CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Cox Place Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Cemetery at old Cox place:
                  1936 Mar. 9
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  7 miles from Chester, Virginia, and .5 mile north of Route 
                    #37
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1817

OWNERS:

None.

DESCRIPTION:

One half mile north of the highway running from Chester to Hopewell, and seven 
miles from Chester Post Office is an old private cemetery, the tombstones in 
which date back a few years prior to the War Between the  States.  This site is 
called the “Old Cox Place”.  There is nothing here now, however, but the 
cemetery, a few broken bricks scattered here and there among the weeds, and what 
appear to be old breastworks.  The place is situated high on the banks of the 
James River, overlooking Farrar’s Island.  The cemetery is enclosed by a white 
board fence, forty-eight by sixty-nine feet.  Only part of this is standing and 
this is tickly covered with moss.  The graves themselves lie under a deep 
blanket of hardy periwinkle whose leaves glisten in the sunlight, falling 
through the overhanging boughs of a tall and ancient beech tree.  Nearby are 
clumps of narcissus and tiger-lily.  It is a very secluded place and would be 
inaccessible in an automobile after a rain.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The inscriptions on the tombstones are as follows:


In Memory of 
Elizabeth W. Willson
Born August 16, 1817
Died August 7, 1858


In memory of
Joseph B. Willson
Born of Henry C. and Elizabeth W. Willson
Born October 16, 1845
Died January 5, 1859
Aged 15 years, 2 months and 20 days


In Memory of
Henrietta Willson
Daughter of Henry and Elizabeth W. Willson
Born Oct. 1, 1847
Died June 15, 1852
Aged 4 years 8 months and 14 days





SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  W. T. Perdue

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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