomas & Martha Turner Copeland 
h/o Bertha Holland Copeland 

Bertha Holland Copeland 
(No dates or marker) 
d/o Joseph Elijah & Sarah Ann Hedgepeth Holland 
w/o Jesse H. Copeland 

Susie McClenny 
(No dates or marker) 
d/o Frank R. & Gertie Harrell McClenny 

William Thomas Copeland 
06-30-1912 
08-05-1912  Age 36 days 
s/o James Henry & Sarah Frances "Fanny" O'Berry Copeland 



I-25 

COPELAND CEMETERY CONT'D 

Sarah Frances "Fanny" O'Berry Copeland 
1893 ca.  (No marker) 
07-01-1912  Age 19 years, 9 months, 6 days 
d/o W.T. & Sarah E. Butler O'Berry 
w/o James Henry Copeland 

Herbert S. Jernigan 
1894 -    (No marker) 
not here - bu. Holland Municipal Cem. 
Herbert Stanton* Jernigan 
09-21-1894 Nansemond Co., VA 
06-23-1964 Suffolk, VA 
s/o William H. & Mary E. Holland Jernigan* 
h/o Effie May Harrell Jernigan [below] 
*some recs. give Herbert Stanley 
S- D.Cert. 17679 (Chuckatuck #206) 
   *gives s/o Tony & Mollie Daughtrey Jernigan 

Ella Mae Turner McClenny 
01-11-1911 
09-13-1983  Age 72 
d/o Johnson & Nora Holland Turner 
w/o Robert Clayton McClenny 

Novella Layton Day 
06-13-1924 
02-20-1986  Age 61 
d/o Howard B. Sr. & Doris Butler Layton 
w/o Andrew Day 

John Leon Rawles 
1932 ca. 
11-17-1993  Age 61 
s/o Mills Edward "Bear" & Bessie Selma Copeland Rawles 

Harold Edward Bolin 
1936 - 1992   Age 56 

John James Copeland 
1819 - 1897  Age 78  (No marker) 
s/o James & Nancy Copeland 
h/o Nancy Butler Copeland 

Nancy Butler Copeland 
1830 ca.   (No marker) 
Died ? 
d/o Isham Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Hedgebeth Butler. 
w/o John James Copeland 

William Rufus Copeland 
03-30-1862 Nansemond Co., VA 
01-03-1946 Nansemond Co., VA 
s/o John J. & Nancy Butler Copeland 
h/o Helen E. McClenny Copeland 
No marker, buried beside the big cedar tree. 
S- D.Cert. 2005 (Holy Neck #1) 
*S-VA.P 01-03-1946 

Helen E. McClenny Copeland 
08-22-1867 Norfolk Co., VA 
01-17-1949 Nansemond Co., VA 
d/o Hincha G. & Martha Sarah Colburn McClenny 
w/o William Rufus Copeland 
m. 01-10-1889 Nan.Co. 
(No marker) 
S- D.Cert. 1825 (Holy Neck #2) 

Lillie Mae Morris 
(No dates or marker) 
w/o George Copeland 



I-26 

COPELAND CEMETERY CONT'D 

James Leviticus Copeland 
1832 ca.  (No marker) 
Died ? 
s/o James & Nancy Copeland 
h/o Frances Ann Wright Copeland 

Sarah Nancy Copeland Turner 
1905 ca.  (No marker) 
Died ? 
d/o William Rufus & Helen McClenny Copeland 
w/o Clarence Turner 

Effie May Harrell Jernigan 
05-24-1909 Suffolk, VA 
02-26-1986 Suffolk, VA 
d/o Mike R. & Martha Jane Copeland Harrell 
w/o Herbert S. Jernigan 
    [listed above; not here - bu. Holland Municipal Cem.] 
m. 03-24-1920 Gatesville, Gates Co., NC 
S- D.Cert. 86-007207 

William Henry Hayes 
03-15-1881* Nansemond Co., VA 
05-03-1945 Holland, Nan.Co., VA 
s/o Elisha and Nancy "Nannie" Newsome Hayes 
h/o "Evie" Eva Daisy White Hayes (ca. 1881 - 1928) 
    [bu. fam.cem, near Burdette, So.Co.] 
m. 09-03-1905 (Nan.Co. #149) 
s- WW-I draft card 
   *gives b. 03-15-1878 
s- WW-II draft card 
   *gives b. 10-08-1880 
s- D.Cert. 10969 (Holy Neck #4) 

unmarked 
Frank Riddick McClenny 
01-17-1878 Nansemond Co., VA 
11-17-1933 Nansemond Co., VA 
s/o Robert Riddick & Louisanna Holland McClenny 
h/o Gertie Lillian Harrell McClenny [2m. GUNN, bu. SMP-D1-35] 
M. 01-06-1904 Nansemond Co., VA 
S- D.Cert. 25038 (Holy Neck #17) 



I-27 

DASHIELD CEMETERY 


MRS. SARAH DASHIELD 
(B. 1782)-1854 AGED 72 YEARS 
WIDOW OF DR. ROBERT DASHIELD 


MISS MARY COWLING VISITED MILNERS IN NANSEMOND CO., VA, IN THE 1920'S AND SAW 
THE GRAVE. THERE WERE OTHER GRAVES BUT THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD A STONE. 
THIS WAS AT THE TANKARD HOME WHICH WAS IN RUINS. 

Milner's was the birthplace of Matthew Harris, who grew the first commercial 
peanut crop in VA, in Sussex Co.  (mh) 



I-28 

DOZIER FAMILY CEMETERY 

NEAR CYPRESS CHAPEL 
TAKEN FROM HER OBITUARY 


ALEXINA PARKER DOZIER 
08-11-1853 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
07-19-1918 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
D/O WILEY W. AND ANN PLEASANT BRINKLEY PARKER 
    [MA. BU. PARKER FAM.CEM, OFF CYPRESS CHAPEL RD. (NV-III-21)] 
W/O WILLIAM A. DOZIER 
M. 12-08-1887 SUFFOLK 
S- D.CERT. 17731 (CYPRESS #9) 
*S-LEDGER DISPATCH 07-20-1918 



I-29 

DUKE CEMETERY 

ON WHEDBEE PROPERTY IN DRIVER, VA. 


HERE LIES THE REMAINS OF 
MRS. MARTHA C. DUKE, 
(B. 12-25-1827) 
SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
JUNE 25, 1869 
AGE 42 YEARS, 6 MONTHS. 



I-30 

ELEY FAMILY CEMETERY 

LOCATION: 2656 OLD MYRTLE ROAD, ACROSS FROM BOSSELMAN HOMEPLACE, SUFFOLK, VA. 


RICHARD F. ELEY                        ALGENETTA E. ELEY 
RICHARD FASTIVIOUS ELEY                ALGENETTA E. OLIVER ELEY 
06-31-1846 NANSEMOND CO., VA           05-05-1850 
04-03-1925 NANSEMOND CO., VA           04-28-1904 
S/O RICHARD AND GEHISA* ELEY {1WF}     "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD 
    [*SPELLING VARIES]                  WHO DIE IN THE LORD." 
2H/O ROWENA J. BUTLER BUTLER ELEY      NICKNAME: NETTIE 
     [BU. CEDAR HILL CEM, SUFFOLK]     D/O JAMES AND MARCELLA OLIVER 
2M. 11-09-1904 NAN.CO.                 M. 01-19-1871 NAN.CO. 
S- D.CERT. 9305 (CHUCKATUCK #8)        S- FIND A GRAVE MEM. #38917750 
S- FIND A GRAVE MEM. #38917833 

W.H. ELEY 
06-26-1892 
05-07-1894 

INFANT OF WALTER & ETHEL BOOTHE 
11-05-1926 

WALTER W. BOOTHE 
WALTER WILLIAM BOOTHE 
01-02-1877* SUSSEX CO., VA 
03-01-1950  WILLIAMSBURG, VA 
S/O WILLIAM HENRY AND MARY LENETTA PRESSON BOOTHE 
    [BU. WAKEFIELD, SSX.CO.] 
    [PA - CSA - 44TH VA INF BN, CO. D] 
S- WW-I DRAFT CARD 
   *GIVES B. 01-02-1878 
H/O LUCY ETHEL ELEY BOOTHE (1894-1977) 
    [BU. WESTERN BRANCH BAPT.CH, NAN.CO.] 
M. 12-28-1921 NORFOLK (NAN.CO. #238) 
S- D.CERT. 5836 (WILLIAMSBURG #35) 
   *GIVES BU. FAM.CEM, IOW.CO. 
*S-SNH 03-03-1950, P. 1 
*S-SNH 03-05-1950, P. 3 
S- FIND A GRAVE MEM. #38917909 



I-31 

FULLER CEMETERY 

BEHIND LIPTON TEA  CO., SUFFOLK, VA. 
THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM KITTY FUTRELL OF SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA.  SHE SAYS THE 
CEMETERY WAS MENTIONED IN THE VA. PILOT IN THE MID 1980'S. 


WILLIAM HENRY FULLER 
B. CA. 1830 SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA 
S/O CHARLES AND MARY M. KIRBY FULLER 
1860 CENSUS - W. SIDE OF NOTTOWAY R., SO.CO. 
CSA 
H/O ANN ELIZA FULLER 

WILLIAM HENRY FULLER, JR. 
12-28-1860 SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA 
12-12-1943 BOYKINS, VA 
BU. BEECHWOOD CEM, BOYKINS, SO.CO. - AX2-115 
S- D.CERT. 28168 (BOYKINS #30) 
*S-TN 12-17-1943, P. 8 

BROTHER 
JOHN J. W. FULLER 
JOHN JAMES W. FULLER 
1843* SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA 
1870  SUFFOLK, VA 
S/O CHARLES AND MARY M. KIRBY FULLER [M.BOND 12-15-1828 SO.CO] 
CSA - 3RD VA. INF., CO. G., CORP. 
S- FIND A GRAVE MEM. #197037416 
   *GIVES B. 1842, BRANCHVILLE, SO.CO.; POST-WAR AGENT, SEABOARD & ROANOKE R.R. 



I-32 

GASKINS - LEE CEMETERY 

LEE PROPERTY, BRIDGE ROAD, IN BENNETT'S CREEK 
COPIED BY GIN AND JOHN HARLOW AND BRUCE EBERWINE, JR.  (1990 CA.) 


TWO WIVES OF JOHN GASKINS WITHOUT STONES. 

JOHN GASKINS 
(B. 03-01-1790) 
04-05-1860 
IN THE 71ST YEAR OF HIS AGE 

LOVEY BRUCE (CARNEY) GASKINS 
11-05-1812 
08-15-1874 
3W/O JOHN GASKINS 

JAMES E. GASKINS 
LINA, HIS WIFE 
CHILDREN: CHARLES AND FRANK 
NO DATES 

PENELOPE P. GASKINS 
PENELOPE FRANCES OLIVER GASKINS 
09-28-1836 
05-07-1872 
1W/O THOMAS RICE GASKINS 

THOMAS RICE GASKINS 
10-19-1835 
12-28-1910 
S/O JOHN & LOVEY CARNEY GASKINS 
CSA - 3RD VA INF, CO. F, 2ND LT. 

