BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Ford Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Ford graveyard:
                  1937 Feb. 16
                  Research made by Elizabeth McCraw

Cemetery Location:  4 miles northeast of Dillwyn, Virginia, on Route #15, thence 
                    2.3 miles west on Route #617, thence one fourth mile on 
                    private road.
                    Buckingham County


DATE:

1846.  Oldest grave marker.

OWNERS:

Ford Family, the original owners.
J.C. Hanes.
Mrs. W.R. Grey, the present owners. (1937)

DESCRIPTION:

The graveyard is by the lane that leads to the house.  There are quite a number 
of graves here, covered with periwinkle and shaded by large trees of all kinds.  
Only one grave is marked, and that one has a flat marble slab covering the 
entire grave.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The Fords owned the place years ago and were important people in the community.  
The Ford name is seen often on the old records of the court martials held in the 
county after the Revolutionary War.

The Ford burying ground is found on the estate of late J.C. Hanes, who was for 
many years Superintendant of Schools in Buckingham County, now owned by his 
daughter, Mrs. W.R. Grey of Mt. Hope, West Virginia, and cared for by Edward 
Hanes.

The tombstone inscription follows:


In Memory of
Samuel Ford
son of Boaz and Hannah Ford
Born October 30, 1790
Died April 2, 1846
Distinguished through a useful career of more than
40 years, devoted to mercantile pursuits, for
Unfailing energy and integrity, the deceased discharged
The various duties of citizen and friend with the
Most scrupolous and exemplary fidelity.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscription

Visit by worker.

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