CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Duncan Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Duncan graveyard: 1936 May 18 Research made by Craig Romaine Cemetery Location: On Roslyn Avenue, 2 miles east of Town Hall, Chester, Virginia Chesterfield County DATE: 1801 OWNERS: Charles Duncan and heirs. DESCRIPTION: Situated in a clump of large trees within sight of the road known as Roslyn Avenue, this old graveyard is rapidly going to destruction. The large marble slabs which lay on the tombs have been thrown aside, leaving some of the tombs uncovered. One of these, which combines a sort of monument, has been broken into, the side of which the inscription appears, having been torn loose and laid against the brick wall which encloses the place. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The inscriptions found on the tombstones here are given below. Deposited within this tomb Lie the remains of the late Mrs. Jane Duncan Who departed this life the 10th day of November 1801 Aged 37 In her youth she was beloved and admired By all who knew her. Her countenance placid yet animated Was expressive of every benevolent feeling of the heart. Her understanding was superior. Her manners gentle and polite. She was devout, she was charitable without ostentation As a wife, a parent, a friend and as mistress of a faith Few equalled her affection, tenderness and indulgences, In those amiable qualities none excelled her Within the extensive circle of her acquaintance, she Was beloved, esteemed and respect by all. Also To the memory of Charles Duncan, Esquire, Conspicuous for universal benevolence Unshaken integrity and private worth. He was born in the Parish of Strathblane in Scotland Lived 51 years in the State of Virginia. On the 29th day of January 1808 (And in the 70th year of his age) He terminated a valuable life, spent in the exercise of virtue While on a visit to his daughter in London And was buried in the Church at Hampstead In Middlesex In respectful rememberance of her parents, this monument Is erected and inscribed by their affectionate daughter Nancy Gilliam Dunlop Within this tomb Lie the remains of the late Elizabeth Peachy Duncan Who departed this life the 9th day of June, 1806 In the __ year of her age. The many amiable qualities which she possessed Endeared her to all who knew her, Particularly to her relatives and her most intimate friends. Among her many virtues Her pious affection for her surviving parent Was so great That with her last dying breath She expired in the very act of uttering The most tender entreaties to him Not to be distressed for her. Under a trial so severe “What means can language tenderly employ So just a sense of sorrow to bestow? Or who that has not felt a father’s joy Can form the least conception of his woe.” Here lies the Body of Mrs. Charlotte Smith Gamble Wife of Mr. John G. Gamble of the City of Richmond She died of a Consumption on the 5th of September, 1809 at Sea On board the Ship Powhatan on her voyage from London to Madeira Aged 24 years In her were united all that is lovely in woman And endearing in a wife. This monument erected to her memory of her affectionate husband. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia Tombstone Inscriptions Visit by worker. ___________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________