CAROLINE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – DeJarnette Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, De Jarnette burying ground: 1937 June 4 Research made by Selma Farmer Cemetery Location: 6.2 miles south from Bowling Green on Route #2, thence .1 mile east across a field, in a clump of trees. Caroline County DATE: 1841 OWNERS: The DeJarnettes DESCRIPTION: Following are inscriptions taken from stones found here: Lelia Hawes DeJarnette Born Dec. 9, 1853 Died May 28, 1858 In Memory of Daniel Son of Joseph and Mary Hampton DeJarnette Born Oct. 9, 1783 Died Sept. 20, 1850 Also the following of the Tyler family: In Memory of Janet G. Tyler wife of George Tyler and daughter of Daniel and Huldah DeJarnette who was born Dec. 26, 1820 and Died Jan. 6, 1841 In Memory of Eliza H. Tyler Wife of George Tyler and only daughter of Gen. James and Eleanor Hoge who was born Dec. 11, 1815 and died Aug. 11, 1846 For some years a member of the Presbyterian Church and we hope she had washed her robe and made it white in the blood of the Lord Julia Virginia Tyler Wife of George Tyler Daughter of Benjamin E. Magruder Born Oct. 19, 1837 Died Feb. 4, 1873 I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever The children: Mary Jane Daughter of George and J.T.C. Tyler Born Dec. 25th, 1847 Died Jan. 14, 18__ Elizabeth A daughter of George and Jane V. Tyler Born Aug. 7, 1853 Died Nov. 29, 1854 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Daniel DeJarnette was one of the most highly cultured men of his time. He was a scholar of the first rank, and was prominent in political life. He served in the House of Delegates and was afterward elected as an anti-Administration Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress. He was re-elected to the Thirty=seventh Congress of the United States but declined to take his seat and was soon thereafter elected to represent Virginia in the Confederate States Congress. He was re-elected a member of the Confederate Congress and served. In this graveyard there are also tombs to show that the body of George Tyler and bodies of his three wives are buried here. George Tyler was a representative of Caroline in the State Legislature, both before and during the War Between the States. Mr. A.B. Chandler, in his history of Antioch Church of Bowling Green, which appeared in the Chesapeake Christian (Richmond, Va.) of June 15, 1920, says: “Brother George Tyler was a prince among men. Of all of our brotherhood, during these fifty-two years, I think I am not departing from the truth when I say he was the most cultured of them all. His field of vision was very large, his erudition profound and his judgements liberal and charitable. Learned as he was he could discuss the Bible or the tariff with equal lucidity and hold his end of the discussion in either. He was a Chesterfieldian in manners and gave you always a cordial grasp of the hand, while his heart overflowed with love for all men”. Following is the inscription taken from his grave: George Tyler Dec. 15, 1817 Nov. 11, 1889 Asleep in Jesus In loving remembrance by his son, J. Hoge Tyler SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Personal Research ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________