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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Moseley cemetery:
                  1937 Nov. 8
                  Research made by Rosa G. Williams

Cemetery Location:  Go 2.8 miles south of Buckingham, Virginia, on Route #638, 
                    thence .5 mile on private road to house.
                    Buckingham County


DATE:

1826

OWNERS:

This cemetery is located on property now owned by Mrs. Eubelia Spencer.

DESCRIPTION:

No care is taken of this small cemetery.  It is surrounded by a cultivated field 
and is overgrown with briers and bushes.  Only three graves are marked.  The 
other graves have only old field stones at the head and foot.  There are no 
trees or fence surrounding it.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This is one of the early cemeteries and was once the property of Captain Francis 
Moseley, who was a Captain in the War of 1712.

The following inscriptions appear on the graves having markers:


Captain Francis Moseley
Born June 7, 1774
Died March 6, 1826
(This is a large marble slab)


To the memory of
Mrs. Francis Lancaster
Born Oct. 1, 1795
Died Sept. __ 1846
(This stone is of medium size marble)


In memory of 
Elizabeth H. Moseley
Born March 11, 1817
Died Oct. 27, 1833
(This is a very large marble slab)



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions



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