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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Seldon graveyard:
                  1937 Feb. 9
                  Research made by Elizabeth McCraw

Cemetery Location:  3.9 miles east of Sheppards, Virginia on Route #15, thence 
                    200 yards south.
                    Buckingham County


DATE:

1857. The oldest grave marker.

OWNERS:

Jim Carter, the present owner. (1937)

DESCRIPTION:

This old graveyard where the Seldons and Lacklands are buried, is on the estate 
of Jim Carter, and is in sight of the Main highway.  Though enclosed by an iron 
fence, it is overgrown with briers, honeysuckle and small cotton wood trees.  
All the large trees have died or have been cut down.  There are a number of 
unmarked graves in the yard.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The following inscriptions are on upright head stones:


Richard Anderson Booker
Born Dec. 20, 1786
Died Dec. 22, 1867


Eliza Davis Booker
Wife of R.A. Booker
Born Oct. 22, 1786
Died Aug. 14, 1869


In Memory of
Amanda M.
1st Wife of John J. Lackland
and daughter of John L. and Judith Cobbs
Born June 30, 1833
Died Jan. 27, 1859
Blessed are the dead, which die in the Lord


In Memory of
Fannie M.
2nd Wife of John J. Lackland
and daughter of Hobson and Martha J. Gilliam
Born June 14, 1839
Died June 25, 1862
Thy Will be Done


In Memory of my darling boy
Thomas H.
son of John J. and Amanda M. Lackland
Born May 21, 1858
Died Oct. 26, 1862
My Lovely baby farewell
Sleep on in peaceful rest
Thy little head is pillowed now
On thy Redeemer’s breast


In Memory of
Ann C.
daughter of John and Amanda M. Lackland
Born Oct. 15, 1856
Died Sept. 4, 1857
Dearest Ann thou hast left us
Here thy loss we deeply feel
But ‘tis God that hath bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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