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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Hanes graveyard:
                  1937 Feb. 10
                  Research made by Elizabeth McCraw

Cemetery Location:  2 miles northeast from Davidsons School House on Route #613, 
                    thence 200 yards east in a field.
                    Buckingham County



OWNERS:

Colonel Hanes, the original owner.
Since the Hanes ownership, the estate has been owned by Lawfords, Sharps, 
Meyers, and at present by Langs. (1937)

DESCRIPTION:

In a field in front of the house, which was at one time an orchard, is one 
grave, which is a bit unusual and noticeable.  Over the grave is a large barrel 
shaped brick vault.  The brick are cemented together.  In front of the vault, 
closing the front end is an upright marble slab.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This graveyard is on the site of old “Humanity Hall”, the ancestral home of the 
Hanes family.  The old home was burned years ago, only the chimneys remain.

An acre of ground was reserved by the Hanes estate when the place was first sold 
and only one grave has ever been made here.

The slab bears the following inscription:


Here lies the body of
Mary J. Hanes
Second daughter of Capt. G. Brown and 
wife of Elijah G. Hanes
In sure and steadfast hope to rise
And claim her mansion in the skye
A christian here her flesh laid down
The Cross exchanging for a Crown
2nd Jan’y A.D. 1840
Aetatis 32


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions


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