MARGARET S. GASKINS 
07-26-1836 
01-04-1916 
W/O THOMAS RICE GASKINS 

LOVEY OTELIA GASKINS 
12-27-1856 
12-06-1860 

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS GASKINS 
11-20-1869 
09-28-1870 

OSCAR LEE GASKINS 
08-19-1865 
12-15-1865 

CHARLES THOMAS GASKINS 
1858 - 1926 
09-26-1858 
S/O THOMAS RICE AND 
PENELOPE FRANCES OLIVER GASKINS {1WF} 

MAUD MITCHELL GASKINS 
1867 - 1954 

WILLIAM T. LEE 
WILLIAM THOMAS LEE 
05-07-1888 
08-06-1888 
S/O ELISHA E. AND 
ELIZABETH VIRGINIA GASKINS LEE 



I-33 

GASKINS - LEE CEMETERY CONT'D 

PATRICK H.(HENRY) LEE 
11-07-1881 
10-08-1884 
S/O ELISHA E. AND ELIZABETH VIRGINIA GASKINS LEE 

ELIZABETH P.(PIPKIN) LEE 
06-08-1870 
10-05-1873 
D/O ELISHA E. AND ELIZABETH VIRGINIA GASKINS LEE 

R.L. LEE 
NO DATES 

(ELIZHA) ROCHELL LEE 
07-26-1875 
10-23-1893  AGE 21 YRS, 2 MO., 27 DAYS 
S/O ELISHA E. AND ELIZABETH VIRGINIA GASKINS LEE 

ELISHA E. LEE                          ELIZABETH V. LEE 
ELISHA EVERETT LEE                     ELIZBETH VIRGINIA GASKINS LEE 
04-07-1828 NANSEMOND CO., VA           03-02-1845 
03-11-1897 LOWER P'SH, NAN.CO., VA     01-28-1915 
AGE 69 YRS., 11 MO., 4 DAYS            D/O JOHN AND 
S/O JOHN ROCHELLE AND                  LOVEY BRUCE CARNEY GASKINS 
MARY ANNE WISE GRIFFIN EVERETT LEE 
PARENTS BU. HOLY NECK CHR.CH.] 
CSA - 20TH VA CAV, CO. I 
*S-NORFOLK VIRGINIAN 03-13-1897, P. 6 

DOLLNER (BRUCE) LEE GRAY JONES 
08-31-1877 
03-21-1960 
W/O JAMES J. GRAY & THOMAS ANDREW JONES 

JAMES J. GRAY 
11-01-1866 
01-02-1911 
H/O DOLLNER BRUCE LEE 

ELIZABETH LEE GRAY 
08-26-1902 
09-03-1902 
BURIED IN NORFOLK, VA. 
D/O JAMES J. & DOLLNER BRUCE LEE GRAY 

JOHN RICHARD GASKINS 
04-19-1848 
11-28-1925 
S/O JOHN & LOVEY BRUCE CARNEY GASKINS 
H/O FANNIE KITTRELL SAVAGE GASKINS 

FANNIE KITTRELL SAVAGE GASKINS 
09-28-1851 
06-28-1893 AGE 41 YEARS 
W/O JOHN RICHARD GASKINS 
D/O OLIVER H. & MILDRED KITTRELL SAVAGE 

MILDRED KITTRELL SAVAGE 
( CA. 1809) 
06-13-1878 
W/O OLIVER H. SAVAGE 


I-34 

GASKINS - LEE CEMETERY CONT'D 

ROBERT J. (JULIAN) NEWSOME 
11-15-1871 
07-03-1903  AGE 31 
1H/O FANNIE PEARL GASKINS NEWSOME [2M. BRINKLEY] 
     [BU. CEDAR HILL CEM, SUFFOLK] 

RICHARD N. NEWSOME 
04-06-1900 
07-15-1900 
(S/O ROBERT JULIAN AND FANNIE PEARL GASKINS NEWSOME) 

ROBERT JULIAN NEWSOM 
08-23-1903 
08-30-1903 
(S/O ROBERT JULIAN AND FANNIE PEARL GASKINS NEWSOME) 

MARTHA GASKINS BRINKLEY 
06-02-1911 
12-17-1913 
(D/O GLENWOOD & FANNIE PEARL GASKINS BRINKLEY) 

J. IRVIN AMES 
12-11-1895 
07-04-1896 
(S/O LEVI FRANK & MATTIE ELIZABETH GASKINS AMES) 


CHANGES ADDED IN PARENTHESIS CAME FROM THE GASKINS FAMILY BIBLE OWNED BY 
LUCILLE EBERWINE. 



I-35 

HASLETT, DAVIDSON, HOWELL, SMITH, MORGAN CEMETERY 

ROUTE 664*   HOLY NECK DISTRICT 
QUAKER DRIVE NEAR VICKSBURG - WHITE PICKET FENCE AROUND IT. 
IN SOMEONE'S FRONT YARD NOW. 
[*Google shows Quaker Dr. as Rt. 759] 


VIRGINIA C. HASLETT 
VIRGINIA C. RAWLS HASLETT 
08-27-1847 
03-28-1902 
D/O JOHN & ESTELLE M. RAWLS 
W/O JAMES A. HASLETT 

SARAH ANN DAVIDSON 
1857 - 1921 
W/O ELISHA DAVIDSON 

C.M.H. (HOWELL) 
04-08-1856 
07-26-1904  AGE 46 YRS, 3MO.,15 DAYS 
W/O S.R.B. HOWELL 

CLAUDE B. HASLETT 
08-24-1873 
07-14-1932 

EDWARD W. SMITH 
05-07-1859 
04-11-1909 

ADDIE H. MORGAN 
09-30-1872 
10-19-1961 



I-36 

HOLLAND CEMETERY 

BACK OFF RT. 58 ACROSS FROM RESEARCH STATION 


Z.T. HOLLAND 
01-1836 (01-21-1836*) 
02-1908 (02-06-1908) 
ZACHARIAH TAYLOR HOLLAND 
S/O AUGUSTUS H. & ANN WINBORNE HOLLAND 
S- ANCESTRY.COM 41 FAM.TREES 
   *MANY GIVE B. 01-27-1836 
*S-RTD 02-08-1908, P. 6 
*S-DP 02-09-1908, P. 1 

SARAH C. HOLLAND 
02-29-1838* ISLE OF WIGHT CO., VA 
03-21-1923  HOLLAND, NAN.CO., VA 
SARAH CATHERINE ABRA CROSS HOLLAND 
D/O ABRAM & ELIZABETH PITMAN CROSS 
W/O WILLIAM TURPIN HOLLAND 
M. 04-05-1866 NAN.CO. (IOW.CO. #18) 
S- D.CERT. 8015 (HOLY NECK #25) 
   *GIVES B. 02-26-1838 

W.T. HOLLAND 
04-1828 (04-11-1828) 
06-12-1899 
WILLIAM TURPIN HOLLAND 
S/O AUGUSTUS H. & ANN WINBORNE HOLLAND 
H/O SARAH CATHERINE ABRA CROSS HOLLAND 

DR. W.T. HOLLAND 
01-30-1869 
11-01-1894 
WILLIAM TURPIN? HOLLAND, II 
S/O WILLIAM TURPIN & SARAH CATHERINE ABRA CROSS HOLLAND 

J.G. HOLLAND 
JOSEPH GODWIN HOLLAND 
06-02-1871 
06-02-1937 
JOSEPH G. HOLLAND 
S/O WILLIAM TURPIN & SARAH CATHERINE ABRA CROSS HOLLAND 
REINTERRED IN HOLLY LAWN, SUFFOLK - SECT. 3, BLOCK F, LOT 2 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

A.A. HOLLAND 
04-10-1867 
12-02-1912 
AUGUSTUS ABRAM HOLLAND 
S/O WILLIAM TURPIN & SARAH CATHERINE ABRA CROSS HOLLAND 
REINTERRED IN HOLLAND CEMETERY, HOLLAND, VA. 

O.C. HOLLAND 
(B. 1877) 
05-12-1915  AGE 39 
OWEN C. HOLLAND 
S/O WILLIAM TURPIN & SARAH CATHERINE ABRA CROSS HOLLAND 

W.T. JOYNER 
11-09-1895 
11-14-1895 
S/O ELIHU & SARAH C. HOLLAND JOYNER 



I-37 

HOLLAND FAMILY CEMETERY 

RUFUS HOLLAND FARM NEAR HOLLAND, VA. 


SOLOMON CYRUS HOLLAND                     MARY VIRGINIA HOLLAND HOLLAND 
07-28-1842                                12-03-1850 
06-09-1905                                01-04-1927 
CSA - 41ST VA INF, CO. I, SGT. 

CHILDREN: 3/13 OF SOLOMON CYRUS AND MARY VIRGINIA HOLLAND HOLLAND 
SELMA HOLLAND           BENJAMIN HOLLAND         INFANT HOLLAND 
INFANT (NO DATES)       INFANT (NO DATES)        N/N (NO DATES) 

GRAND-DAUGHTER 
RACHAEL HOWELL 
04-27-1927 
08-03-1927 
D/O RICHARD EDWARD & MARY 
NAOMI HOLLAND HOWELL 



I-38 

HOLLAND FAMILY CEMETERY 

ONLY TWO GRAVES 

DIXON HOWELL HOLLAND                      MARY ELIZA SUMNER HOLLAND 
02-01-1825                                07-11-1825 NEAR FACTORY HILL, NAN.CO., VA 
02-17-1901                                05-26-1906 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
S/O ZACHARIAH AND                         D/O JETHRO AND 
MATILDA ANN HOWELL HOLLAND                NANCY ANN NORFLEET SUMNER 
[PARENTS BU. HOLLAND FAM.CEM,             *S- DONATED OBIT 
 O'KELLY DR. (NV-II-14)] 
CSA - 24TH VA CAV, CO. K, PVT. 



I-39 

JONES FAMILY CEMETERY 

FROM HIS OBITUARY 


W.T. JONES 
1850 CA. 
01-12-1898 
S/O DEMPSEY JONES 
H/O ?  BROTHERS JONES 



I-40 

JONES FAMILY CEMETERY 

MRS. WORTH JONES PROPERTY, DRIVER, VIRGINIA 


ANNIE LEE JONES 
06-30-1863 
12-31-1952 

MARY ELIZABETH GRAY 
(B. CA. 1834) 
DIED 15, 1918  AGE 84 YEARS. 
(PROBABLY THE MOTHER OF JAMES J. GRAY ON LEE FARM {I-33, ABOVE}) 

RALPH JONES 
07-03-1896 
09-25-1912 

JOHN WOODWARD JONES  (A MASON) 
05-28-1860 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
10-21-1940 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
S/O JEREMIAH AND VIRGINIA WOODWARD JONES 
S- D.CERT. 23973 (SLEEPY HOLE #23) 

ELLA JONES TAYLOR 
08-30-1850 
04-20-1896 

VIRGINIA JONES - MOTHER 
(B. 1824 PORTSMOUTH, VA) 
01-14-1881 
SAME STONE 
JEREMIAH JONES - FATHER 
(B. 1811 NANSEMOND CO., VA) 
10-17-1868 

JOHN WOODWARD 
09-23-1795 
03-08-1838 

MRS. REBECCA WOODWARD 
06-01-1791 
03-15-1842 

V. NETTIE JONES 
06-03-1856 
10-22-1885 



I-41 

KELLY CEMETERY 

LOCATED ON THE OLD KELLY FARM OWNED BY JACOB H. NORFLEET IN NANSEMOND CO., VA. 
(NOW SUFFOLK, VA.) 


Capt. Jacob H. Kelly                      Mrs. Elizabeth A.L. Kelly 
Capt. Jacob Holland Kelly                 Mrs. Elizabeth A.L. Eley Kelly 
04-12-1807* Nansemond Co., VA               ca. 1803* Norfolk Co., VA 
02-21-1852                                07-23-1858   Age 55 years 
m. 06-03-1834 IoW.Co.                     nickname: Eliza 
S- 1850 Census - Nansemond Co. 
   *gives ages 41 & 29 



I-42 

KILBY CEMETERY 

LOCATED ON THE SHORE OF LAKE KILBY ON THE WATERWORKS PROPERTY IN SUFFOLK, VA. 


THOMAS J. KILBY 
04-07-1803 
06-21-1881 
"HIS HIGHEST AMBITION WAS TO SERVE THE POOR" 
(THOMAS JEFFERSON KILBY, BORN HANOVER CO., VA.) 
(S/O JOHN & ELIZABETH THOMPSON KILBY) 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. ANN UPSHUR KILBY 
CONSORT OF THOMAS J. KILBY 
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 06-02-1879 
AGED 76 YEARS, HAVING LIVED IN THE 
HOLY BONDS OF WEDLOCK 54 YEARS. 
(ANN UPSHUR SMITH KILBY, BORN 1803 ACCOMACK CO., VA. 
 D/O JOHN AND LEAH UPSHUR SMITH. MARRIED 1825.) 

