ALBEMARLE:  CEMETERY RECORDS –  “CASTALIA” CEMETERY

Contributed by:  Joan Renfrow

NOTICE:  I have no relationship or further information in regards to this 
family.  

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Castalia:
                  1937 Oct. 14
                  Research made by Nancy S. Pate

Cemetery Location:  1 mile north of Cismont, Virginia on Route #22, thence .7 
                    mile west.
                    Albemarle County



“Castalia” originally contained about 1,000 acres of the celebrated Nicholas 
Meriwether grant.  This was long the Lewis home, and no name stands out more 
prominently in the history of this section than that of Lewis.  Robert Lewis 
descended directly from General Robert Lewis, who landed on the shores of 
Virginia in 1600, and was closely related to Meriwether Lewis, the explorer of 
the West.  In fact, Colonel Robert Lewis of Revolutionary fame, was grandfather 
of Robert W., who owned “Castalia”.  In 1853, Mr. Lewis opened there a small 
school, more particularly for the education of his own children, but a number of 
the neighborhood children also attended.

In the rear of the first house, now occupied by the caretaker, is the old 
burying ground of the Lewis family, which is covered over with Periwinkle and 
surrounded by tall boxwood.  An old rail fence has been placed there to keep out 
the stock.

The oldest stones bear the following inscriptions:

In memory of
George N. Lewis
Oldest child of
R.W. and S.A. Lewis
Born Jan. 14, 1835
Died May 22, 1855


In memory of
Mary T. Lewis
Infant daughter of
R.W. and S.A. Lewis
Born Dec. 25th, 1846
Died Jan. 15th, 1848