ACCOMACK COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES - Custis Graveyard
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Custis burying ground:
                  1938 Jan. 19
                  Research made by Edwin L. Mapp

Cemetery Location:  Northeast of Accomac, Virginia about 3.5 miles by Routes #13 
                    and 66, at “Mt. Custis”.
                    Accomack County




Here lies the body of
Lieut. Col. Henry Custis
Born July 28, 1743
Died May 27, 1793


In this vault lie the bodies of
Thomas Henery Bayly
Son of Thomas Monteagle Bayly and Margaret Pettit Cropper
Born at “Mt. Custis”, Oct. 11, 1810
Died June 22, 1856


His Wife
Evelyn Harrison May
Daughter of Judge John Fitzhugh May and Margaret Field
Born June 6, 1819
Died Sept. 10, 1897


Their Daughters:
Annie May Bayly
Born 1840
Died 1860


Evelyn May Bayly
Wife of Louis McLane Tiffany, M.D.
Born Apr. 13, 1851
Died May 25, 1929


Mrs. Anna D.
Wife of Rev. B.M. Miller
Rector of St. Paul’s Church, Norfolk and
Daughter of Col. Thomas M. Bayle
Died Nov. 28, 1841
Aged 30 years


Margaret P. Bayly
Wife of Col. Thomas M. Bayly and
Daughter of Gen. John Cropper and Margaret Petitt, his wife
Born May 15, 1784
Died Dec. 3, 1824
Leaving two sons and four daughters by whom this monument is erected.


Henery Custis Bayly
Eldest son of Col. Thomas Bayly
Born Dec. 26, 1802
Died Oct. 8, 1821


Margaret Bayly
Eldest child of Peter F. and Sally C. Browne
Born Jan. 23, 1841
Died Oct. 19, 1841


Margaret P. Custis
Wife of James W. Custis
Daughter of Thomas and Margaret Bayly
Born Jan. 15, 1818
Died March 18, 1856


Infant
daughter of J.W. & M.P. Custis
Ann Drummond


Sally Cropper Browne
Wife of Dr. Peter F. Browne
Daughter of Thomas M. and Margaret Bayly
Born Dec. 22, 1813
Died Jan. 1, 1857


William Petitt Bayly
Fifth son of Thomas and Margaret Bayly
Born June 14, 1820
Married Elizabeth Daughter of Wm. Parrmore
Died August 26, 1848
Leaving a daughter four days old
He was educated at William and Mary College and the University of Virginia.
Practiced law early in life and was soon appointed attorney for the
commonwealth court of his native county.


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