CONSECRATED BY LOVED ONES TO THE MEMORY OF 
THOMAS S. KILBY, WHO PASSED THROUGH MANY BATTLES 
OF THE CONFEDERATE WAR WITH HONOR UNTARNISHED 
THOUGH WOUNDED IN FLESH AND FINALLY DIED 
INSTANTLY BY EXPLOSION 06-12-1868, AGED 31 YEARS. 
(THOMAS SPOTSWOOD KILBY, BORN 1837, 
 S/O THOMAS JEFFERSON & ANN UPSHUR SMITH KILBY. 
 13TH CAVALRY, SGT.  CSA.) 

(THE NEXT FIVE ARE ON ONE STONE) 
CONSECRATED BY AN AFFECTIONATE 
FATHER & MOTHER TO THEIR DEAR CHILDREN 

HARRIOTT LOUISA KILBY 
1829 - 1932 

JOHN SPOTSWOOD KILBY 
1827 - 1832 

ANN ELIZABETH KILBY 
1831 - 1832 

WILLIAM THOMAS KILBY 
1833 - 1835 

SUSAN ANN KILBY 
02-09-1835 
11-10-1835 


MY BELOVED HUSBAND 
ABEL UPSHUR KILBY  UCV 
DIED 08-16-1897  AGE 53 
(S/O THOMAS JEFFERSON & ANN UPSHUR KILBY, BORN 1844 NANSEMOND CO., VA., 
 13TH VA. CAVALERY, CO. I, PRIVATE 

OUR DARLING 
ANN UPSHUR KILBY 
DAUGHTER OF A.U. & EUDORA L. KILBY 
06-06-1878 
01-30-1884 
(D/O ABEL UPSHUR & EUDORA LYDIA BALLARD ELEY KILBY) 



I-43 

KILBY CEMETERY CONT'D 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
LEAH SMITH 
DIED 09-21-1847  AGE 74 
(LEAH UPSHUR SMITH, BORN 1773, WIFE OF JOHN SMITH) 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
JOHN SMITH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
12-10-1821 IN THE 67 YEAR OF HIS AGE 
(S/O JOHN & SUSANNA CUSTIS SMITH, H/O LEAH SMITH. HE OWNED LAKE KILBY) 

IN MEMORY OF MISS 
SUSAN CUSTIS SMITH, 
DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THE 64TH 
YEARS OF HER LIFE. 
DIED 2-7-1856 
(BORN 1793, D/O JOHN & LEAH UPSHUR SMITH) 

THIS MARBLE CONSECRATED BY THE 
TEARS OF AN AFFECTIONATE MOTHER 
TO THE MEMORY OF HER AFFECTIONATE SON, 
JOHN C. SMITH, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
ON THE 26 SEPT., 1826 IN THE 22ND 
YEAR OF HIS LIFE. 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
MARY LOUISE PARKER 
DIED 5-1837 
(BORN 10-13-1808 DIED 05-22-1837 D/O JOHN & LEAH UPSHUR SMITH) 

IN MEMORY OF 
WILEY PARKER, JR. 
03-12-1806 
04-21-1859 

MARION V. PARKER 
10-04-1856 
08-04-1858 

CLAUDIOUS PARKER 
02-01-1855 
10-06-1856 

VIRGINIA LOUISE DUKE 
WIFE OF D.W. DUKE, ESQ. 
09-17-1836 
07-17-1881 

CAPT. CALVIN S. HILL 
02-1832   CSA 
02-1880  AGED 48 YEARS 

CAPT. DARIUS J. HILL 
02-1830  CSA 
04-04-1900  AGED 70 YEARS 

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF 
ELIZA R. HILL, WIFE OF K. HILL 
DIED 06-12-1817 IN HER 45 YEAR. 
SAME STONE: "TWO INFANTS OF 
K. & E.R. HILL LIE NEAR THIS SPOT" 



I-44 

MATTHEWS CEMETERY 

LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARCHERS MILL AND OLD MYRTLE ROADS 
IN SUFFOLK, VA. 


J. Randolph Matthews 
1900 - 1948 

John B. Matthews                          Julia P. Matthews 
John Bunyon Matthews                      Julia P. Johnson Matthews 
12-16-1868                                01-15-1874 
08-09-1939                                05-15-1928 
                                          d/o James P. & 
                                          Palmyra C. Persons Johnson 
                                          *S- donated obit 
                                          *S- donated obit 

John B. Matthews, Jr. 
1914 - 1984 

Hilda B. Matthews 
1920 - 1983 

B.J.R. Rose 
1886 - 1887 
d/o Lycurgus & Antonia Johnson Rose 
    [bu. Olive Branch Cem, Portsmouth] 
gd/o James P. & Palmyra C. Persons Johnson 

Pattie* Johnson Andrews 
03-28-1868 
09-12-1894 
d/o James P. & Palmyra C. Persons Johnson 
w/o Benjamin E. Andrews 
    s/o William H. & Rebecca 
m. 09-16-1891 Nan.Co. 
S- 1870 Census - Chuckatuck, Nan.Co. 
   *gives Cleopatra 
S- 1880 Census - Chuckatuck, Nan.Co. 
   *gives Theopratra[?] 

S.(Sidney) Bruce Johnson                  Rosa Wilson Johnson 
03-23-1866 Nansemond Co., VA              07-04-1877 VA 
01-22-1955 Portsmouth, VA                 06-02-1969 Portsmouth, VA 
s/o James P. &                            d/o Andrew I. & 
Palmyra C. Persons Johnson                Martha Sarah Wilson 
S- D.Cert. 662                            S- D.Cert. 69-017068 

Junius R. Johnson 
10-28-1857 
10-05-1908 Myrtle, Nan.Co., VA 
s/o James P. & Palmyra C. Persons Johnson 
*S-RTD 10-06-1908, P. 2 
*S- donated obit 

"MY FATHER" 
"IN MEMORY OF" 
John P. Johnson 
10-10-1828  Nansemond Co., VA 
05-12-1880* Nansemond Co., VA 
s/o Solomon & Sarah Johnson 
CSA - 5TH VA CAV, CO. H, PVT. 
2h/o Martha Etheridge Sawyer Johnson (1832-1914) 
     [bu. Cedar Hill Cem, Suffolk] 
2M. 02-16-1876 (Nan.Co. #27) 
[*STONE WRONG - D. 05-12-1881] 
S- ANCESTRY.COM VA DEATHS & BURIALS INDEX 

"Our Father"                              "Our Mother" 
James P. Johnson                          Palmyra C. Persons Johnson 
08-04-1827*                               07-07-1835* 
02-24-1903                                06-19-1912  Nansemond Co., VA 
"At Rest"                                 "At Rest" 
S- 1900 Census - Chuckatuck, Nan.Co.      S- 1900 Census *gives b. 05-1834 VA 
   *gives b. 02-1828 VA                      m. 45 yrs; 8/12 ch. surviving 
S- Find a Grave Mem. #67112393            stone propped against plinth 
*S-RTD 02-25-1903, P. 2                   S- Find a Grave Mem. #67112337 



I-45 

MILTEER FAMILY CEMETERY 

LOCATED NEAR HOLLAND, VA. - GIVEN TO MARION WATSON BY MRS. HARTMAN. 


FIRST ROW: 5 STONES 
L TO R (STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF CEMETERY FACING THE STONES): 

WILLIAM THOMAS WEST 
12-01-1913 
05-21-1915 

MARGARET ANNA GOMER MILTIER            JOHN THOMAS MILTIER 
09-16-1855 NANSEMOND CO., VA           03-19-1852 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
04-05-1922 NANSEMOND CO., VA           06-06-1915 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
D/O THOMAS AND                         S/O JETHRO AND 
MARY TURLINGTON GOMER                  NANCY MARCH MILTIER 
S- D.CERT. 9002 (HOLY NECK #11)        S- D.CERT. 14345 (HOLY NECK #23) 
M. 10-10-1874 NAN.CO. 

CHARLES ALEXANDER MILTIER 
12-16-1877 
02-03-1896 
S/O JOHN THOMAS AND 
MARGARET ANNA GOMER MILTIER 

5TH STONE 
UNREADABLE 


SECOND ROW: 9 STONES 
L TO R 
(STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF CEMETERY FACING THE STONES): 

AUNT BETTIE HOLLAND 
NO DATES GIVEN 

NEXT FOUR BABIES MILTIER 
NO DATES OR NAMES 

NANCY COBB MILTIER 
B.? 
M.? 
D. 06-21-1886 

JETHRO MILTIER 
B.? [CA. 1825] 
M.? 
D.? 1892 

MARY E. (BETTIE) JONES 
MARY ELIZABETH "BETTIE" MILTEER JONES 
B.? 
M. 03-16-1869 
D. 1893 
W/O JAMES E. "JIM" JONES 

JAMES E. (JIM) JONES 
B.? 
D. 1899 



I-46 

NORFLEET CEMETERY 

ELISHA RAWLS FARM 


ABRAM NORFLEET 
(B.1734) 
09-14-1827  AGE 53 

ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE 
(B. 1788) 
03-26-1852  AGE 64 


IN 1941 FAMILY NAMED FANNY LIVED HERE 



I-47 

NORFLEET CEMETERY 

WHITE MARSH ROAD, SUFFOLK, VA. 


ELISHA NORFLEET 
11-15-1800 
12-25-1869  AGED 69 YRS 
THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT ... (REST ILLEGIBLE ) 
H/O SARAH ANN LASSITER NORFLEET 
H/O SARAH ELIZABETH RIDDICK NORFLEET (1833-1910) 
    [BU. CEDAR HILL CEM, SUFFOLK] 

ANNE (ELIZA) NORFLEET 
06-28-1834 
09-28-1837  DEPARTED THIS LIFE 

MARIETTA H.(HARRISON) NORFLEET 
11-02-1840 
09-18-1843 DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY. BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD. 

JESSE (THOMPSON) NORFLEET 
(06-17-1838)  DATES ILLEGIBLE 
(09-18-1843) 

S.(SARAH) E.(ELIZABETH) NORFLEET 
09-18-1827 
10-21-1833 

MICHIGAN (JASON) NORFLEET 
11-01-1825 
10-19-1832 


ADDITIONS FROM FILLMORE NORFLEET'S BOOK OF ELISHA NORFLEET (1800 - 1869), 
HIS FAMILY AND DOCUMENTS,  VOL. 2 - 1959 
FILLMORE NORFLEET ADDS THESE FAMILY MEMBERS TO THIS CEMETERY AS WELL: 

WILLIE AND JIMMIE NORFLEET (TWINS) 
06-21-1850 DIED THE SAME DAY 

CORNELIA THOMPSON NORFLEET 
01-24-1830 
08-09-1834 

ELISHA LAFAYETTE NORFLEET 
09-21-1831 
07-03-1832 

SARAH CORNELIA NORFLEET 
01-06-1847 
07-1850 
ALL CHILDREN OF ELISHA AND SARAH ANN LASSITER NORFLEET (1ST WIFE) 

SARAH ANN LASSITER NORFLEET 
11-17-1804 
06-21-1850 

2ND WIFE'S CHILDREN 
EDWARD WALTER NORFLEET 
02-21-1855 
10-23-1857 

CHARLES NORFLEET 
09-27-1864 
01-11-1865 


ALL THE REST OF ELISHA'S 2ND WIFE'S CHILDREN ARE BURIED IN 
CEDAR HILL CEMETERY, SUFFOLK, VA. 



I-48 

NORFLEET CEMETERY 

LONGSTREET LANE - COMING FROM HOLLAND ROAD IT IS ON LEFT SIDE BACK OF 
SMALL HOUSE IN A FIELD - WEST OF QUAKER ROAD. 


FATHER 
JOSEPH NORFLEET 
01-24-1810 
11-21-1887 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
H/O LOUISA NORFLEET 
M. CA. 1837 


LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A BIG CEMETERY BUT THIS IS THE ONLY STONE LEFT. 



I-49 

OLIVER (SAVAGE) CEMETERY 

LOCATED 1/2 MILE FROM MAGNOLIA CHURCH, INTERSECTION OF 337 VA. & U.S. RT. 58. 
MAGNOLIA, VA. (NANSEMOND CO., VA.) 

FIND A GRAVE GIVES SAVAGE CEMETERY, ON KNOLL BESIDE MACK BENN JR. ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL, 1253 NANSEMOND PKWY. 

"THIS CEMETERY RESTORED BY FAMILY MEMBERS AND 
THE TOM SMITH CAMP 1702 SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS 1999 - 2000." 

