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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Lancaster graveyard:
                  1937 Feb. 2
                  Research made by Elizabeth McCraw

Cemetery Location:  2.5 miles northwest of Curdsville, Va., on Route #633, 
                    thence 200 yards south of road in a field.
                    Buckingham County



DESCRIPTION:

On the estate now owned by a Mr. Ferguson, but originally the Tom McCraw home, 
and probably the Lancasters lived here or near here is a very old burying 
ground, which is known as the Lancaster Graveyard.  As the only graves marked 
are to Lancasters.  These markers are flat marble slabs covering the entire 
grave.  The graves are also enclosed with a iron fence.  The place is in very 
good condition and state of preservation.  Following are the inscriptions copied 
from the slabs.


In Memory of
Hester Ann
Wife of Samuel B. Christian
of Buckingham County
Born March 16, 1821
Died May 5, 1852


In Memory of
Nathaniel Lancaster
Who was born in Cumberland County September 27, 1790
And died in Buckingham County March 19, 1841
He will always be held in grateful remembrance by those who knew him best.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

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