CHESAPEAKE, VA - CEMETERIES – Cherry Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Graveyard of gentleman Tom Cherry:
                  1937 Feb. 19
                  Research made by Edna E. Hutcheson

Cemetery Location:  7 miles from Portsmouth, Virginia, on Route #17 to Deep 
                    Creek, turn east of the canal locks, directly across creek.
                    Chesapeake, Virginia


DATE:

1832

OWNERS:

Originally owned by Thomas Cherry

DESCRIPTION:

There are only three graves stones, two of them stand together.  The graveyard 
is not well kept.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


Near this burying ground there stood until about 25 years ago (1937), an old 
“Dutch roof brick house”.  This was the property and home many years ago of one 
Thomas Cherry.  In this section of the county, near Deep Creek, there were so 
many Cherrys’ that their neighbors were forced to use nick-names to distinguish 
between the numerous Thomases, Johns, etc. for instance “Gentleman Tom”, “Smoky 
Tom” and “Honey Tom”.  In the graveyard there are only three graves stones of 
that period.

Felix Fertee, like many other French refugees from the West Indies in the early 
part of the last century came to Norfolk section.  Felix found his way to Deep 
Creek, where he married a Miss Cherry, where he kept store and was justice of 
the Norfolk County Court.


To the memory of 
Polly G.
Consort of Gisbourne Cherry
Who departed this life
Sept. 28th, 1832
Aged 33 years


In memory of
Gisbourne Cherry
Died Oct. 1836
He sleeps in Jesus
Erected by his son, Gis. J. Cherry


In memory of Felix Fertee
A Native of Hayte.
Who departed this life
Jan 8th 1837
age 47 years


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  R.T. Whitehurst
             Portsmouth, Virginia
             Route #2. Box 369

Tombstone Inscriptions



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