3 ON ONE STONE: 

SAVAGE CEMETERY 
_______________ 

MATHEW E. OLIVER 
SON OF EMILY AND 
ELISHA OLIVER 
NATIVE OF 
NANSEMOND COUNTY 
FATHER OF EIGHT 
CHILDREN 
HERE LIES 
WIFE 
GEORGIANNA MUMFORD OLIVER 
04-01-1853 
09-22-1913 
SON 
EDDIE LEE OLIVER 
04-09-1878 
09-19-1899 
S- FIND A GRAVE MEM. #141569354 &C. 

2D STONE: [WRONG DATES] 

MATHEW E. OLIVER 
01-13-1834 
02-20-1912 
CSA 
12TH VA INF, CO. B, PVT. 
S- FIND A GRAVE MEM. #93288624 &C. 

MATHEW E. OLIVER 
MATHEW EDWARD OLIVER 
02-18-1834 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
02-20-1913 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
S/O ELISHA AND EMILY OLIVER 
H/O EMELINE ODOM OLIVER 
    D/O JESSE & POLLY ODOM 
1M. 12-22-1853 NAN.CO. 
I- 02-19-1913 NEAR MAGNOLIA, VA 
S- D.CERT. 43-4056 (SLEEPY HOLE #246) 
   INF: J.L. OLIVER, SUFFOLK 

GEORGIANNA MUMFORD OLIVER 
GEORGIANNA MUNFORD OLIVER 
04-02-1853* ISLE OF WIGHT CO., VA 
09-21-1913* NORFOLK CO., VA 
D/O DEMPSEY AND LUCY ANN STEPHENS MOUNTFORD/MUNFORD 
2W/O MATHEW EDWARD OLIVER 
M. 04-11-1871 IOW.CO. 
S- IOW.CO. B.REG. 
I- MAGNOLIA, VA 
S- D.CERT. 22595 
   *GIVES B. 04-01-1853, D/O DEMPSEY & LUCY MUMFORD 
          TREATED 09-03 - 09-22, DR. R.L. CORBELL, PORT NORFOLK 
          D. 09-21-1913 

EDDIE LEE* OLIVER 
04-09-1878 
09-19-1899 
S/O MATHEW EDWARD AND GEORGIANNA MUNFORD OLIVER 
S- 1880 CENSUS - HOLY NECK, NAN.CO., VA 
   *GIVES EDDIE T. 



I-50 

MILLS RIDDICK FAMILY CEMETERY 

MILLS RIDDICK FARM "OLD PLACE" ORIGINALLY, NOW (1996) BELONGS TO FRANK CASE, 
2080 WHITE MARSH ROAD, SUFFOLK, VA. 

THE ADULTS ARE MENTIONED IN FILLMORE NORFLEET'S BOOKS OR RIDDICK GENEOLOGY 
BOOKLET AS BURIED HERE.  I AM ASSUMING THEIR INFANTS OR CHILDREN THAT DIED ARE 
ALSO BURIED HERE SO I HAVE INCLUDED THEM.  THE CEMETERY IS OVER GROWN AND MANY 
OF THE STONES HAVE BROKEN OR HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER AND BURIED.  THE NAMES WERE 
NOT COLLECTED FROM THE CEMETERY ITSELF. 


MILLS RIDDICK I                           MARGARET BARRADALL RIDDICK 
1721 - 1764                               ? - 1764 (WILL - ELIZ. CITY, NC) 

JOSIAH RIDDICK                            ELIZABETH GODWIN RIDDICK RIDDICK 
09-05-1748 - 1795                         NO DATES  (1750 CA. - 1775 CA.) 
S/O MILLS & MARGARET RIDDICK              D/O CO. WILLIS & MARY FOLKE RIDDICK 

ANNE RIDDICK RIDDICK (2ND WIFE) 
B.08-28-1752 - ? 

ANNE RIDDICK 
09-14-1777 
D/O JOSIAH & ANNE RIDDICK RIDDICK 

ANNE RIDDICK 
10-16-1783 
D/O JOSIAH & ANNE RIDDICK RIDDICK 

HENRY RIDDICK 
12-15-1786 
S/O JOSIAH & ANNE RIDDICK RIDDICK 

HENRY RIDDICK 
04-06-1789 
S/O JOSIAH & ANNE RIDDICK RIDDICK 

CAPT. MILLS RIDDICK                       MARY TAYLOR RIDDICK 
04-05-1780                                03-20-1788 
09-05-1844                                08-08-1875 
S/O JOSIAH & ANN RIDDICK RIDDICK          D/O CAPT. RICHARD & 
S- FIND A GRAVE MEM. #62936753            DIANA ALLEN TABB TAYLOR 
                                          S- FIND A GRAVE MEM. #62936761 

MARGARET ANN RIDDICK 
03-07-1808 
07-29-1809 
S/O MILLS & MARY TAYLOR RIDDICK 

ANN ELIZABETH RIDDICK 
01-31-1814 
02-02-1815 
D/O MILLS & MARY TAYLOR RIDDICK 

ROBERT WILLIAM RIDDICK 
03-16-1822 
10-29-1833 
S/O MILLS & MARY TAYLOR RIDDICK 

INFANT SON RIDDICK 
10-26-1826 
09-27-1827 
S/O MILLS & MARY TAYLOR RIDDICK 



I-51 

MILLS RIDDICK CEMETERY CONT'D 

CAPT. JETHRO RIDDICK                      ELIZABETH RIDDICK 
1803 -  1-17-1874                         1806 - 1880 

MILLS RIDDICK 
1844 -  8-7-1877 
CSA - 9TH VA INF, CO. I 
S/O JUDGE NATHANIEL & MISSOURI ANN JONES RIDDICK 
ALSO MARKED WITH PARENTS - CEDAR HILL CEM. (BLOCK E, LOT 28), SUFFOLK 
*S- DONATED OBIT 

                                          "IN MEMORY OF" 
RICHARD H. RIDDICK                        MARTHA M. JORDAN [RIDDICK] 
SON OF MILLS AND MARY RIDDICK             WIFE OF RICHARD H. RIDDICK 
BORN MAY 27, 1806                         WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 18TH 1834 
DIED JAN. 14, 1868                        IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HER AGE. 
                                          [BORN 1808] 

MARY WHITEHEAD [RIDDICK] 
DAUGHTER OF MILLS AND CLARA A. RIDDICK 
BORN MAY 22ND 1851 
DIED JULY 13TH 1856. 

RICHARD DANIEL WEBB                       MARY ALLEN RIDDICK WEBB 
BORN 09-02-1797  [MEMBER OF THE           BORN08-03-1809 
DIED 07-20-1836  VA. HOUSE OF DELEGATES]   DIED01-??-1873 
DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN SUFFOLK          D/O MILLS & MARY TAYLOR RIDDICK 
IN THE 39TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. 

IN MEMORY OF 
MARY DIANA WEBB 
BORN OCT. 28, 1837 
DIED OCT. 15, 1841 
AGED 16 YRS. 

MARY HALL [WOOD] 
DAUGHTER OF 
REV. AND JULIANNA WOOD 
BORN AT MADISON CT. HOUSE VA. 
AUGUST 6TH 1838 
DIED AT GATESVILLE, N.C. 
OCTOBER 5TH 1842. 



I-52 

RIDDICK FAMILY CEMETERY 

JOSIAH RIDDICK FARM ORIGINALLY "SOLDIER'S HOPE"  ON THE WHITE MARSH ROAD 
INSCRIBED IN THE CEMENT ENTRANCE IS "COL. WM. B. WHITEHEAD" 

SOME OF THESE NAMES CAME FROM THE RIDDICK GENEALOGY. 


JOSIAH RIDDICK                            (MRS. COWDRY) RIDDICK  (1ST WIFE) 
10-06-1772                                NO DATES 
05-??-1839                                FROM NORFOLK, VA. 
S/O JOSIAH & ELIZABETH GODWIN RIDDICK 

(2ND WIFE OF JOSIAH RIDDICK 
MARY LOUISA RIDDICK RIDDICK  
?? - 07-07-1820 
[D/O OF JOSIAH RIDDICK] 

(3RD WIFE OF JOSIAH RIDDICK) 
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
J.[JANE] MILLISCENT (sic)[H. SUMNER] RIDDICK 
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 21, 1812 
[BORN 1790 D/O LUKE SUMNER ] 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
DR. WILLIAM S. RIDDICK 
WHO WAS BORN AUGUST 16, 1796 
DIED THE 3RD DAY OF MARCH 1848 
IN THE 52 YEAR OF HIS AGE. 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF                   SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
WILLIAM BOYKIN WHITEHEAD                  MRS. EMMELINE F. WHITEHEAD 
BORN DECEMBER 6, 1807                     WIFE OF WM. BOYKIN WHITEHEAD 
DIED MAY 10, 1877                         BORN JANUARY 19, 1815 

IN MEMORY OF AN INFANT SON OF 
WILLIAM AND EMMELINE F. WHITEHEAD 

IN MEMORY OF 
FRANCIS ROBERSON [WHITEHEAD] 
SON OF WILLIAM B. & EMMELINE F. 
WHITEHEAD, WHO DIED 
APRIL 11, 1833 
AGED 2 YEARS, 4 MONTHS 
AND 11 DAYS. 
[BORN 12-31-1830] 

IN MEMORY OF 
CHARLES RIDDICK [WHITEHEAD] 
SON OF WILLILAM B. & EMMELINE F. 
WHITEHEAD, WHO DIED 
AUGUST 26, 1839 
AGED 2 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. 
[BORN 11-04-1836] 



I-53 

RODGERS CEMETERY 

ON HIGHWAY 13 - OUTSIDE WHALEVILLE, VIRGINIA 


ELIZABETH ANN RODGERS 
07-22-1840 
04-15-1913 

IN MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND 
JESSE W. RODGERS 
05-29-1835 
02-21-1896 

IN MEMORY OF 
ROSA EMMA RODGERS 
12-31-1871 
08-04-1885 
BELOVED D/O JESSE W. & ELIZABETH A. RODGERS 

MAGGIE N. ARLINE RODGERS 
(B. 1873 ) 
02-28-1892  AGE 19 YEARS 
W/O JAMES J. RODGERS 

JESSIE W. RODGERS 
04-17-1897 
11-13-1898 
S/O J.J. & ELMA RODGERS 



I-54 

SAUNDERS FAMILY CEMETERY 

LOCATED ON MARVIN WHITLEY FARM ON LAKE PRINCE 
(FRANK JORDAN RUNS THE FARM) 


JOSEPH B. SAUNDERS 
06-26-1829 
09-12-1922 

ADOLPHUS SAUNDERS 
11-30-1853 
12-15-1918 

CHARLOTTE SAUNDERS 
03-14-1852 
11-07-1924 



I-55 

SAUNDERS - WRIGHT CEMETERY 

LAKE PRINCE ROAD NEAR THE GIRL SCOUTS' CAMP, MARVIN WHITLEY FARM. 


HURLEY KILBY SAUNDERS 
08-05-1887 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
12-29-1912 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
S/O SOLOMON J. AND 
"BALLIE" BELSORA ARCHER SAUNDERS [2M. WRIGHT] 
1H/O "WINNIE" WINIFRED JAIRA CHAPMAN SAUNDERS [2M. LINTHICUM] 
     [BU. WESLEY CHAPEL METH.CH.] 
M. 11-27-1911 IOW.CO. 
S- D.CERT. 13955 (CHUCKATUCK #2) 

SOLOMON J. SAUNDERS 
12-13-1856 
05-23-1909 
S/O THOMAS J. AND VIRGINIA SAUNDERS 
1H/O "BALLIE" BELSORA ARCHER SAUNDERS [2M. WRIGHT] 

TURPIN A. SAUNDERS 
(B. 05-30-1883) 
07-14-1883  AGE 1 MO., 15 DAYS 

LETCHER SAUNDERS 
05-06-1881 

NANNIE C. SAUNDERS WRIGHT 
NANNIE C. WRIGHT 
03-16-1871 
02-02-1911 
D/O THOMAS AND MARY SAUNDERS 
1W/O MICAJAH C. WRIGHT 
M. 02-11-1890 NAN.CO. 

