CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Dellwood” Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Dellwood graveyard:
                  1937 Apr. 12
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  3.5 miles north of Matoaca, Virginia, on Route #600, thence 
                    .5 mile west of Route #600 on Route #626. .8 mile north of 
                    Route #626.
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

Judging from the date inscribed on the earliest tombstone, the first burial here 
occured in 1848.

OWNERS:

“Dellwood” is at present owned by the Virginia State College (for negroes) at 
Petersburg.  The names of all its former owners have not yet been determined.

DESCRIPTION:

The graveyard at “Dellwood” is typical of many of those found on the more 
pretentious estates.  It lies about 300 feet south of the house itself, in a 
grove of magnificent old cedars and hollies which tower over spemtrical 
specimens of buxus sempervirens.  The whole is enclosed by a sturdy brick wall 
about 5 feet in height, which age has turned a deep red, and which give to the 
place a very old appearance.

The beauty of the entrance is enhanced by two large box trees planted at each 
side and trained to form an almost perfect arch.  Within the spacious enclosure 
and 3 graves, lying side by side and marked by granite stones.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

John Winston Jones, whose portrait hangs in the United States Capital, was a 
prominent political figure.  Although originally from Amelia County, he settled 
at “Dellwood” in Chesterfield and served this county as Commonwealth’s Attorney 
for several years.  He was a member of the United States House of 
Representatives for several terms, and was a speaker of this body in 1843-45.  
He was also an eminent lawyer, and after leaving Congress, he again served his 
adopted county – this time in the House of Delegates, where he remained until 
his death.


In Memory of Out Father
John W. Jones
Born November the 22nd 1791
Died January the 29th 1848
In the 58th year of his age


In Memory of Our Mother
Harriet Jones
Born November the 25th, 1797
Died December the 6th 1852
In the 56th year of her age


Peter Edwin Jones
Born January the 3rd, 1847
Died September 30, 1849
A transient flower that e’en in blooming died


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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