MICAJAH C. WRIGHT 
09-15-1860 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
07-31-1929 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
NICKNAME: MIKE 
1M.REC. GIVES MICAJAH PIERCE WRIGHT, S/O H.N. AND MARY WRIGHT 
2M.REC. GIVES S/O WILLIAM S. AND MARY WRIGHT 
S- D.CERT. 18237 (CHUCKATUCK #27) 
   GIVES S/O WILLIAM AND JANE PEARCE WRIGHT 

UNMARKED? 
"BALLIE" BELSORA ARCHER SAUNDERS WRIGHT 
04-12-1859 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
12-14-1929 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
D/O AARON AND EDEITH E. PIERCE ARCHER 
[PARENTS BU. BETHLEHEM CHR.CH.] 
W/O SOLOMON J. SAUNDERS 
1M. 01-09-1879 NAN.CO. 
2W/O MICAJAH C. WRIGHT 
2M. 02-11-1916 NAN.CO. 
S- D.CERT. 29830 (CHUCKATUCK #21) 

JAIRA KILBY SAUNDERS 
11-19-1912 SUFFOLK, VA 
02-04-1916 SUFFOLK, VA 
D/O HURLEY KILBY AND 
"WINNIE" WINIFRED JAIRA CHAPMAN SAUNDERS [2M. LINTHICUM] 
[MA BU. WESLEY CHAPEL METH.CH.] 
S- D.CERT. 4364 (SUFFOLK #9) 



I-56 

SAUNDERS CEMETERY 

LOCATED IN SAUNDERS, ON THE LEFT OF DESERT ROAD, ABOUT 1/4 MILE 
FROM WHITE MARSH ROAD. THE CEMETERY IS SURROUNDED BY A BRICK WALL. 
PARKER FAMILY OWNED THE FARM IN 1997. 
COPIED BY RANDY AND BRUCE SAUNDERS. 


In Memory of 
Christian [Skinner Brinkley] Eppes 
05-06-1788 
08-11-1867 
w/o John Brinkley 
w/o Hamlin Lee Eppes 
d/o Henry & Sallie Skinner 

In Memory of 
Hamlin Lee Eppes 
04-13-1794 Prince George Co., Va. 
12-06-1870 Nansemond Co., Va. 
s/o Frances VII & Mildred Womack Eppes 
h/o Christian Skinner Brinkley Eppes 
Nansemond Co. Treasurer & Sheriff 

Sacred to the Memory of 
Sarah Augusta [Eppes] Hines 
09-28-1826 
12-06-1858 
d/o Hamlin Lee & Christian Skinner Brinkley Eppes 
w/o Dr. Thomas C. Hines 
Aged 32 years, 20 months, & 8 days 
"None knew her but to love her 
 Her children rise up and call her blessed 
 Her husband also and praiseth her.  Prov. XXXI:28" 

Alice Augusta Hines 
10-11-1845 
10-28-1845 
d/o Thomas C. & Augusta Saunders Eppes Hines 

Mary Riddick Saunders Holland 
12-07-1800 
09-03-1884 
"Mother of James Riddick Saunders, Sr." 
"Asleep in Jesus" 
d/o Edward Sr. & Nancy Jane Goodman Riddick 
w/o Job Rawles Saunders 
w/o Solomon Holland 

Major James Riddick Saunders, Sr.      Diana Ophelia Eppes Saunders 
10-19-1828                             04-11-1831 
07-10-1893                             07-14-1910 Portsmouth, Va. 
"Leaning on the everlasting arms"      "Blessed are the dead that die in the lord." 
s/o Job Rawles &                       d/o Hamlin Lee & 
Mary Riddick Saunders                  Christian Skinner Brinkley Eppes 
59th Va. Home Guard (not CSA)          *S- donated obit 
M. 1847                                *S-Norfolk Landmark 07-15-1910 




I-57 

SAUNDERS CEMETERY CONT'D 

Ophelia Eppes [Saunders] Kilby 
04-03-1848 Nansemond Co., VA 
07-28-1888 
"Beloved wife of V.S. Kilby" 
d/o James Riddick & Diana Ophelia Eppes Saunders 
"She sweetly sleeps and sleeping sweetly rest." 
w/o Virginius Smith Kilby 
m. 04-17-1867 (Nan.Co. #34) 

Virginius Smith Kilby 
"1841 - 1924" 
09-11-1839 Suffolk, VA 
05-24-1924 Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC 
"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." 
CSA - 16th VA Inf, Co. B, 1st Cpl. 
s/o Thomas Jefferson & Ann Upshur Smith Kilby 
    [bu. KILBY fam.cem, Lake Kilby (I-42, above)] 
h/o Ophelia Eppes Saunders Kilby 
S- D.Cert. 386 
*S- donated obit 

Florence Saunders 
02-01-1850 
08-12-1856 Aged 6 years, 6 months, 11 days 
d/o James Riddick & Diana Ophelia Eppes Saunders 
"Not lost but gone before" 

Our Infant 
12-18-1851 
04-02-1853 Age 1 year, 3 months, 15 days 
s/o James Riddick & Diana Ophelia Eppes Saunders 
"Not lost but gone before" 

Ida [Josephine] Saunders 
10-24-1853 
08-13-1855 Age 1 year, 10 months, 20 days 
d/o James Riddick & Diana Ophelia Eppes Saunders 
"Not lost but gone before" 

Snipeye E. Saunders 
02-24-1861 
01-13-1862 
s/o James Riddick & Diana Ophelia Eppes Saunders 

James Riddick Saunders, Jr.            Ida Florence Brinkley Saunders 
  ca. 1864                             05-16-1862 Nansemond Co., VA 
05-12-1906 Saunders, Nan.Co., VA       10-05-1914 Suffolk, VA 
s/o James Riddick Sr. &                d/o John R. & 
Diana Ophelia Eppes Saunders           "Mollie" Mary E. Rountree Brinkley 
nickname: Jim Boy                      [pa bu. Oak Grove Cem, Portsmouth] 
m. 03-21-1861 Gates Co., NC            S- D.Cert. 23716 
*S-SNH 05-18-1906                      *S-VA.P 10-06-1914, P. 7 
*S-RTD 05-15-1906, P. 3 

Virginious Saunders 
01-13-1894 
01-16-1894  Age 3 days 
s/o James Riddick Jr. & Ida Florence Brinkley Saunders 

Ophelia Saunders 
06-28-1899 
06-30-1899 
d/o James Riddick Jr. & Ida Florence Brinkley Saunders 



I-58 

SAUNDERS CEMETERY CONT'D 

Ruth Hope Saunders Harrell 
12-24-1884 Nansemond Co., VA 
03-26-1951 Suffolk, VA 
d/o James Riddick Jr. & Ida Florence Brinkley Saunders 
w/o Floyd Wesley Harrell 
    [bu. Cypress Chapel Chr.Ch.; Ruth marked there also] 
*S-SNH 03-27-1951 

Ray Jerome Saunders                    Annie Mary Carter Wade Saunders 
11-06-1892 Nansemond Co., VA           02-25-1910 Nansemond Co., VA 
10-10-1969 Suffolk, VA                 06-17-1959 Portsmouth, VA 
s/o James Riddick Jr. &                d/o John Jefferson and 
Ida Florence Brinkley Saunders         Nancy Lillian Holland Carter {1wf} 
h/o Ethel Butler Saunders {div. '45}   [pa bu. Holland; 
    [bu. Cedar Hill Cem, Suffolk]       ma bu. HOLLAND fam.cem, O'Kelly Rd. (Nan.Vol.II)] 
1m. 11-25-1909 Elizabeth City,         1w/o John Reynolds Wade (1893 TN - 1965 FL) {div.} 
               Pasquotank Co., NC           [bu. Springvale Cem, Clinton, Sampson Co., NC 
2h/o Mary Sue Wright Carter Saunders   1m. 04-20-1930 Suffolk 
     [bu. Holland]                     S- D.Cert. 14396 
3m. 11-03-1959 (Nan.Co. #186)          *S-SNH 06-18-1959 
S- D.Cert. 69-031010 
*S-LS 10-11-1969, P. B3 


The family says that there are slaves buried behind the cemetery. 
A family member by the name of "Pun" Saunders was buried here years ago, 
but there is no stone. 



I-59 

SIMONS CEMETERY 

LOCATED ON SIMONS DRIVE, NEAR WESTERN BRANCH CHURCH IN SUFFOLK, VA. 


"FATHER"                                  "MOTHER" 
Joshua Simons                             Margaret Emeline King Simons {2wf} 
03-28-1815                                03-02-1829 
07-21-1892                                06-21-1893 
s/o Kinchen & Elizabeth Powell Simons     m. 03-06-1851 
h/o Margaret Ann Daughtrey Simons 
    (1821-1850) 
    d/o Rev. Jacob Kadar & 
        Ann Lester Daughtrey 
        [bu. Daughtrey fam.cem, Barnes Rd. (Nan.Vol.2)] 
1m. 10-31-1839 
s- SIMONS Family Bible 
s- Find a Grave Mem. #195503465 


Find a Grave lists 9 interments - Joshua, both wives, his parents, 
his brother John & 1wf Permelia M. Lee Simons, and sisters 
Winnie Simons Ashburn & Parthenia Simons Pearce/Pierce. 
The SIMONS Family Bible is on display at Western Branch Baptist Church; 
transcript posted with Kinchen Simons.  (Mem. #195504652) 



I-60 

WATERBURY CEMETERY PLOT 

THE CITY'S FIRST BURIAL PLOT, SO FAR AS IS KNOWN, WAS AROUND ITS FIRST HOUSE 
OF WORSHIP, THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WHICH STOOD ABOUT ONE BLOCK WEST OF NORTH 
MAIN STREET BEHIND THE U.S. MAIN POST OFFICE ON WESTERN AVENUE.  THIS CHURCH 
WAS ERECTED IN 1753 BUT WAS ABANDONED.  DURING THE PERIOD OF ITS EXISTENCE AS 
A PLACE OF WORSHIP ITS PARISHIONERS AND OTHERS WERE BURIED THERE.  THE ONLY 
GRAVE MARKER, A SLAB, REMAINING BEARS THE INSCRIPTION: 


STEPHEN WATERBURY, LATE OF STANFORD, CONNECTICUT 
DIED 11-11-1818,  AGE 26 

"BEHOLD AND SEE AS YOU PASS BY, 
 AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WAS I; 
 AS I AM NOW YOU SOON WILL BE; 
 PREPARE FOR DEATH AND FOLLOW ME." 



I-61 

WHITEHEAD - FLYNN CEMETERY 

ON HOSIER ROAD, SUFFOLK, VA. 
FOUND BY BILLY EPPERSON, 861 HOSIER RD., SUFFOLK, VA. 


IN MEMORY OF 
OWEN FLYNN 
BORN OF DERRY KINGS CO., IRELAND 
MAY 11, 1769 
DIED FEB. 11, 1822 

IN MEMORY OF 
ELLIOTT WHITEHEAD 
BORN FEB. 25TH, 1802 
DIED JUNE 9TH 1837 
H/O CATHERINE S. FLYNN WHITEHEAD 

IN MEMORY OF 
EDGAR WHITEHEAD 
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
JUNE 15TH, 1829 
AGED 26 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 20 DAYS. 
(B. 04-25-1803) 



I-62 

WINBORNE CEMETERY 

LOCATED ON INDIAN TRAIL (RT. 644), BETWEEN DEERPATH RD. AND CARR LANE IN 
BUCKHORN, VA.; ESTABLISHED IN 1906. THIS LAND HAS BEEN IN THE WINBORNE FAMILY 
SINCE THE EARLY 1800'S. 

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SEVENTEEN GRAVES, FOUR WITH NO MARKERS. 

THE WINBORNE FAMILY CEMETERY WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1906, BY THOMAS 
PARKER WINBORNE, SR. AND HIS WIFE MARTHA SARAH HARRISON WINBORN AFTER THE 
DEATH OF THEIR THIRD GRANDCHILD, LILLA MARTHA WINBORNE BORN JULY 25, 1906 AND 
DIED NOV. 26, 1906.  THE SECOND PERSON TO BE BURIED HERE WAS SARAH (SALLIE) 
STALLINGS WINBORNE WHO DIED IN 1906 AND WAS BURIED AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD BY 
THE ROAD. 


Phillip Irvin Winborne 
05-12-1912 
05-30-1947  Age 35 
s/o John Talbot & Lilla S. Wolfenden Winborne.  He served in WW II in the 
famous 29th Division that landed on Normandy Beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944. 
He was wounded the day after D-Day and was given the purple heart.  He was 
killed in a car wreck on May 30, 1947 on Old Suffolk Blv., Norfolk, Co., Va. 

John Edward Winborne 
12-06-1948 
      1954  Age 6. 
s/o Harry Miller & Vivian Copeland Winborne.  He died at his home from polio. 

Lillia Stewart Wolfenden Winborne 
04-02-1878 
09-06-1956  Age 78 
d/o William Charly & Martha J. Whittington Wolfenden of Wytheville, Va. 
w/o John Talbot Winborne. Mother of twelve children, eleven living to 
adulthood.  She was the Gold Star Mother of Nansemond County in 1944 with five 
sons in the service.  She was retired postmistress at Buckhorn, Va. 

John Talbot Winborne 
08-15-1876 
06-16-1965  Age 88 
s/o Thomas Parker Sr. & Martha Sarah Harrison Winborne. 
h/o Lillia Stewart Wolfenden Winborne.  Father of twelve children: Charlotte, 
Stewart, Lucille, Jessie (Brownie), Edward, Phillip, Robert, Sidney, Raymond, 
Henry, and Harry.  He was a logger and at the time  of his death had retired as 
a lumber inspector. 



I-63 

WINBORNE CEMETERY CONT'D 

William Edward Winborne 
11-24-1910 
01-28-1971  Age 60 
s/o John Talbot & Lilla Wolfenden Winborne.  He was a logger. 
Died of bone cancer of the spine. 

Sidney Sinclair Winborne 
04-02-1916 
06-10-1988  Age 72 
s/o John Talbot & Lilla Wolfenden Winborne.  Born on his mother's birthday. 
He served in World War II during the invasion of North Africa, Sicily, 
Southern Italy and France.  Never married. 

Infant Woodroof (No dates or marker, buried close to W.B. Roberts. 
Infant of Major Garland & Mattie Carrol Winborne Woodroof. 

Lilla Martha Winborne 
07-25-1906 
11-26-1906  Age 4 months, 1 day. 
d/o of John Talbot & Lilla Wolfenden Winborne 

W. B. Roberts 
William Burrell Roberts 
03-21-1915 
08-11-1915  Age 4 months, 11 days. 
s/o Willie Banks & Daisie Ethel Winborne Roberts.  He was born in Trenton, 
New Jersey and died in Buckhorn, Va. in his Aunt Lilla's arms. 
No contemporary D.Cert. 
gs/o Thomas Parker Sr. & Martha Sarah Harrison Winborne. 
Parents buried in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery - Row 5, Lot 4. 
Find a Grave Mem. #181539932 

Thomas Parker Winborne, Sr. 
04-18-1848 
09-29-1921  Age 73 
s/o John Bryan & Sarah Matilda Harrell Winborne. 
h/o Martha Sarah Harrison Winborne 
Father of twelve children.  He was a farmer and very well thought of. 
Children: Will, John, Daisie, Thomas, Jr., Lonnie, Hettie, Harry, Lucy, 
Pearl, Julian, Mattie and Hunter. 

Hunter G. Winborne 
09-13-1898 
02-11-1928  Age 29 
s/o Thomas Parker Sr. & Martha Sarah Harrison Winborne. 
He was the youngest of twelve children and the first to die.  He was a 
diabetic and went in a coma after eating a sweet potato.  He was engaged 
to be married. 

Martha Sarah Harrison Winborne 
09-30-1856 Isle of Wight Co., VA 
10-30-1949 Holland, Nan.Co., VA 
d/o Talbot Hall & Sarah Frances Edwards Harrison 
w/o Thomas Parker Winborne, Sr. 
Mother of twelve children. 
S- D.Cert. 23282 (Holy Neck #21) 



I-64 

WINBORNE CEMETERY CONT'D 

James Causey Griffin, Sr. 
10-27-1911 
02-28-1992  Age 80 
s/o Joseph Cephus & Mallie Virginia Johnson Griffin 
h/o Charlotte Elizabeth Winborne Griffin 
Father of four, Barbara, Jimmy, Sydney and Joe. 
He was a farmer. 

Charlotte Elizabeth Winborne Griffin 
04-01-1904 
05-14-1982  Age 78 
d/o John Talbot & Lilla Wolfenden Winborne 
w/o J. Causey Griffin. 
Mother of four. 

Barbara Stewart Griffin Boyd 
03-21-1940 
05-06-1993  Age 53 
d/o J. Causey & Charlotte Winborone Griffin 
w/o Richard Clay Boyd 
Mother of Michael Shane Boyd. 
She was a school teacher at John C. Myers Middle School in Harrisonburg, Va. 

Elisha Burgess Winborne 
10-1849 
   1917  Age 68 
s/o John Bryan & Sarah Matalida Harrell Winborne 
h/o Sarah (Sallie) Stallings Winborne 
He was a farmer. Buried next to big cedar tree stump. 
Father of nine children, Herbert, Whitney, Sydney, Paul, Elizabeth, Ivey, 
Emil, Christine and Basil.  No marker at grave site. 

Sarah (Sallie) Wells Stallings Winborne 
1859 - 1906  Age 45 
d/o James Edward & Adaline McClenny Stallings of Nansemond Co., Va. 
w/o Elisha Burgess Winborne 
Mother of nine children. No marker at grave, buried next to big cedar tree 
stump. 

Geraldine Elizabeth Doughtie 
Infant daughter 
d/o Luther Carrol Sr. & Lucy Ann Winborne Doughtie.  No marker. 



I-65 

WRIGHT CEMETERY 

LOCATED BEHIND MEADOWBROOK CEMETERY ON SHOULDER HILL ROAD, SUFFOLK, VA, 
ON A SMALL PLOT OF OLD SLAB GRAVES. 
THE OWNERS OF MEADOWBROOK KEEP THE PLOT CLEANED. 
COPIED BY BETTIE JO MATTHEWS, PORTSMOUTH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. 


E. LINWOOD WRIGHT 
1871 - 1954 
S/O JOSEPA & JOHN E. WRIGHT 

BESSIE ALLEN WRIGHT 
1883 - 1981 
W/O E. LINWOOD WRIGHT 

JOHN ALLEN WRIGHT 
1925 - 1960 
S/O E. LINWOOD & BESSIE A. WRIGHT 

LINWOOD WRIGHT, JR. 
1910 - 1976 
S/O LINWOOD & BESSIE A. WRIGHT 

OUR MOTHER 
SARAH WATTS WRIGHT 
1814 - 1874 
W/O WILLIAM F. WRIGHT 

WILLIAM F. WRIGHT 
1813 - 1864 
S/O WILLIAM & ELIZABETH WRIGHT 

JOSEPHA M. WRIGHT 
1842 - 1922 
W/O JOHN E. WRIGHT 

WILLIAM BODIE WRIGHT 
1865 - 1907 
S/O JOHN E. & JOSEPHA M. WRIGHT 

JOHN E. WRIGHT 
1844 - 1924 
S/O WILLIAM F. & SARAH WATTS WRIGHT 

LINDA W. WARD 
1876 - 1961 
BELOVED W/O CARL H. WARD 

IN MEMORY OF 
JOHN E. WRIGHT, JR. 
1867 - 1939 
S/O JOHN E. & JOSEPHA M. WRIGHT 

WILLIAM SAMUEL WRIGHT 
1834 - 1960 
S/O WILLIAM F. & SARAH W. WRIGHT 

OUR FATHER 
EUGENE CLIFTON WRIGHT 
1856 - 1934 
S/O WILLIAM SAMUEL & PRISCILLA WRIGHT 



I-66 

WRIGHT CEMETERY CONT'D 

ELISHA LAYCOCK 
02-21-1824 
08-05-1891 

DYLA LAYCOCK 
1837 
12-26-1875 

ROVANA JACKSON 
11-13-1854 
03-??-1882 



I-67 

WRIGHT CEMETERY 

HIGHWAY 460 - RICHIE JORDAN FARM 
(THESE ARE ALSO LISTED IN CEDAR HILL CEMETERY, SUFFOLK - BLOCK C, LOT 17) 


IN MEMORY OF 
WILLIAM S.N. WRIGHT 
03-03-1828 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
06-01-1900 
(WILLIAM STEPHEN NELMS WRIGHT, S/O WILLIAM & ELLEN NELMS WRIGHT) 

IN MEMORY OF 
MARY JANE WRIGHT 
08-06-1826 NANSEMOND CO., VA 
03-02-1899 
(MARY JANE PIERCE WRIGHT, D/O MICAJAH & MARTHA ROGERS PIERCE) 


POSSIBLY HERE: 
JOSEPH P.* WRIGHT 
  CA. 1854* NANSEMOND CO., VA 
10-02-1891  CHUCKATUCK DIST, NAN.CO., VA  AGE 37 
S/O WILLIAM STEPHEN NELMS AND 
MARY JANE PIERCE WRIGHT 
1H/O SARAH C. DAUGHTREY WRIGHT [2M. BARTLETT] 
     D/O JOHN AND MARTHA DAUGHTREY 
M. 02-14-1878 (IOW.CO. #36) 
S- 1860 CENSUS - LOWER P'SH, NAN.CO. 
   *GIVES JOSEPH T., AGE 7 



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WRIGHT CEMETERY 

JUST OFF RT. 626 NIKE SITE 


HERE LIES 
CHARLES GARY WRIGHT 
11-06-1842 
10-11-1845 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 
CLIFTON KEELING WRIGHT 
03-02-1849 
05-17-1849 
INFANT S/O WILLIAM J. & MARY ANN WRIGHT 

IN MEMORY OF 
LINDA WRIGHT 
(B.03-04-1869) 
05-04-1871 AGE 2 YRS.,2MO. 
D/O WILLIAM J. & MARTHA E. WRIGHT 

OUR WILLIE 
WILLIAM POWELL 
08-17-1865 
09-20-1867 
HE WAS THE DARLING LITTLE ONE OF J.E. & SALLIE J. WRIGHT 

IN MEMORY OF 
EFFIE WRIGHT 
(B.11-12-1866 ) 
10-12-1889  AGED 22 YRS & 11 MO. 

IN MEMORY OF 
OLIVIA WRIGHT 
12-22-1861 
INFANT D/O WILLIAM J. & MARTHA E. WRIGHT 

IN MEMORY OF 
ERNEST WRIGHT 
(B.01-29-1867) 
09-29-1868  GED 1 YR.& 8 MO. 
INFANT S/O WILLIAM J. & MARTHA E. WRIGHT 

HERE LIES THE REMAINS OF LITTLE 
CARSON WRIGHT 
(B.02-11-1856) 
07-14-1856  AGED 5 MO. & 3 DAYS 
INFANT S/O WILLIAM A. & MARTHA E. WRIGHT 

MRS. MARY ANN WRIGHT 
(B. 1827) 
03-03-1855  AGED 28 YRS. 
2W/O WILLIAM J. WRIGHT 

BENEATH THIS SLAB LIES THE REMAINS OF     OUR FATHER 
MRS. MARTHA E. WRIGHT                     WILLIAM J. WRIGHT 
01-25-1821                                03-03-1819 
07-26-1846                                11-19-1874 
1W/O WILLIAM J. WRIGHT                    ERECTED BY HIS CHILDREN 
                                          CSA 

IN MEMORY OF 
JOSEPH WRIGHT 
(B. 1747 ) 
09-14-1810 IN THE 63RD YEAR OF HIS LIFE. 



Some Abbreviations: 
S = Source 
*S = Bruce Saunders has a copy of the obituary 
DP = "The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA) 
RTD = "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch" 
SNH = "The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald" ["Herald" before 1927 merger] 
ST = "The Smithfield (VA) Times" 
TN = "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA) 
VA.P = "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA) 
SO.CO. = Southampton Co. 
C/O = Child of 
D/O = Daughter of 
H/O = Husband of 
P/O = Parents of 
S/O = Son of 
W/O = Wife of 
I = Date of Interment 


INDEX TO NANSEMOND CO., VA FAMILY CEMETERIES - VOL. I 

ALLEN, ARCHIBALD - I-1 
ALLEN, ARCHIBALD - I-1 
ALLEN, EDWARD THOMAS - I-1 
ALLEN, ELIZABETH REID - I-1 
ALLEN, MARY - I-1 
ALLEN, MARY ANN - I-1 
ALLEN, MARY SWEPSON - I-1 
ALLEN, SON - I-1 
ALLEN, WILLIAM HENRY - I-1 
AMES, BETTY T. - I-3 
AMES, DIZA - I-2 
AMES, DIZA ANN - I-2 
AMES, ELIZABETH A. - I-3 
AMES, J. IRVIN - I-34 
AMES, JAMES EDWARD - I-4 
AMES, JOHN - I-2 
AMES, JOHN - I-3 
AMES, JOHN STEPHENS - I-2 
AMES, JOHN WESLEY SR. - I-2 
AMES, JOSEPH - I-4 
AMES, LEVI D. - I-3 
AMES, LEVI J. - I-3 
AMES, LEVI T. - I-3 
AMES, LEVI W. - I-4 
AMES, LILY MAY - I-4 
AMES, LORENZA D. - I-4 
AMES, LORENZO T. - I-3 
AMES, L.R. - I-4 
AMES, MARGARET - I-3 
AMES, MARGARET A. - I-3 
AMES, MARTHA ANN WAINWRIGHT - I-2 
AMES, MARTHA ELIZABETH - I-2 
AMES, MARY A. - I-3 
AMES, MARY A. ROSE - I-3 
AMES, MARY F. - I-4 
AMES, MARY L. - I-2 
AMES, "MATTIE" MARTHA JANE GASKINS - I-4 
AMES, MATTIE V. - I-4 
AMES, RICHARD BAKER - I-4 
AMES, ROXANNA E. - I-3 
AMES, STEPHEN CROWDER - I-4 
AMES, THOMAS - I-4 
AMES, WILLIAM - I-4 
AMES, WILLIAM THOMAS - I-2 
ANDREWS, PATTIE JOHNSON - I-44 
ARCHER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - I-5 
ARCHER, LILLIE - I-5 
BABB, GEORGE W. - I-7 
BABB, JETHRO R. - I-7 
BABB, JOSEPH - I-7 
BABB, KATHERINE - I-7 
BABB, MARGARET E. - I-6 
BABB, MATTIE - I-7 
BABB, SARAH ANN OUTLAND - I-7 
BABB, THOMAS W. - I-6 
BEAMON, ESEKIEL P. - I-8 
BEAMON, JETHRO A. - I-8 
BEAMON, JOHN - I-8 
BEAMON, LYSANDER - I-8 
BEAMON, MARGARET S. - I-8 
BEAMON, MARTHA J. - I-8 
BEAMON, MARY P. - I-8 
BEAMON, NATHANIEL - I-8 
BEAMON, NATHANIEL - I-8 
BEAMON, NATHANIEL - I-8 
BEAMON, WEALTHY - I-8 
BEATON, FRANCIS MARION - I-2 
BEATON, MARY LOUISE AMES - I-2 
BELL, CAPT. THOMAS - I-9 
BOLIN, HAROLD EDWARD - I-25 
BOOTHE, INFANT - I-30 
BOOTHE, WALTER W. - I-30 
BOYD, BARBARA STEWART GRIFFIN - I-64 
BOYETTE, CHARLES - I-10 
BRINKLEY, MARTHA GASKINS - I-34 
BRINKLEY, MARY - I-11 
BRINKLEY, SARAH ELIZABETH ROGERS - I-11 
BROTHERS, CAROLINE - I-12 
BROTHERS, HENRY - I-12 
BROTHERS, HERBERT - I-12 
BROTHERS, LOUISIANA - I-12 
BROTHERS, MARTHA S. - I-12 
BROTHERS, MINNIE OLIVIA - I-12 
BROTHERS, WALLACE - I-12 
BROWNE, ELIZABETH BROWNE - I-13 
BROWNE, DR. SAMUEL - I-13 
BUTLER, ALICE ELIZABETH COPELAND - I-23 
BUTLER, BARBARA HOLLAND - I-16 
BUTLER, DANIEL - I-16 
BUTLER, DEMPSEY - I-15 
BUTLER, DINAH WINBORNE - I-16 
BUTLER, EDWIN H. - I-16 
BUTLER, GEORGE L. - I-19 
BUTLER, GLADYS ELIZABETH - I-19 
BUTLER, INFANT - I-16 
BUTLER, INFANT - I-17 
BUTLER, ISHAM JR. - I-16 
BUTLER, ISHAM SR. - I-16 
BUTLER, JAMES - I-15 
BUTLER, JOHN H. - I-18 
BUTLER, JOHN MILTON - I-15 
BUTLER, JULIUS RASMAS - I-23 
BUTLER, LILLIE ELIZABETH COPELAND - I-20 
BUTLER, MALVINA HOLLAND - I-15 
BUTLER, MAMIE EDITH WYATT - I-20 
BUTLER, MARTHA HOLLAND - I-16 
BUTLER, MARY ELIZABETH COPELAND - I-18 
BUTLER, MARY HEDGEBETH - I-16 
BUTLER, MILTON - I-17 
BUTLER, NORMAN OSCAR - I-20 
BUTLER, ROXANNA - I-17 
BUTLER, SOLOMON RIDDICK - I-23 
BUTLER, THOMAS N. - I-18 
BUTLER, VANDALIA - I-20 
BUTLER, WILLIAM HARRISON - I-23 
BUTLER, WILLIAM THOMAS - I-19 
BUTLER, WILLIAM WOODLEE - I-20 
COPELAND, ANNA MARIE HOLLAND - I-24 
COPELAND, BERTHA HOLLAND - I-24 
COPELAND, BETTY MARSH - I-18 
COPELAND, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - I-22 
COPELAND, DELIA McCLENNY - I-22 
COPELAND, FRANCES ANN WRIGHT - I-23 
COPELAND, FRANK RUFUS - I-18 
COPELAND, GEORGE - I-22 
COPELAND, HELEN E. McCLENNY - I-25 
COPELAND, JAMES LEVITICUS - I-26 
COPELAND, JESSIE H. - I-24 
COPELAND, JIMMY LEE - I-22 
COPELAND, JOHN JAMES - I-24 
COPELAND, JOHN JAMES - I-25 
COPELAND, KENNIE ELISHA - I-19 
COPELAND, LAURA HARRELL - I-19 
COPELAND, MARTHA TURNER - I-24 
COPELAND, NANCY BUTLER - I-25 
COPELAND, RUTH OTHELIA - I-22 
COPELAND, SARAH FRANCES "FANNY" O'BERRY - I-25 
COPELAND, WILLIAM BURTON - I-19 
COPELAND, WILLIAM H. - I-24 
COPELAND, WILLIAM RUFUS - I-25 
COPELAND, WILLIAM THOMAS - I-24 
COPELAND, WILLIAM THOMAS - I-24 
DASHIELD, SARAH - I-27 
DAVIDSON, SARAH ANN - I-35 
DAY, NOVELLA LAYTON - I-25 
DOUGHTIE, GERALDINE ELIZABETH - I-64 
DOZIER, ALEXINA PARKER - I-28 
DUKE, JANE - I-6 
DUKE, JENIE - I-6 
DUKE, MARTHA C. - I-29 
DUKE, VIRGINIA LOUISE - I-43 
ELEY, ALGENETTA E. OLIVER - I-30 
ELEY, RICHARD F. - I-30 
ELEY, W.H. - I-30 
ELLIS, NORA JANETTE - I-7 
ELLIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON - I-7 
EPPES, CHRISTIAN SKINNER BRINKLEY - I-56 
EPPES, HAMLIN LEE - I-56 
FLYNN, OWEN - I-61 
FULLER, JOHN J.W. 
FULLER, WILLIAM HENRY 
FULLER, WILLIAM HENRY JR. 
GASKINS, CHARLES - I-32 
GASKINS, CHARLES THOMAS - I-32 
GASKINS, FANNIE KITTRELL SAVAGE - I-33 
GASKINS, FRANK - I-32 
GASKINS, JAMES E. - I-32 
GASKINS, JOHN - I-32 
GASKINS, JOHN RICHARD - I-33 
GASKINS, LINA - I-32 
GASKINS, LOVEY BRUCE CARNEY - I-32 
GASKINS, LOVEY OTELIA - I-32 
GASKINS, MARGARET S. - I-32 
GASKINS, MAUD MITCHELL - I-32 
GASKINS, MRS. JOHN (2) - I-32 
GASKINS, OSCAR LEE - I-32 
GASKINS, PENELOPE FRANCES OLIVER - I-32 
GASKINS, THOMAS RICE - I-32 
GASKINS, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS - I-32 
GRAY, ELIZABETH LEE - I-33 
GRAY, JAMES J. - I-33 
GRAY, MARY ELIZABETH - I-40 
GRIFFIN, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH WINBORNE - I-64 
GRIFFIN, JAMES CAUSEY SR. - I-64 
HARRELL, MAGGIE McCLENNY - I-21 
HARRELL, MAMIE D. - I-21 
HARRELL, MATTIE S. - I-18 
HARRELL, OLLIE R. - I-18 
HARRELL, R. LUCILLE - I-21 
HARRELL, RUTH HOPE SAUNDERS - I-58 
HARRELL, WILLIAM B. - I-21 
HARRELL, WILLIAM T. - I-21 
HASLETT, CLAUDE B. - I-35 
HASLETT, VIRGINIA C. - I-35 
HAYES, WILLIAM HENRY - I-26 
HILL, CAPT. CALVIN S. - I-43 
HILL, CAPT. DARIUS J. - I-43 
HILL, ELIZA R. - I-43 
HINES, ALICE AUGUSTA - I-56 
HINES, SARAH AUGUSTA EPPES - I-56 
HOLLAND, A.A. - I-36 
HOLLAND, BENJAMIN - I-37 
HOLLAND, AUNT BETTIE - I-45 
HOLLAND, DIXON HOWELL - I-38 
HOLLAND, INFANT - I-37 
HOLLAND, J.G. - I-36 
HOLLAND, MARY ELIZA SUMNER - I-38 
HOLLAND, MARY RIDDICK SAUNDERS - I-56 
HOLLAND, MARY VIRGINIA HOLLAND - I-37 
HOLLAND, O.C. - I-36 
HOLLAND, SARAH CATHERINE ABRA CROSS - I-36 
HOLLAND, SELMA - I-37 
HOLLAND, SOLOMON CYRUS - I-37 
HOLLAND, WILLIAM TURPIN - I-36 
HOLLAND, DR. WILLIAM TURPIN [II] - I-36 
HOLLAND, ZACHARIAH TAYLOR - I-36 
HOWELL, C.M. - I-35 
HOWELL, GENEVA HARRELL McCLENNY - I-19 
HOWELL, RACHAEL - I-37 
JACKSON, ROVANA - I-66 
JERNIGAN, EFFIE MAY HARRELL - I-26 
JERNIGAN, HERBERT STANTON - I-25 
JOHNSON, ALBERT - I-15 
JOHNSON, JAMES P. - I-44 
JOHNSON, JOHN B.  - I-44 
JOHNSON, JUNIUS R. - I-44 
JOHNSON, PALMYRA C. PERSONS - I-44 
JOHNSON, ROSA WILSON - I-44 
JOHNSON, S. BRUCE - I-44 
JONES, ANNIE LEE - I-40 
JONES, DOLLNER BRUCE LEE GRAY - I-33 
JONES, ELIZABETH BROTHERS - I-12 
JONES, JAMES E. (JIM) - I-45 
JONES, JEREMIAH - I-40 
JONES, JOHN WOODWARD - I-40 
JONES, MARY E. (BETTIE) - I-45 
JONES, RALPH - I-40 
JONES, V. NETTIE - I-40 
JONES, VIRGINIA - I-40 
JONES, W.T. - I-39 
JOYNER, W.T. - I-36 
KELLY, ELIZABETH A.L. - I-41 
KELLY, CAPT. JACOB H. - I-41 
KILBY, ABEL UPSHUR - I-42 
KILBY, ANN ELIZABETH - I-42 
KILBY, ANN UPSHUR - I-42 
KILBY, ANN UPSHUR - I-42 
KILBY, HARRIOTT LOUISA - I-42 
KILBY, JOHN SPOTSWOOD - I-42 
KILBY, OPHELIA EPPES SAUNDERS - I-57 
KILBY, SUSAN ANN - I-42 
KILBY, THOMAS J. - I-42 
KILBY, THOMAS S. - I-42 
KILBY, VIRGINIUS SMITH - I-57 
KILBY, WILLIAM THOMAS - I-42 
KITTRELL, MILDRED - I-33 
LAYCOCK, DYLA - I-66 
LAYCOCK, ELISHA - I-66 
LEE, ELISHA E. - I-33 
LEE, ELIZABETH PIPKIN - I-33 
LEE, ELIZABETH V. - I-33 
LEE, ELIZHA ROCHELL - I-33 
LEE, PATRICK HENRY - I-33 
LEE, R.L. - I-33 
LEE, WILLIAM THOMAS - I-32 
LEWIS, GRAFTON P. - I-22 
LEWIS, JOHN BURNLEY - I-20 
LEWIS, SAVANNAH HARRELL - I-20 
LEWIS, TOMSIE HARRELL - I-22 
MATTHEWS, HILDA B. - I-44 
MATTHEWS, J. RANDOLPH - I-44 
MATTHEWS, JOHN B. - I-44 
MATTHEWS, JOHN B. JR. - I-44 
MATTHEWS, JULIA P. JOHNSON - I-44 
McCLENNY, ANNE - I-24 
McCLENNY, CARRIE - I-20 
McCLENNY, ELISHA THOMAS - I-23 
McCLENNY, ELLA MAE TURNER - I-25 
McCLENNY, FRANK HURLEY - I-22 
McCLENNY, FRANK RIDDICK - I-26 
McCLENNY, JOHN - I-19 
McCLENNY, LOUISANNA HOLLAND - I-23 
McCLENNY, MARY G. - I-22 
McCLENNY, PEARL - I-20 
McCLENNY, ROBERT CLAYTON - I-24 
McCLENNY, ROBERT RIDDICK - I-23 
McCLENNY, SUSIE - I-24 
McCLENNY, WILLIAM C. - I-22 
MILLER, IDA LEE BUTLER - I-15 
MILLER, LEONHART - I-15 
MILTIER, BABIES (4) - I-45 
MILTIER, CHARLES ALEXANDER - I-45 
MILTIER, JETHRO - I-45 
MILTIER, JOHN THOMAS - I-45 
MILTIER, MARGARET ANNA GOMER - I-45 
MILTIER, NANCY COBB - I-45 
MINTON, AMANDA - I-13 
MINTON, ANN E. - I-13 
MINTON, COL. JOHN - I-13 
MINTON, WILLIAM T. - I-13 
MORGAN, ADDIE H. - I-35 
MORGAN, MARY L. - I-6 
MORRIS, LILLIE MAE - I-25 
NEWSOM [NEWSOME], ROBERT JULIAN - I-34 
NEWSOME, RICHARD N. - I-34 
NEWSOME, ROBERT JULIAN - I-34 
NORFLEET, ABRAM - I-46 
NORFLEET, ANNE ELIZA - I-47 
NORFLEET, CHARLES - I-47 
NORFLEET, CORNELIA THOMPSON - I-47 
NORFLEET, EDWARD WALTER - I-47 
NORFLEET, ELISHA - I-47 
NORFLEET, ELISHA LAFAYETTE - I-47 
NORFLEET, ELIZABETH - I-46 
NORFLEET, JESSE THOMPSON - I-47 
NORFLEET, JIMMIE - I-47 
NORFLEET, JOSEPH - I-48 
NORFLEET, MARIETTA HARRISON - I-47 
NORFLEET, MICHIGAN JASON - I-47 
NORFLEET, SARAH ANN LASSITER - I-47 
NORFLEET, SARAH ELIZABETH - I-47 
NORFLEET, SARAH CORNELIA - I-47 
NORFLEET, WILLIE - I-47 
OLIVER, EDDIE LEE - I-49 
OLIVER, GEORGIANNA MUNFORD - NV-I-49 
OLIVER, MATTHEW E. - I-49 
OUTLAND, MARY M. - I-6 
PARKER, CLAUDIOUS - I-43 
PARKER, MARION V. - I-43 
PARKER, MARY LOUISE - I-43 
PARKER, SUSIE ANNA - I-6 
PARKER, WILEY JR. - I-43 
POTTER, DORIS BUTLER LAYTON - I-23 
RAWLES, BABY 
RAWLES, EDDIE LEE JR. - I-6 
RAWLES, FRANK W. - I-6 
RAWLES, JOHN LEON - I-25 
RAWLES, SARAH C. - I-6 
RAWLS, HERSEY EDWARD - I-6 
RAWLS, MAGGIE LEE - I-6 
RAWLS, WILEY EDGAR - I-6 
RIDDICK, ANN ELIZABETH - I-50 
RIDDICK, ANNE - I-50 
RIDDICK, ANNE - I-50 
RIDDICK, ANNE RIDDICK - I-50 
RIDDICK, MRS. COWDRY - I-52 
RIDDICK, ELIZABETH - I-51 
RIDDICK, ELIZABETH GODWIN RIDDICK - I-50 
RIDDICK, HENRY - I-50 
RIDDICK, HENRY - I-50 
RIDDICK, INFANT SON - I-50 
RIDDICK, JANE MILLISCENT H. SUMNER - I-52 
RIDDICK, CAPT. JETHRO - I-51 
RIDDICK, JOSIAH - I-50 
RIDDICK, JOSIAH - I-52 
RIDDICK, MARGARET ANN - I-50 
RIDDICK, MARGARET BARRADALL - I-50 
RIDDICK, MARTHA M. JORDAN - I-51 
RIDDICK, MARY LOUISA RIDDICK - I-52 
RIDDICK, MARY TAYLOR - I-50 
RIDDICK, MARY WHITEHEAD - I-51 
RIDDICK, MILLS - I-51 
RIDDICK, MILLS [I] - I-50 
RIDDICK, CAPT. MILLS - I-50 
RIDDICK, RICHARD H. - I-51 
RIDDICK, ROBERT WILLIAM - I-50 
RIDDICK, DR. WILLIAM S. - I-52 
ROBERTS, WILLIAM BURRELL - I-63 
RODGERS, ELIZABETH ANN - I-53 
RODGERS, JESSE W. - I-53 
RODGERS, JESSIE W. - I-53 
RODGERS, MAGGIE N. ARLINE - I-53 
RODGERS, ROSA EMMA - I-53 
ROSE, B.J.R. - I-44 
SAUNDERS, ADOLPHUS - I-54 
SAUNDERS, ANNIE MARY CARTER WADE - I-58 
SAUNDERS, CHARLOTTE - I-54 
SAUNDERS, DIANA OPHELIA EPPES - I-56 
SAUNDERS, FLORENCE - I-57 
SAUNDERS, HURLEY KILBY - I-55 
SAUNDERS, IDA FLORENCE BRINKLEY - I-57 
SAUNDERS, IDA JOSEPHINE - I-57 
SAUNDERS, INFANT - I-57 
SAUNDERS, JAIRA KILBY - I-55 
SAUNDERS, JAMES RIDDICK JR. - I-57 
SAUNDERS, MAJ. JAMES RIDDICK SR. - I-56 
SAUNDERS, JOSEPH B. - I-54 
SAUNDERS, LETCHER - I-55 
SAUNDERS, OPHELIA - I-57 
SAUNDERS, "PUN" - I-58 
SAUNDERS, RAY JEROME - I-58 
SAUNDERS, SNIPEYE E. - I-57 
SAUNDERS, SOLOMON J. - I-55 
SAUNDERS, TURPIN A. - I-55 
SAUNDERS, VIRGINIOUS - I-57 
SHEPHERD, ANN ELIZA - I-14 
SHEPHERD, ELIZA FRANCES - I-14 
SHEPHERD, MARY FRANCES - I-14 
SIMONS, JOSHUA - I-59 
SIMONS, MARGARET EMELINE KING - I-59 
SMITH, EDWARD W. - I-35 
SMITH, JOHN - I-43 
SMITH, JOHN C. - I-43 
SMITH, LEAH - I-43 
SMITH, SUSAN CUSTIS - I-43 
TAYLOR, ELLA JONES - I-40 
TURNER, CLARENCE - I-22 
TURNER, SARAH NANCY COPELAND - I-26 
WARD, LINDA W. - I-65 
WARREN, INFANT - I-20 
WATERBURY, STEPHEN - I-60 
WEBB, MARY ALLEN RIDDICK - I-51 
WEBB, MARY DIANA - I-51 
WEBB, RICHARD DANIEL - I-51 
WEST, EMMA MAIE WYATT - I-20 
WEST, MOODY JR. - I-20 
WEST, MOODY SR. - I-21 
WEST, WALLACE E. - I-21 
WEST, WILLIAM THOMAS - I-45 
WHITEHEAD, CHARLES RIDDICK - I-52 
WHITEHEAD, EDGAR - I-61 
WHITEHEAD, ELLIOTT - I-61 
WHITEHEAD, EMMELINE F. - I-52 
WHITEHEAD, FRANCIS ROBERSON - I-52 
WHITEHEAD, INFANT SON - I-52 
WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM BOYKIN - I-52 
WINBORNE, ELISHA BURGESS - I-64 
WINBORNE, HUNTER G. - I-63 
WINBORNE, JOHN EDWARD - I-62 
WINBORNE, JOHN TALBOT - I-62 
WINBORNE, LILLA MARTHA - I-63 
WINBORNE, LILLA STEWART WOLFENDEN - I-62 
WINBORNE, MARTHA SARAH HARRISON - I-63 
WINBORNE, PHILLIP IRVIN - I-62 
WINBORNE, SARAH WELLS STALLINGS - I-64 
WINBORNE, SIDNEY SINCLAIR - 63 
WINBORNE, THOMAS PARKER SR. - 63 
WINBORNE, WILLIAM EDWARD - 63 
WOOD, MARY HALL - I-51 
WOODWARD, JOHN - I-40 
WOODWARD, REBECCA - I-40 
WOODROOF, INFANT - I-63 
WRIGHT, "BALLIE" BELSORA ARCHER SAUNDERS - I-55 
WRIGHT, BESSIE ALLEN - I-65 
WRIGHT, CARSON - I-68 
WRIGHT, CHARLES GARY - I-68 
WRIGHT, CLIFTON KEELING - I-68 
WRIGHT, E. LINWOOD - I-65 
WRIGHT, EFFIE - I-68 
WRIGHT, ERNEST - I-68 
WRIGHT, EUGENE CLIFTON - I-65 
WRIGHT, JOHN ALLEN - I-65 
WRIGHT, JOHN E. - I-65 
WRIGHT, JOHN E. JR. - I-65 
WRIGHT, JOSEPH - I-68 
WRIGHT, JOSEPHA M. - I-65 
WRIGHT, LINDA - I-68 
WRIGHT, LINWOOD JR. - I-65 
WRIGHT, MARTHA E. - I-68 
WRIGHT, MARY ANN - I-68 
WRIGHT, MARY JANE PIERCE - I-67 
WRIGHT, MICAJAH C. - I-55 
WRIGHT, NANNIE C. SAUNDERS - I-55 
WRIGHT, OLIVIA - I-68 
WRIGHT, SARAH WATTS - I-65 
WRIGHT, WILLIAM BODIE - I-65 
WRIGHT, WILLIAM F. - I-65 
WRIGHT, WILLIAM J. - I-68 
WRIGHT, "WILLIE" WILLIAM POWELL - I-68 
WRIGHT, WILLIAM S.N. - I-67 
WRIGHT, WILLIAM SAMUEL - I-65 
WYATT, ANNIE D. - I-21 
WYATT, EMMA FRANCIS COPELAND BUTLER - I-21 
WYATT, JOHN TILTON - I-21 
WYATT, WALLACE J. - I-21 


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